They existed at an interesting time and got some otherwise unusual usage as a result of that. When properly maintained, the Orion II was a great bus, the problem is in many cases they were overused and undermaintained. Being "different" than pretty well all other buses certainly did not help that.
wish we had more recent videos on these buses
These buses didn't have much time left when I recorded this. I wish I could have taken more, too.
Cummins B 5.9 (which would later be called ISB) with AT-545, 4 speed. :)
And this was the worst bus Mississauga transit had. This thing was a joke, especially compared to the 1997 orion v
They existed at an interesting time and got some otherwise unusual usage as a result of that. When properly maintained, the Orion II was a great bus, the problem is in many cases they were overused and undermaintained. Being "different" than pretty well all other buses certainly did not help that.