SEPTA Audio: 1983 Neoplan AN440 (8500 series) - Trainman1971
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In the early days of SEPTA, there existed two types of Neoplan Buses. One batch was powered by a 6v92 hooked up to an Allison Transmission. These were commonly referred to as the "Pennliners" as they were purchased by the state of Pennsylvania.
This is another one of trainman1971's gems. This time it's an audio recording of an 8000 series Neoplan. Photo courtesy of Bastranz (Brandon Shaw)
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Bus: Neoplan AN440 "Pennliner"
Engine: Detroit Diesel Series 92
Transmission: Allison HT-740
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That sound brings back a million memories from the 90's.
The 8600-8700 Series Had a Longer Shift, Between 2nd-3rd Gears.....😍😍😍😍😍
Damn I Miss Those Days Of The Classic Neoplan Engine
Well both the 8000 and 3000 series Neos had the classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engine but the difference that separated the two series were the transmissions.
So do I MCTS had 72 AN440s 3500-3571 sounded just like this
Los Angeles's LACMTA (then Southern California RTD or SCRTD) also had these buses, built in 1983, with the same Detroit 6V92TA engine (units 3300-3689, built with Allison HT747 transmission) and 1984 (units 3690-3714, built with Allison HTB748 ATEC transmission).
In 1987, a third fleet of Neoplans joined these two, again using the Detroit 6V92TA engine except instead of the powertrain layout being T-drive, this batch of 90 (units 1100-1189) was built as V-drive and thus had Allison V731 ATEC transmissions. This batch also had a tag axle.
There was an audio file of SCRTD 3502 but it has since disappeared
@@hollyvasquez2087 However, there is an audio file for a 1991 AN440 V-drive (Jacksonville Transit Authority 9103).
ruclips.net/video/T6i2alzI7hc/видео.html
Music to my ears man.Damn!!! I miss those buses my friend.
They sound like the ones we had in Houston, Texas back in 1986 including the Stevenson and Stevenson buses we had in 1988 after our first set of Ikarus buses, plus our 30 and 60 foot Neoplan before 1990.
Man, these clips give me life. I remember joyriding SEPTA back in early 1997 on a Saturday morning. I caught route 26 at Wayne and Chelten Aves where the old Philadelphia Gas Works building used to be and it was Neoplan BD 8454. I took the bus from there all the way to One and Olney Shopping Center. Then I got back on it and rode it to Olney Terminal on it way back to Rittenhouse and Pulaski. Fun times indeed.
These Buses Bring Back Memories
Hooray! One of my audio clips come to life! :)
trainman1971 hey were you able to get on Neoplan AK 8289?
I probably rode it at some point while it was around.
trainman1971 do you remember the route?
trainman1971 I wanna guess a Frankford route. But could have been a victory route, too. An old friend has stories of driving the BD's on the 124/125.
Well 8289 was an AK that ran most of its life out of Comly before Frankford got it in 1996. But the BDs were also cool. I rode on a lot of the 8400 series Neos out of Frankford back in the early to mid 90s.
I want that as my ringtone man.
I remember in the summer of 1993, my guardian who my mother left me with while she went to work, had took route K from 18th and Chelten Ave all the way to Wayne and Chelten Aves. It was on Neoplan BD 8444. When we were about to get off, the bus driver allowed me to press the green button to open the doors and everyone on the bus clapped for me. It was a fun ride and experience on a Frankford bus.
@@CrimpyWall I remember May Day 1993 an operator allowed me to operate 9000 down Germantown from Phil-Ellena to Cliveden. Great times.
I also got to "operate: an Almond Joy. My mom had a friend who worked out of Victory Yard on the MFL and he let me open the doors and ride in the cab with him from 52nd to 15th. He even guided my hand on the speed lever. Miss being a SEPTA kid.
Now I live in KCMO working for RideKC driving Gillig CNGs.... SEPTA hiring? Deadass.
I miss riding these till this day. That engine on the Route 95 to and from Plymouth Meeting Mall was music to my ears
Clint Gates y'all had the 8411-8434 group at Frontier Division. Y'all rode them with the ribbed engine covers and white bulkheads up there for the longest.
wow i remember that bus sounds, wow thats crazy.
Music to my ears i remember some cold nights waiting on one of these buses back when i was a youngin say around 90'-91 ish
Uggghhh this sounds so great. Just like AC Transit's 1984 Gillig Phantoms. Also, the transmission is an HT-747 instead of a HT-740. ClassicTVMan1981X Ninja Bus Fan
Woooo-Shatt!!!🏁🏁🏁🤣🤣
@@369Bandido Lmao
Goddamn, that Neoplan sounds so sexy! It sounds jus' like them 9500 models WMATA had back in the day!
I'love 6V92 sound with Allison transmission.
40 years ago, DJ.
Man, the childhood memories. I remember these on the J, K, R, 26 and Occasionally on the 18 growing up in Mount Airy and Germantown. I also rode one of these out to Eagleville with the blue suburban seats. Them jawns were soft asf
I was a mechanic for S.E.P.T.A. for 14 years and worked 3 different depots....Germantown .....Luzerne ....Midvale and back to the Brake center! I have flashbacks of these buses..I used to like revving up that Detroit to air it up just to listen to it as I would slowly ease off the pedal to listen to it wind down....lol. But there was one problem I remember with those 8500 series was the toggle switch for the gear shift selector had a tendency to go bad so they would stick in gear and wouldn't start. So we would have to go in the back to the transmission linkage to manually shift it into neutral to get it to start....lol!
Wow!!! I wish we had neoplans in USA Today Wheww septa would be all over it
ah the good ole Transliners.....little did most people remember these were rare around septas fleet being as tho they were only 35 ft long.....
Actually this sounds like a Allison HT-747. The way the gear shifts from 1st and 2nd gear is indicative of the 747. In the HT-740, there is a long rev between first to second gear.
Aw MAN! This bad boy reminds me of the Pennliners ordered by Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) in Pittsburgh in the early 80's. :-D Great video, man!
Was this taken on a Victory 8500 suburban series Neoplan BD bus? I rode 8570 on the 110 Christmas Eve 1996 and 8570 kinda sounded like this. This reminds me of that jog up on West Chester Pike that the 104-Newtown Square, 120- Cheyney and the 103-Ardmore took coming out of the terminal. 110-Broomall/Springfield and 111-Springfield turned off on State Road.
You are DELCO AS F 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
When are you gonna post some vids?
You know me and you can talk Neoplans all day.
i never knew the 8500 series sound like that ...damn i miss the neoplans , nabis, volvo ..i miss the septa buses from 1990
That's that BD, code name for the 1983 buses that came in. My personal faves were the AK's, 8285-8434, mostly seen at Comly, Frontier and Southern.
Dennel Wright did you ever ride on 8289 and 8299? I heard those sounded different than the rest.
Dennel Wright the oldest Neoplan I ever got on was 8337 on the R bus out of Bridge and Pratt back in 1997.
jesussaves13 I've never rode the earlier series numbers before 8300. I've ridden 8310, 8311, 8312 and 8341. Also rode a lot of Southern AKs on the 23. My favorite was 8394.
The classic Allison HT-740 4 speed.
The 6V92TA Detroit Diesel engine with HT747 Allison Transmission in the AN440 buses from Septa my favorite memories my last ride was in 2000 with Nana riding around Philadelphia the first ride was in the 90s with my family and Nana
My last ride on an Neoplan AN440 bus was in 2001 it sounded just like this it was 3549 a 1986 Neoplan AN440
the 6v 92 Detroit diesel-power neopkanan440 yeah its a great American buses & with the ht 730 or 730 Allison automatic transmission in the buses they sound very good
Calvin Crews HT747. The V-730 is a 3-speed V-drive transmission, mostly found in the RTS and Flxible Metro across America.
its a shame that Neoplan USA is longer in business...
they made some of the most beautiful buses... loved the Transliner series. Miss the AN440/AN460. And I am biased, SEPTA had the best Neoplans in the country.
Dennel Wright i agree with you! It made my heart sad when they went with New Flyer in 2001. SEPTA could have helped them stay in business. Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and San Francisco MUNI canceled their bus orders due to lateness which sent Neoplan into bankruptcy. Crazy.
Neoplan and Flxible had the best buses back in the day, New Flyer and NOVA low floors are junk. I wish Flxible was still in business I bet they would have a cool low floor bus.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin 1986 Neoplan AN440 3500-3571
Was this a 3speed?
Thorell Smith Allison HT740 4 speed
Sounds more like a 5-speed.
four speed with 5th gear overdrive. but it only reached the fourth gear, you can tell how the bus downshifts.
jesussaves13 according to Philadelphia Transit Vehicles historic roster and VIN numbers, it wasn't the HT740. I thought it was the HT740 as well, but it's the HT747 transmission.
8562-8584 on SEPTA'S Red Arrow Division (8577-8584 while they were at Frontier Division) maxxed out on the highways. 8562-8584 were regulars on the 45 to King Of Prussia back in the 1980s. 8577-8584 were operated mainly in Oxford Valley for the 127, 128 and 129 at the time.
Maybe like me if you drove this CRAP from 1978 to 2003 your memories would NOT be so fond
Shut the hell up.
@@wook1990 well, he would know better.... SINCE HE WORKED FOR SEPTA.... 😂😂😂
He does say the ZF Neos were a lot better and better maintained. The 82-84 AN440s were beat up pretty bad do to shitty management. He was just speaking facts.
@@phillyzfynest7 I don't care if he worked for SEPTA. It's an opinion of his. Not a fact. And if anyone didn't like the 8000 Series Neoplan AN440s, it's an opinion. But you're smoking some funny stuff at the same time.
@@wook1990 noooo... you're in your feelings over a comment and seem pretty butthurt.
Funny, the majority whom driven those buses echo the same oPiNiOn as well as mechanics.... so.... keep being butthurt over facts and name-calling on the internet, buddy. ✌🏿
@@phillyzfynest7 Trying to figure out where the name calling is because you're clearly imagining things. Stop smoking. Drugs are bad for you.
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