New York City Transit Authority Brooklyn 1996 NovaBus RTS-06

Welcome aboard New York City Transit Authority Nova RTS-06 #9148 on Route B52 Wyckoff & Palmetto Sts via Gates Avenue. This is one of the 7 current RTSs built with Cummins M11 engines. They were originally 9 of a 600 bus order with two already retired.

[@christopherdavids4614]

1995-1997 NovaBus RTS-06 Bus #9148 on The B52 Bus To Ridgewood-Palmetto Street and Wyckoff Avenue, Queens
Myrtle Avenue L Subway Station
Wyckoff Avenue M Subway Station
1995-1997 NovaBus RTS-06 Bus #9148 on The B52 Bus To Downtown Brooklyn-Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn

[@ThesimulationSyndacate]

I asked and have received. I heard catching one of these is like finding a needle in a haystack. Great find!

[@rts9100]

There was actually 10 of them with the Cummins Engine, 9142 being repowered due to catastrophic engine failure ....... All are retired now

[@8v71buses]

She sounds great. But when she retires, I wonder if the MTA will be ordering more Orion VII NGs for replacement

[@milestone_achiever4634]

NJT should have had this same damn set up when they bought their RTS buses. You can’t hear that distinct RTS sound in their buses at all 👎

[@8v71buses]

@juan833blue Oh I see! Also thats interesting that MTA is ordering new C40LFRs, I'd never thought they'd order New Flyer buses since ordering a large order of Orion buses. Btw they would be Cummins powered since Detroit Diesel & John Deere aren't making engines for C40LFRs

[@jfs1988]

R.I.P. RTS
ADA and EPA had to ruin everything with their CNG and hybrid Low floor buses.
I wonder why RTS became such a weak product in recent years. They made CNG anfd hybrid versions when they were with Novabus and Millinium Transit Services. and some with widedoors with wheelchair ramps in the front.

[@maddmaxx14]

The wheelchair accessibility low floor buses definitely dominated that