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NFTA 7754 & 7351049 viewsNFTA #7754 & 735 in the garage in the summer of 1998. #7754 is not used in revenue service but does occasionally see daylight during special events in Buffalo. Photograph taken by Mike Gallant.
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NFTA 3052999 viewsNFTA #3052 in September, 1977. Photograph taken by Joe Caronetti.
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NFTA 1066980 viewsNFTA #1066 on route 55T-Trolley stops at the Niagara Falls Transit Center on October 5, 2012. Photograph taken by Jim Devlin.
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NFTA 9318954 viewsNFTA #9318 exiting the University station busway in Buffalo on the 30-Kenmore route. This bus is painted in a heritage scheme celebrating the International Railway Co., which operated transit service in the region until 1950. Photograph taken September 1, 2007 by Jim Devlin.
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NFTA 5023937 viewsNFTA #5023 on the now-defunct 9 Parkside route at layover on Kenmore Avenue in 1979. The NFTA was the first order of the 40-foot, 96" wide buses with serial numbers 001-065. Another batch of TH-8603 slopebacks were delivered in 1980 with livery numbers 5066-5078 and were the second order of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts for NFTA Metro Bus. Photograph taken by Don Gordon.
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NFT 7745915 viewsNFT #7745 on the 12 Utica route Downtown in July, 1977. Most of these buses had been repainted in the NFTA-Metro Bus yellow-black-white, or NFTA "Earth Tone" livery before they were retired. Its sister coach #7754 has been preserved as a "heritage" bus and restored in the original NFT livery shown above. Photo courtesy of Jim Husing Collection.
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NFT 7655885 viewsNFT #7655 on the 8 Main Route in July, 1977. This photo shows a more complete NFT red and tan livery. Photo courtesy of Jim Husing Collection.
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NFTA 3012 (ex-Lockport Bus Lines)864 viewsNFTA #3012 on route 29-Wohlers in July, 1977. Because of the tight and numerous turns, this route necessitates the use of shorter and more agile buses. These buses were acquired when the NFTA incoroporated Lockport Transit. Many of these buses were the first equipped with wheelchair lifts. Photo courtesy of Jim Husing Collection.
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NFTA 528 (ex-Carteret Transit 28)863 viewsNFTA #528 working route 29-Wohlers at Maryland & Niagara Streets in July, 1977. Bus #526-540 and #311-319 were inherited when the NFTA absorbed the former Niagara Falls Municipal Transit System. Photograph taken by Jim Husing.
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NFTA 5052857 viewsNFTA #5052 working route 5-Niagara Street from Downtown Buffalo in August, 1979. Sister bus to NFTA #5023, but later production as GM had reoriented the driver's side mirror to facilitate easier adjustment. The second order of RTS-03 buses in 1980 (5066-5078) came equipped with wheelchair lifts and were identified by a large blue wheelchair decal on the right front by the bus number. Photo courtesy of Jim Husing collection.
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NFTA 9333848 viewsNFTA #9333 on route 4-Broadway at Court & Main Streets in downtown Buffalo. Photograph taken September 1, 2007 by Jim Devlin.
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NFTA 9530830 viewsNFTA #9530 entering the University station busway on the 13-Kensington route on September 1, 2007. This bus is still painted in the older Metro scheme. Photograph taken by Jim Devlin.
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