Goodbye, diesel bus — nice knowing you!

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Photo by Juan Ocampo

Here’s the official photo of the last diesel bus in Metro Los Angeles’ fleet being towed into retirement this morning.

As we posted earlier in more detail, Metro is now the first major transit agency in the world that has a fleet comprised entirely of clean-burning buses. That includes 2,221 buses that run on compressed natural gas, six gas-electric hybrids and one bus that is fully electric.

And what happens to the above bus? It’s being scrapped and holes are being punctured in its engine block so that it will never again run or burp out those very unlovely diesel fumes.

14 thoughts on “Goodbye, diesel bus — nice knowing you!”

  1. Andres, the bus is still in operable condition. It brings in money at the auctions Metro holds for equipment.

    The buses are usually bought by private carriers, such as Transit Systems, or they may find their way to Mexico.

  3. Only 3016-3019 remain in service but are one of those operated by contractors which is Veolia Transportation.

    Click here to see many pics and videos by other users:

    http://www.all-transit.com/photo-gallery/photo-pages/lamta-98-1.htm

    http://www.thebergennetwork.com/na/ca/lacmta/newflyera.php

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/39569101@N07/sets/72157621777606715/with/3773880207/

    http://rmcconnell.com/transport/ca/lametro/nfi-d40lf.php

    Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64fvDLqZvH8

  4. I sure am going to miss these buses. I rode these buses on Wilshire & Venice a lot. These were a classic to me

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