The year is 2000, and it is my first visit to Baltimore to video some MTA bus and light rail action (did not get to the Metro on this trip). Got some MARC cameos as well.
I remember the year 2000 like it was yesterday. I was maybe 7 going on 8 when this video was recorded and finishing second grade. Definitely takes me back to my elementary school years. Hard to believe there was still a Roy Rogers downtown. The one near my house closed down by either '98 or '99. I learned from a bus driver many years ago that the first two numbers of a bus was the year it was produced. At least in the Baltimore metro. It may be like this in other cities. From the looks of this video, it seems buses from as far back as the mid '80s were still running by 2000. I remember the days of taking public transit with my mom during the times when she didn't have a car. Hearing those buses definitely reminds me of my childhood. They started doing away with the buses from mid '80s to mid '90s around the mid '00s maybe 2005. By the time the latter '00s rolled around, fleets from the 1990s were slowly phasing out. The last time I saw a bus from '99 or '00 was maybe around 2014. You don't see many fleets from the 2000s anymore either. Some people used to say MD was stuck in the '80s, but in this video it didn't look much different from late '90s (circa 1997-99).
This is hometown history. I must’ve been 3-4 years old when this was recorded, haven’t seen these types of buses in years. Thank you for preserving this!
Fucking A yo. I'm 20 now and looking at this video I'm old enough to remember and rode every single bus. This is wild. I never thought those busses would go out of service. I miss them like crazy. Even though my childhood was really crappy. Riding public transportation was one constant good thing I had along with video games. The atmosphere is even different.
I was 10 yrs old when this was recorded. The busses have changed alot over the yrs since it's no longer "MTA" but the lightrails still looks like this today.
I miss the days when they would run three car sets. Now I'm lucky to see a two car set that isn't overcrowded. Thanks for posting this video. I've seen videos of Light Rail opening day and here it is 8 years later. I'm just 6 months older than this system. :)
Wow!! This brings back memories. I first rode on the MTA when I was 3 years old. I miss the good old buses like Flxibles Metros NABI models. It was great to see the light rail and MARC train in this video.
You can't beat the Flxible Metro series buses from the 6V92TA Detroit Diesel with the V730 or V731 Allison Transmission to the Detroit Diesel series fifty engines with the ZF ecomat Transmissions and the Ikarus Nabi 416 with the Cummins M11 engines with Either a B400 or ZF Transmissions
I remember growing up in Dallas Texas and Flxible, Nabi and the old Nova buses were my Favorite Transit Buses, and Shoutout to the Low Floor Gilligs and Orion Buses too
You got that right. Growing up in Atlanta it was a huge thrill both spotting and riding our 6v92 Metros and back then I use to skip an L10 Metro or D40 was to board a Detroit Diesel just to enjoy the sounds of them. I’m currently am in writing about them and can’t wait to share about my experience seeing, listening and riding them because I can’t just keep it to myself anymore 🤩
I wasn't born for another 9 years after but i remember being 3 years old in 2012-2013 and everything still looked super old and now its 2023-2024 and everything is so revolutionary its kinda crazy all the upgrades that have happened in that 23 year span from 2000 to now
I was born in '92. I can definitely say MTA buses have definitely changed over the years and not just in Baltimore. Most of those bus fleets between the mid '80s and mid '90s pretty much phased out by 2005. But, buses produced between the late '90s/early '00s era began to phase out during the 2010s. The last time I rode on 99/00 fleet was around 2014. Bus routes have been modified, changed or even discontinued over the decades even before the BaltimoreLink system was implemented.
I remember the year 2000 like it was yesterday. I was maybe 7 going on 8 when this video was recorded and finishing second grade. Definitely takes me back to my elementary school years. Hard to believe there was still a Roy Rogers downtown. The one near my house closed down by either '98 or '99. I learned from a bus driver many years ago that the first two numbers of a bus was the year it was produced. At least in the Baltimore metro. It may be like this in other cities. From the looks of this video, it seems buses from as far back as the mid '80s were still running by 2000. I remember the days of taking public transit with my mom during the times when she didn't have a car. Hearing those buses definitely reminds me of my childhood. They started doing away with the buses from mid '80s to mid '90s around the mid '00s maybe 2005. By the time the latter '00s rolled around, fleets from the 1990s were slowly phasing out. The last time I saw a bus from '99 or '00 was maybe around 2014. You don't see many fleets from the 2000s anymore either. Some people used to say MD was stuck in the '80s, but in this video it didn't look much different from late '90s (circa 1997-99).
This is hometown history. I must’ve been 3-4 years old when this was recorded, haven’t seen these types of buses in years. Thank you for preserving this!
Fucking A yo. I'm 20 now and looking at this video I'm old enough to remember and rode every single bus. This is wild. I never thought those busses would go out of service. I miss them like crazy. Even though my childhood was really crappy. Riding public transportation was one constant good thing I had along with video games. The atmosphere is even different.
I was 10 yrs old when this was recorded. The busses have changed alot over the yrs since it's no longer "MTA" but the lightrails still looks like this today.
Look at all those nice classic cars
I miss the days when they would run three car sets. Now I'm lucky to see a two car set that isn't overcrowded. Thanks for posting this video. I've seen videos of Light Rail opening day and here it is 8 years later. I'm just 6 months older than this system. :)
Baltimore is much quieter back then than now a days
Matty Fn true. im from there
Feels like I just stepped in a time machine.
The BEST IN THE 👀🌎⭐⭐⭐⭐ I want my city back amen
KA-POW!!!
Time surely flies
Wow!! This brings back memories. I first rode on the MTA when I was 3 years old. I miss the good old buses like Flxibles Metros NABI models. It was great to see the light rail and MARC train in this video.
Great video! You don't realize how much has changed until you take a look back.
Danm i miss them old days
Wow if only we could go back so many memories of baltimore 😢
i would personally not want to go back to the old transit system
You can't beat the Flxible Metro series buses from the 6V92TA Detroit Diesel with the V730 or V731 Allison Transmission to the Detroit Diesel series fifty engines with the ZF ecomat Transmissions and the Ikarus Nabi 416 with the Cummins M11 engines with Either a B400 or ZF Transmissions
Calvin yes!! They were my favorite buses back in the good old days. Now, they have new Flyers and MTA is ordering NOVA buses from 2020 until 2024
I remember growing up in Dallas Texas and Flxible, Nabi and the old Nova buses were my Favorite Transit Buses, and Shoutout to the Low Floor Gilligs and Orion Buses too
You got that right. Growing up in Atlanta it was a huge thrill both spotting and riding our 6v92 Metros and back then I use to skip an L10 Metro or D40 was to board a Detroit Diesel just to enjoy the sounds of them. I’m currently am in writing about them and can’t wait to share about my experience seeing, listening and riding them because I can’t just keep it to myself anymore 🤩
@@Enlightenment888Fort Worth had the CNG Flxible Metro B, C and E's
I wasn't born for another 9 years after but i remember being 3 years old in 2012-2013 and everything still looked super old and now its 2023-2024 and everything is so revolutionary its kinda crazy all the upgrades that have happened in that 23 year span from 2000 to now
I was born in '92. I can definitely say MTA buses have definitely changed over the years and not just in Baltimore. Most of those bus fleets between the mid '80s and mid '90s pretty much phased out by 2005. But, buses produced between the late '90s/early '00s era began to phase out during the 2010s. The last time I rode on 99/00 fleet was around 2014. Bus routes have been modified, changed or even discontinued over the decades even before the BaltimoreLink system was implemented.
I see a Carolina Trailways MCI MC9 Crusader ii Coach
I was born there
Amazing, see buses 15 and 16 years old still running. Now the want to scrap them after 12 or 13 years. What a waste of Md tax dollars!
THAT IS BECAUSE OF UMTA REGULATIONS