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Bus Stop Refreshments, Saskatoon. JFM 90 is a very well presented refreshment vehicle located at
Bessborough Square (Spadina Crescent and 21st. Street East) close to the centre of Saskatoon and doing
business as ‘Saskatoon Bus Stop Refreshments’. It has been in operation since 1989. It has become a very
well established business, with the surrounding area very well landscaped. Paul Bateson was fortunate to
meet the owner at the bus on 19th. October 2007, which was the final business day for 2007. Paul reports that
in his opinion it is one of the finest conversions to a refreshment vehicle that he has seen. The 20th. season
will resume in Spring 2008 (well, they can have several feet of snow and very cold temperatures in winter!).
KLB 689, painted red and white, was in use as a static café at Spadina Street East, Saskatoon, in 7/91 but by
5/96 it was reported to be on a farm at Hanley, south of Saskatoon; at this stage it was painted red and white, it
was mobile and it was used occasionally in parades, etc. When Paul Bateson found it in 10/07, it was parked
in a storage compound of Clavet Service Quality Automotive, Highway 16, Clavet, S0K 0Y0, a small
community south-east of Saskatoon. The bus is complete but it was noticed that the roof is beginning to sag
due to the weight of snow from sitting outside during successive harsh winters.
Regina Transit, Regina. 701 was one of the development vehicles for the Thomas-Dennis SLF range.
Wascana Centre, Regina. KLB 689 and 266 SFM were owned by the Wascana Centre Authority but it is believed
Regina Transit provided the driver and carried out maintenance/servicing; both were operated concurrently for
about 10 years. KLB 689 originally operated in a red livery on Wascana Scenic tours; by 11/85 however it was
in a light blue based multi-coloured scheme. 266 SFM was originally painted white with shades of orange and
red reliefs on the lower panels middle to rear of the bus, but it was later painted white with blue & cerise bands.
-?-, Lumsden. 266 SFM is complete but seemed rather abandoned when observed on 18th October 2007; it still
retains its builder’s plate and a Crosville advertisement about tickets!
-?- (tour company), Regina. 506 OHU was hard at work on the streets of Regina in 2001, but it was reported as
being advertised for sale in 8/03.
Nevada (NV)
(last covered in OJ813)
USA & CANADA (contemporary)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada – Citizens Area Transit (The CAT)
With the assistance of Allan Macfarlane and my son Peter, I can now bring you the registrations of all the first
batch of Tridents delivered to Las Vegas, plus a minor update to the indigenous element of their fleet.
New Vehicles
updated information
The following table gives the Nevada registrations for all 50 Trident III/Enviro 500 in the first batch delivered in
2005 (fleet numbers 200-249).
200 EX48707 213 EX48713 226 EX49869 238 EX49872
201 EX48995 214 EX49864 227 EX48720 239 EX49873
202 EX48996 215 EX49865 228 EX48721 240 EX49874
203 EX48708 216 EX49866 229 EX48722 241 EX49787
204 EX48709 217 EX48714 230 EX48723 242 EX49788
205 EX49876 218 EX49867 231 EX48724 243 EX49875
206 EX48710 219 EX48715 232 EX48778 244 EX48726
207 EX48997 220 EX48716 233 EX49870 245 EX48727
208 EX48711 221 EX48717 234 EX48725 246 EX48728
209 EX49784 222 EX48718 235 EX49871 247 EX49850
210 EX49863 223 EX48777 236 EX49785 248 EX49789
211 EX48779 224 EX49868 237 EX49786 249 EX49790
212 EX48712 225 EX48719
I also have a report that 104 of the 2007 batch is registered EX54047; full details of the entire batch in due
course.
Additional information on other vehicles in the fleet
Allan also suggests that the batch of vehicles 701-760, NABI 040.06/NABI, are B38D; these were delivered in
1999.