Unitrans 4123-4127

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4127 parked at the Unitrans garage (photo taken in the early-mid 1990's)
4127 parked at the Unitrans garage (photo taken in the early-mid 1990's)

Unitrans 4123-4127 were five Flxible New Look buses operated in regular service by Unitrans in Davis, California. They had been owned by the Sacramento Regional Transit District prior to their service with Unitrans.

At the time, these were the only 35-foot Unitrans buses to be equipped with 8-cylinder engines, and as such were known as being relatively fast buses by the Unitrans staff. They were also affectionately known as "Baby Flexes" by the Unitrans staff because of their shorter length when compared to the 40-foot Flxible New Looks also on the Unitrans fleet. They were painted in the standard Unitrans paint scheme of the late-1980's/early-1990's (a white base with red and blue stripes running from front to back along the mid-section of the bus). Having been sold, they are no longer part of the Unitrans fleet.

[edit] Technical specifications

Manufacturer: The Flxible Company

Model: 45102-8-1 New-Look

Date built: 1975

Engine: Detroit Diesel 8V-71 diesel

Length: 35 feet

Width: 8½ feet

Seating capacity: 41

Original operator: Sacramento Regional Transit District

Date acquired by Unitrans: Late 1980's

Current status: All were retired and sold in 1996.

[edit] References

  • Stauss, Ed (1988). The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses, Woodland Hills, CA: Stauss Publications. ISBN 0-9619830-0-0
  • McKane, John (2001). Flxible Transit Buses - 1953-1995 Photo Archive, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-053-4