Nostalgia on buses (Part II)
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I remember YIS routes like 852 & 855 used to have WA-bodied (Irish-style) DAFs.
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Hispano DAFs on services 950, 951 and 952. After which was seen on services 160, 182, 852, 925 and 927
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If I don't remember wrongly, in 1990, when the N113CRBs were first delivered, a few in the range of SBS3688Y - SBS3698T (then NAC) served on 81. Used to board them to Tampines Interchange.
Then when demand got higher with development along the route, 81 switched to using the LAs with Walter Alexander-L and Metal Sections and after their withdrawal, Walter Alexander-R bodywork.
Of course, then came the inevitable tide of air-con buses and I think O405 OACs (Those with Sutrak A/Cs) served on 81 for a while.
And of course, the LO3x came along, the MKIIIs and then, the VO3x (batch 2), and now, the mix of VO3x, DM3500, Striders and VSOs.
Used to ride on SBS0591L to school most mornings for a year.
Just a little nostalgia about the service that's been passing by the front of my house for abt 16 years now.
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Remembered once when the present JB MKIII, so interestingly called, on svc 189, and CAC MKIIs WA bodied struggling up Toh Tuck Rd on svc 77. Once, the MKII was about 5-10km/h and cars queueing up behind. Engine at high rev noise.
Now the CAC MKIIs should be on Clementi services like 285, while the JB MKIII should be where they are, svc 160/170, sometimes on Express 506 also. Nostalgic, hmm...
Seen the development of 189 over 97-present day, seen the now JB MKIII, Striders, VO2X, then SMRT took over, 0405, 0405G Citaro (988H), Hinos, 905Y, then DAFs, and finally back to 0405 and now, Habits 1162S and 1224Y.
Development of svc 189 is something which I will continue over the years, hopefully as long as 20 years (2018 ). Maybe, eh... -
uh..only can remember atlanteans on 269 n 410 before they were scrapped in 2000...
SBS5616S & 5617P on 269...5614Y on 410.. -
how does NZMB bodied OF1417 and Guy Victories look like?
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Still remember SBS days in CCK where i use to see those NAC DD's on CCK Feeders and as well as Superbus on 190! Feel sad when TIBS tookover when i started to live in CCK in Sept 1999. Really miss those days...
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really miss those LO2X, atlantean and VO3X which used to run on svc 359 which runs infront of my primary school.
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last time there was S4 plying along tamp ave 4 o/s my hse. den it got deleted(?). den there were no DDs plying along my house for a couple of years. den one fine day when i was in pri 5, S21 had VO3x. it stopped in front of me at the traffic junction and the bus right infront of me as i crossed the road. phwoar.
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Service 4 (Pasir Ris - St. Michael's) got integrated with Sv. 21 (Pasir Ris - Geylang Lor 1) in 1991 or 1992.Originally posted by sinicker:last time there was S4 plying along tamp ave 4 o/s my hse. den it got deleted(?). den there were no DDs plying along my house for a couple of years. den one fine day when i was in pri 5, S21 had VO3x. it stopped in front of me at the traffic junction and the bus right infront of me as i crossed the road. phwoar. -
Svc 4 didn't ply BDK Reservoir or Jln Eunos area. It was pulled from service in 1993, with 21 extended towards St Mikes and 67 covering the BDK Nth Ave 3-Kallang MRT portion.Originally posted by SBS9818A:Service 4 (Pasir Ris - St. Michael's) got integrated with Sv. 21 (Pasir Ris - Geylang Lor 1) in 1991 or 1992. -
I believe the NZMB bodied OF1417 looked just like the B57s (NZMB version 2), save for a door at the driver's cab and the body being shorter than the B57 by one window's length (think it was stated in the old thread).Originally posted by Urroh:how does NZMB bodied OF1417 and Guy Victories look like?
There's a pic of one in TIBS livery somewhere on this forum, I think. There's also a pic of the B57 NZMB version 2 at Suhirman's fotopic gallery, SBS4808L on then-feeder svc 351.
Used to ride it all the time then.
Not too sure about the Guy Victories though.
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I still remember S62 dun have dd bus in my time till 2002.
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The B57 front looks nice , especially the black thing
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And I think there is another distinction in the interior of the B57 which distinguishes it from the OF1417. Something to do with the screen which separated the driver from the passengers.
All I can remember is the NZMB MkI B57s had metal rods, while the MkII B57s had a screen, or was it some kind of opening? This feature was not present in the OF1417s, which had "wood" panelling (dunno if i remember correctly. it's been a long time.)
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Hmm.. Now i think that it got a face..Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:The B57 front looks nice , especially the black thing -
I remember that i use to call that bus a ''black front''Originally posted by Urroh:Hmm.. Now i think that it got a face.. bus when i was young back then. Still , i manage to get to see the B57 before it is dissapear. I remember seeing them on Tampines and Pasir Ris feeders. -
Oic..it was withdrawn from Central area since 1991 i guess. Never see them around since then. Since i dun stay in the suburban area i tot they had vanish then.Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:I remember that i use to call that bus a ''black front'' bus when i was young back then. Still , i manage to get to see the B57 before it is dissapear. I remember seeing them on Tampines and Pasir Ris feeders.
http://suhirman.fotopic.net/p9081335.html
Can see tis face? -
Ahh , this pic ... love those Atlanteans as wellOriginally posted by Urroh:Oic..it was withdrawn from Central area since 1991 i guess. Never see them around since then. Since i dun stay in the suburban area i tot they had vanish then.
http://suhirman.fotopic.net/p9081335.html
Can see tis face? 
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Plus the albion VIKINGSOriginally posted by Volvo Olympian:Ahh , this pic ... love those Atlanteans as well
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The pic above there is a Scania N113CRB at the background... can't see the service number clearly.Originally posted by vivienlee:Plus the albion VIKINGS -
looks like 23??
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k lets reason this out
cant be 23 coz 23 din have N113CRB permers. its obviuosly a 2x service. that leaves 27 at the tampines and 29 at the tampines int to decide on.
i daresay its a 29 coz 29 used in the very early beginning NAC scanias. may be 27 also
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The Guy Victory Mk II were introduced from 1975-78. There were 145 buses altogether. 20 of which (1977-7Originally posted by Urroh:how does NZMB bodied OF1417 and Guy Victories look like?
were bodied by BACo and the rest by Soon Chow. The Victory had a Leyland O.680 engine, the same one as the Atlanteans, and a Leyland Pneumocyclic 4-speed semi-automatic gearbox. They had an overall length of 12.1 metres while seating arrangements varied from 41, 49 or 51 seats. All of the buses were based at Toa Payoh Depot (now BRAM). Hence, they received regos beginning with SBS 6XXX, as 6 was the code for Toa Payoh Depot.
One of my favourite buses of all, the Victory was quick, powerful and robust but it lacked considerably as far as passenger comfort was concerned. I loved watching the driver flicking the gears with one hand and holding on to the wheel with the other. Most drivers would 'flatchange', ie. changing gears without pausing, causing to bus to jerk and rattle violently as it gains speed. A heavyweight supremo, it certainly was a class above the lightweights Albions and Mercedes buses of that time.
In the mid-1980s, while SBS was experimenting with a few air-conditioned bus models, there was a project to convert the existing buses to become air-conditioned. The Leyland Victory was chosen because of its robustness and its high power output meant that it could deal with the added weight of an air-conditioner at the rear. I don't know how many buses were converted but the buses received an all new bodywork, built by Soon Chow from a Duple coach design. They rolled out in March 1989 on service 76 and it was known that services 3 and 390 had also used them at some point in time. By this time also, the Guy Victory were slowly being phased out and eventually the remainders were left to work on the Toa Payoh feeder services. The Victory were completely withdrawn by the mid-1990s.
Here is a picture of SBS 6668K.
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The first photo above is a Albion Viking EVK55CL / Soon Chow.
The second photo i not sure.. it is the first aircon bus in SG? I vaguely remember this bus. Can anyone shed light on this?