Toronto Transit Commission 9370-9394

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TTC Orion V CNG 9380

Toronto Transit Commission 9370-9394 were CNG 05.501 Orion V built by Orion Bus Industries. Being delivered between July 1990 and September 1991, they were based on Wilson, and remained there until March 2005 when all were withdrawn from service.

Besides the fact that these were the first to be Compressed Natural Gas powered for TTC, they were originally part of a fifty-unit CNG demonstration program administered by the Province of Ontario. Out of those fifty units, besides these twenty-five belonging to TTC, fifteen of them belonged to the Hamilton Street Railway and are now retired as of March 8, 2007. Ten others, which were later converted to diesel fuel, belonged to Mississauga Transit and the very last few are scheduled to be retired by late-2009.

A ZF Ecomat HP590 transmission was initially part of the specifications but later caused mechanical problems, therefore an Allison World B400R 5 speed transmission was required to replace the original ZF transmissions.

The Commission had scheduled a twelve-year rebuild taking place in 1998. However, though the operation was performed on 9370, TTC decided that these weren't worth to be rebuilt, due to structural failures that occured during that time and later on. TTC was wishing to sell these along with fifty GM New Looks and fourty-three Flyer D901s.

All were withdrawn from service by March 2005. However, 9371-9372, 9374-9375, 9377, 9387, 9389, and 9391 were actually eight out of nine buses scheduled to be exported to the Dominican Republic for future service. They were parked near Esther Shiner Stadium waiting for departure, but were later vandalized.

Number	Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination Sign
9370-9394	Cummins L10G, 240 hp	Allison World B400R, 5 speed	39: American Seating 6468	Luminator MatrixMax

Details

Number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	Paint	License Plate	Notes
9370		1989	2B1569K71K5030007		BK7 370	RETIRED November 2004 First CNG Orion V ever built. Delivered with a Mylar Rollsign which was later removed. Used as a charter administered by the TTS on October 23, 2004.
9371		1990	2B1569K76L5030201		BK7 371	RETIRED February 2005
9372		1990	2B1569K79L5030239		BK7 372	RETIRED March 2005 Came out of service in late 2003 and came back to service in August 2004.
9373		1990	2B1569K72L5030258		BK7 373	RETIRED February 2005
9374		1990	2B1569K74L5030312		BK7 374	RETIRED February 2005 Rebuilt after an accident. During rebuild, a new destination sign was received from 6679, and the TTC logo on the front was removed, before another one was given.
9375		1990	2B1569K70L5030324		BK7 375	RETIRED February 2005
9376		1991	2B1569K70M5030339		BK7 376	RETIRED March 2005
9377		1991	2B1569K74M5030358		BK7 377	RETIRED February 2005
9378		1991	2B1569K73M5030402		BK7 378	RETIRED February 2005
9379		1991	2B1569K79M5030369		BK7 379	RETIRED February 2005
9380		1991	2B1569K78M5030458		BL2 684	RETIRED February 2005
9381		1991	2B1569K76M5030409		BL2 685	RETIRED February 2005
9382		1991	2B1569K7XM5030445		BL2 686	RETIRED January 2005
9383		1991	2B1569K79M5030470		BL2 687	RETIRED February 2005
9384		1991	2B1569K75M5030482		BL2 688	RETIRED February 2005
9385		1991	2B1569K71M5030494		BL2 689	RETIRED February 2005
9386		1991	2B1569K70M5030518		BL2 690	RETIRED February 2005 The TTC logo seen on the right side was located near the front door instead of the rear door as usual.
9387		1991	2B1569K73M5030528		BL2 691	RETIRED February 2005
9388		1991	2B1569K70M5030535		BL2 692	RETIRED February 2005
9389		1991	2B1569K77M5030547		BL2 693	RETIRED February 2005
9390		1991	2B1569K70M5030549		BL2 694	RETIRED August 2004
9391		1991	2B1569K70M5030552		BL2 695	RETIRED March 2005
9392		1991	2B1569K73M5030559		BL2 696	RETIRED March 2005
9393		1991	2B1569K71M5030561		BL2 697	RETIRED February 2005 A TTC logo is seen above the rear window and near the front door.
9394		1991	2B1569K74M5030571		BL2 698	RETIRED February 2005