Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
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Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
Veolia (Volvo B7RLE) on the Parramatta City Council "The Loop" in Parramatta. 1/9/08
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Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
Don't care for this council but they were ahead of the game in ordering buses with Voith gearboxes. Perfect fit the operating environment. I also liked the projector headlamps.
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Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
Oh goody, another Voith enthusiast
The first photo shows an interesting style of desto programming, where capital letters seem to have a larger font and therefore look very out of place. It seems common over east - is there any particular reason for it?
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Good to see another who appreciates these marvels in a sea of Ecomat idolisers.
The ZF has too many shifts. A one speed Spicer torque converter transmission with lockup acting as second gave passengers unparalleled tram like smoothness.
https://youtu.be/U9ctf86ThOU?t=03m18s.
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Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
It is now about three years since I stopped uploading photos to the photo gallery. I have just restarted - at a slower pace - with the two photos from this thread being the first ones uploaded which are not my own. I wont necessarily be uploading every day
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Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
These Parra Loop buses were quite a unique chapter in bus operation history well worth adding there.
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Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
A ZF sounds nice, but they're so wildly variable between even the same type of buses. That said, I have a soft spot for the BT L94 CNGs, and O405NH CNG. Not exactly fast by any stretch of the imagination, but on those the gearboxes seemed exceptionally well-behaved.Swift wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:13 pm Good to see another who appreciates these marvels in a sea of Ecomat idolisers.
The ZF has too many shifts. A one speed Spicer torque converter transmission with lockup acting as second gave passengers unparalleled tram like smoothness.
https://youtu.be/U9ctf86ThOU?t=03m18s.
Thanks for sharing the video too. I suppose the early torque converters were designed for smoother power delivery versus the old crash and semi-automatic types they may have replaced.
Re: Parramatta City Council "The Loop" 1/9/08
Remnants of the branding still exist on what used to be The Loop route. Got quite a surprise to see seats outside Parramatta RSL with The Loop branding on - still - long after the branding disappeared.
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Wow. Wish you took a pic.
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That's great. Thanks.R44 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:50 pmI did, a while ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3aBHHlaOW/
I don't know if it is still there.
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