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USA & CANADA 837-OJ-261 USA & CANADA
7347 JGF 347K BN1 504 (5/09)
Lady Dive Tours, St. Isidore 2 GDL 815E BP2 637 (7/09)
6 UWV 605S BP2 642 (7/09)
7 JHW 114P BP2 641 (7/09)
Scharf, Kitchener NXP 821 BM4 661 (7/09)
(exported as LLU 614, originally NXP 821 – now carries NXP 824 on front)
ShopDineTour Toronto, Toronto ERV 252D BL6 593 (5/09)
OET 108M BM2 737 (5/09)
(carries PVT 6)
HWJ 928W BM8 627 (5/09)
SDX 31R BN4 528 (5/09)
(carries ADX 1)
DDB69-10 LHT 725P BM9 375 (8/09)
Virgin Mobile, Toronto 788 DYE BH8 061 (7/09)
Vehicles out
Ceppertelli & Makowski, Hamilton
MLL 677 Ld 7RT PR H??R severely damaged by fire 3/09; remains
(fish & chip bus) sold for scrap -/09
Donatelli, Port Dalhousie LUC 246 AEC Rt Wey H50RD -?-, St. Catharines by7/08
Double Deck Tours, Niagara Falls
12 CUV 174C AEC Rm PR H64R LaMonica {Pittsburgh Tour Company},
Pittsburgh, PA 12 5/09
Lady Dive Tours, St. Isidore JGF 404K Dr CRG PR O68D gone by7/09
Mississauga Truck & Bus, Milton KPW 482E Bl FLF ECW H67F Bateson, Tudhope & Watson,
Niagara Falls (P) 12/08
Morch, Picton EDS 48A AEC Rm PR O64R Bus & Boat Company, Toronto 6350 6/09
(originally WLT 504)
Scrappie’s, Hanmer FNW 706 Ld TD5 Roe O56R broken up c7/08
ShopDineTour Toronto, Toronto KEL 721 Bl KS ECW O55R gone (see General below) by9/07
KEL 724 Bl KS ECW L55R gone (see General below) by9/07
Welham G {Double Decker Bus Company), Fulton
788 DYE AEC Rm PR H64R -?-, Toronto by10/08
ALD 904B AEC Rm PR H64R Medallion Investment Corporation,
Calgary, AB 2/05
LHT 725P Bl VRT ECW H66F+ ShopDineTour Toronto, Toronto 7/09
-?-, St. Catharines LUC 246 AEC Rt Wey H50RD Glendale Metal Co., Glendale Ave.,
St. Catharines, for scrap 7/09
-?-, Toronto 788 DYE AEC Rm PR H64R Virgin Mobile, Toronto by6/09
General
Anderson, Burlington. OLD 529 (AEC Rt III/PR H??R originally LT RT4743) is still (8/09) in the rear yard at Ted’s Service
Centre, Burlington, and looks more unlikely to ever move again!
Bus & Boat Company, Toronto. This operator has a new owner having being purchased by The Magic Bus Co. of Toronto
earlier this year (2009). They have also joined the City Sightseeing organisation and the RouteMasters are receiving City
Sightseeing names and staff wear the CS uniform. Fleet expansion has also occurred as shown above.
Double Deck Tours, Niagara Falls. Tourism has suffered badly in Niagara Falls this summer due to the swine flu (far fewer
Japanese tourists, for example), new Passport Control regulations for crossing between Canada and the USA, and the
‘credit crunch’. Consequently Double Deck Tours was only operating six Routemasters out of a potential fleet of 19. As at
1/7/09, 02 (RCL 2252), 04 (RM 2165, newly fitted with a Cummins engine ex-school bus), 15 (RML 2501), 18 (RM 1604),
19 (RM 1102) and 23 (RML 2555) were the only buses in service; about August 3 rd , 24 (RML 2467) replaced 23. In
addition, 05 (RM 583) was parked as an advertising bus at the Best Western Hotel on Fallsview Boulevard.
Greyhound Canada Transportation (Gray Line), Ottawa. In 7/09 2008 (CRC 249J) and 2009 (MCO 260H) were in an all-over
advert livery for the Casino; .2007 (CRC 251J), which retains its roof, was in a red livery. In the yard 2010 (CRC 241J)
was engineless and may be withdrawn.
Greyhound Canada Transportation (Gray Line), Toronto. Both 358 (JGF 158K) and 7347 (CWU 145T) have been parked up
at the depot out of use for some considerable time and may be considered withdrawn (both were seen in service during
2007). Of note is that Toronto is now the only place in the world to have scheduled daily DMS operation.
Lady Dive Tours, St. Isidore. Normally the service is run with two open top VRTs, red liveried no. 7 (JHW 114P) and no. 6
(UWV 605S) which carries a green all-over advert livery for Camouflage in conjunction with an exhibition on this subject at
the war museum. The third bus which could be considered the spare is Bristol FLF no. 2 (GDL 815E) which is also red
and retains its roof although most upper side windows are removed.
Scharf, Kitchener. Former RT3814 (NXP 821, but now carrying NXP 824 at the front) now sports an all-over advertising
livery for the Kitchener Rangers, a local ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). This bus is now located
just north of 421 Manitou Road, on the west side of the road in Kitchener (7/09).
ShopDineTour Toronto, Toronto. KEL 721/4 had been advertised for sale on e-Bay in 12/06 and although they were still
present in the yard in 3/07, they had gone by9/07. They were then seen together in 5/08 parked on the property of