DRIVING THE OLD BACKUP BUS

This episode of School Bus Talk discusses what happens when a school bus driver's regular assigned is out of service and he/she is assigned the older "backup bus" as a substitute ride. In this case, the backup bus is OLD No. 5, which is a 27 year old Bluebird Type 1 transit bus with over 280k miles. The video includes the adventure and nostalgia of OLD No. 5. The backup bus has good old fashion diesel power without all the modern sensors or maintenance codes. The kids like riding in it, because it does not have seat belts. The steering is a little loss, the brakes are kind of mushy, and it drives like an old pick up truck.
Check out a related video about OLD No. 5. "Seat Belts On School Buses":
• SEAT BELTS On School B...
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MUSIC: "Little Umbrellas" by TrackTribe

[@burger1ish]

I'm spoiled now all of our sub buses are 2017 or newer All American RE's when I first started they were all early 90's Thomas RE's and MVP's

[@SchoolBusTalk]

Thanks for the comment. I appreciated you. Old No. Five is a 1987 BB. I speculate that it may be permanently taken out of service in the next 12 months. That’s why when I was assigned to drive it as a sub bus I took the opportunity to make this video.

[@GLOATINGMAPLE01]

The oldest bus I rode was a 1990 bluebird tc 2000 in 2011

[@SchoolBusTalk]

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate you. 1990 BB’s were good machines. If properly maintained, they can roll for decades.

[@Train43Kaleb]

Is your electric bus not working

[@SchoolBusTalk]

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate you. I am still driving an e-bus.

[@Train43Kaleb]

@@SchoolBusTalk okay 👍🏼