In a fish out of water comedy film the main character (or characters) finds himself or herself in an alien environment and this drives most of the humor in the film. One example is men having to dress and live as women to accomplish some goal such as in the films Some Like It Hot (1959) and Tootsie (1982).
Fish out of water themes and examples
One gender having to live as the other
*Some Like It Hot (1959)
*Tootsie (1982)
*Victor/Victoria (1982)
*All of Me (1984)
*Just One of the Guys (1985)
*Switch (1991)
*Ladybugs (1992)
*Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
*The Associate (1996)
*Mulan (1998)
*A Saintly Switch (1999)
*Big Momma's House (2000)
*What Women Want (2000)
*Sorority Boys (2002)
*Juwanna Mann (2002)
*The Hot Chick (2002)
*White Chicks (2004)
*She's the Man (2006)
Adult having to live as a child and/or vice versa
*The Major and the Minor (1942)
*You're Never Too Young (1955)
*Freaky Friday (1976)
*Back to School (1986)
*Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
*Hiding Out (1987)
*Like Father, Like Son (1987)
*Big (1988)
*' (1988)
*Vice Versa (1988)
*Rookie of the Year (1993)
*Little Big League (1994)
*Billy Madison (1995)
*Never Been Kissed (1999)
*Like Mike (2002)
*Freaky Friday (2003)
*13 Going on 30 (2004)
*Little Man (2006)
Laid back or unorthodox individual in an austere environment (or vice versa)
*Modern Times (1936)
*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
*Mon Oncle (1958)
*Playtime (1967) - although there is no main character in this film, the theme is the same
*Stripes (1981)
*Police Academy (1984)
*Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
*Dead Poets Society (1989)
*My Blue Heaven (1990)
*Sister Act (1992)
*Son in Law (1993)
*Happy Gilmore (1996)
*Eddie (1996)
*Bean (1997)
*Blue Streak (1999)
*The Princess Diaries (2001)
*Black Knight (2001)
*How High (2001)
*Mr. Deeds (2002)
*School of Rock (2003)
*What a Girl Wants (2003)
*The Family Stone (2005)
*You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Pampered or spoiled individual in an austere environment or vice versa
*Why Worry? (1923)
*The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
*Private Benjamin (1980)
*Trading Places (1983)
*Crocodile Dundee (1986)
*Overboard (1987)
*Maid to Order (1987)
*Coming to America / Prince in New York (1988)
*City Slickers (1991)
*Captain Ron (1992)
*Cadet Kelly (2002)
*Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
*Mean Girls (2004)
*Just My Luck (2006)
*Cow Belles (2006)
*Material Girls (2006)
Trying to survive in a different socio-economic class
*My Fair Lady (1964)
*The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
*The Toy (1982)
*Trading Places (1983)
*Maid to Order (1987)
*Born in East L.A. (1987)
*Coming to America (1988)
*Pretty Woman (1990)
*King Ralph (1991)
*True Identity (1991)
*Class Act (1992)
*Rush Hour (1998)
*Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
*Miss Congeniality (2000)
*The Princess Diaries (2001)
*Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
*The Pacifier (2005)
*The Holiday (2006)
Naive or timid individual out in the "big, bad" world
*' (1923)
*Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
*The Out-of-Towners (1970)
*For Pete's Sake (1974)
*Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
*Being There (1979)
*The Jerk (1979)
*The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
*Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
*An American Tail (1986)
*Crocodile Dundee (1986)
*Howard the Duck (1986)
*The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
*Not Quite Human (1987)
*Oliver and Company (1988)
*Coming to America (1988)
*The Wizard (1989)
*Encino Man (1992)
*Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
*Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
*Forrest Gump (1994)
*Dumb and Dumber (1994)
*Jungle 2 Jungle (1996)
*Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
*George of the Jungle (1997)
*The Rugrats Movie (1998)
*Blast from the Past (1999)
*Mr. Deeds (2002)
*Finding Nemo (2003)
*Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
*Elf (2003)
*The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
*Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Inexperienced father/mother figure who has to take care of kids and/or do domestic work
*Mr. Mom (1983)
*Baby Boom (1987)
*Three Men and a Baby (1987)
*Uncle Buck (1989)
*Kindergarten Cop (1990)
*Mr. Nanny (1993)
*Major Payne (1995)
*Big Daddy (1999)
*The Family Man (2000)
*Daddy Day Care (2003)
*My Baby's Daddy (2004)
*Raising Helen (2004)
*Are We There Yet? (2005)
*The Pacifier (2005)
*Son of the Mask (2005)
*Bob the Butler (2005)
*Cop and a 1/2 (1993)
Where fantasy and/or science fiction meets reality and vice versa
*Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
*Sleeper (1973)
*Superman (1978)
*Xanadu (1980)
*The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
*Splash (1984)
*Night of the Comet (1984)
*Weird Science (1985)
*The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
*A Billion For Boris (1985)
*The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
*Comic relief elements in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
*Date with an Angel (1987)
*Not Quite Human (1987)
*Beetlejuice (1988)
*My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
*Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
*Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1989)
*Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
*Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
*Mom and Dad Save The World (1992)
*Cool World (1992)
*Death Becomes Her (1992)
*Stay Tuned (1992)
*The Last Action Hero (1992)
*Coneheads (1993)
*Meteor Man (1993)
*Hocus Pocus (1993)
*The Mask (1994)
*Trading Mom (1992)
*Space Jam (1996)
*The Stupids (1996)
*Pleasantville (1998)
*Spiceworld (1998)
*Dude, Where's My Car? (1999)
*Dogma (2000)
*The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
*Shaolin Soccer (2000)
*Monkeybone (2001)
*Galaxy Quest (2002)
*What Women Want (2003)
*Fat Albert (2004)
*The Stepford Wives (2004)
*Bewitched (2005)
*Just Like Heaven (2005)
*Son of the Mask (2005)
*Sky High (2005)
*Aquamarine (2006)
*Illegal Aliens (2006)
*My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
*Enchanted (2007)
*Fred Claus (2007)
*Underdog (2007)
*Be Kind, Rewind (2008)
Person from one era visits in another
*Sleeper (1973)
*Unidentified Flying Oddball (1978)
*Time After Time (1979)
*Back to the Future (1985)
*Star Trek IV (1986)
*Hello Again (1987) (In this case, the main character is bought back from the dead a year later)
*' (1990)
*Encino Man (1992)
*Army of Darkness (1993)
*Les Visiteurs (1993)
*Black Knight (1995)
*Forever Young (1996)
*Blast from the Past (1999)
*Idiocracy (2006)
Unlikely mismatched combinations of genres, trends, styles or vice versa with regular occupations
*The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) Mismatched and inexperienced basketball players from different environments brought together by astrology.
*The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) A minister recruit female members from his church to help the feds take down a money laundering operation.
* and The main character achieves fame as a regular on a TV dance show, which in turn makes her a new symbol for racial integration in 1962 Baltimore.
*Cool Runnings (1993) Jamaican bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
*The Big Green (1994) A teacher from England exposes her students in a small Texas town to soccer, and turns them into a winning team.
*Junior (1994) A comedy that revolves around the world's first human male pregnancy.
*Party Girl (1995) A young woman with a habit of throwing parties uses her knowledge of dance music, rave culture and fashion style in her work as a librarian.
*BASEketball (1998) Basketball and baseball becomes a combined sport.
*Mystery, Alaska (1999) A fictional small-town ice hockey team that plays a game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
*Connie and Carla (2004) Two struggling female lounge singers pose as--and find success as--female impersonators, while hiding from the mob.
*Stranger Than Fiction (2006) A normal IRS agent is the subject of an author's novel that she is writing, and in the process is controlling his life while she is working on the book.
*Jenbot (2008) a teenager is transformed into a cyborg by the military.
Fish out of water themes and examples
One gender having to live as the other
*Some Like It Hot (1959)
*Tootsie (1982)
*Victor/Victoria (1982)
*All of Me (1984)
*Just One of the Guys (1985)
*Switch (1991)
*Ladybugs (1992)
*Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
*The Associate (1996)
*Mulan (1998)
*A Saintly Switch (1999)
*Big Momma's House (2000)
*What Women Want (2000)
*Sorority Boys (2002)
*Juwanna Mann (2002)
*The Hot Chick (2002)
*White Chicks (2004)
*She's the Man (2006)
Adult having to live as a child and/or vice versa
*The Major and the Minor (1942)
*You're Never Too Young (1955)
*Freaky Friday (1976)
*Back to School (1986)
*Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
*Hiding Out (1987)
*Like Father, Like Son (1987)
*Big (1988)
*' (1988)
*Vice Versa (1988)
*Rookie of the Year (1993)
*Little Big League (1994)
*Billy Madison (1995)
*Never Been Kissed (1999)
*Like Mike (2002)
*Freaky Friday (2003)
*13 Going on 30 (2004)
*Little Man (2006)
Laid back or unorthodox individual in an austere environment (or vice versa)
*Modern Times (1936)
*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
*Mon Oncle (1958)
*Playtime (1967) - although there is no main character in this film, the theme is the same
*Stripes (1981)
*Police Academy (1984)
*Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
*Dead Poets Society (1989)
*My Blue Heaven (1990)
*Sister Act (1992)
*Son in Law (1993)
*Happy Gilmore (1996)
*Eddie (1996)
*Bean (1997)
*Blue Streak (1999)
*The Princess Diaries (2001)
*Black Knight (2001)
*How High (2001)
*Mr. Deeds (2002)
*School of Rock (2003)
*What a Girl Wants (2003)
*The Family Stone (2005)
*You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Pampered or spoiled individual in an austere environment or vice versa
*Why Worry? (1923)
*The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
*Private Benjamin (1980)
*Trading Places (1983)
*Crocodile Dundee (1986)
*Overboard (1987)
*Maid to Order (1987)
*Coming to America / Prince in New York (1988)
*City Slickers (1991)
*Captain Ron (1992)
*Cadet Kelly (2002)
*Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
*Mean Girls (2004)
*Just My Luck (2006)
*Cow Belles (2006)
*Material Girls (2006)
Trying to survive in a different socio-economic class
*My Fair Lady (1964)
*The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
*The Toy (1982)
*Trading Places (1983)
*Maid to Order (1987)
*Born in East L.A. (1987)
*Coming to America (1988)
*Pretty Woman (1990)
*King Ralph (1991)
*True Identity (1991)
*Class Act (1992)
*Rush Hour (1998)
*Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
*Miss Congeniality (2000)
*The Princess Diaries (2001)
*Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
*The Pacifier (2005)
*The Holiday (2006)
Naive or timid individual out in the "big, bad" world
*' (1923)
*Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
*The Out-of-Towners (1970)
*For Pete's Sake (1974)
*Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
*Being There (1979)
*The Jerk (1979)
*The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
*Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
*An American Tail (1986)
*Crocodile Dundee (1986)
*Howard the Duck (1986)
*The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
*Not Quite Human (1987)
*Oliver and Company (1988)
*Coming to America (1988)
*The Wizard (1989)
*Encino Man (1992)
*Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
*Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
*Forrest Gump (1994)
*Dumb and Dumber (1994)
*Jungle 2 Jungle (1996)
*Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
*George of the Jungle (1997)
*The Rugrats Movie (1998)
*Blast from the Past (1999)
*Mr. Deeds (2002)
*Finding Nemo (2003)
*Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
*Elf (2003)
*The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
*Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Inexperienced father/mother figure who has to take care of kids and/or do domestic work
*Mr. Mom (1983)
*Baby Boom (1987)
*Three Men and a Baby (1987)
*Uncle Buck (1989)
*Kindergarten Cop (1990)
*Mr. Nanny (1993)
*Major Payne (1995)
*Big Daddy (1999)
*The Family Man (2000)
*Daddy Day Care (2003)
*My Baby's Daddy (2004)
*Raising Helen (2004)
*Are We There Yet? (2005)
*The Pacifier (2005)
*Son of the Mask (2005)
*Bob the Butler (2005)
*Cop and a 1/2 (1993)
Where fantasy and/or science fiction meets reality and vice versa
*Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
*Sleeper (1973)
*Superman (1978)
*Xanadu (1980)
*The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
*Splash (1984)
*Night of the Comet (1984)
*Weird Science (1985)
*The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
*A Billion For Boris (1985)
*The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
*Comic relief elements in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
*Date with an Angel (1987)
*Not Quite Human (1987)
*Beetlejuice (1988)
*My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
*Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
*Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1989)
*Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
*Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
*Mom and Dad Save The World (1992)
*Cool World (1992)
*Death Becomes Her (1992)
*Stay Tuned (1992)
*The Last Action Hero (1992)
*Coneheads (1993)
*Meteor Man (1993)
*Hocus Pocus (1993)
*The Mask (1994)
*Trading Mom (1992)
*Space Jam (1996)
*The Stupids (1996)
*Pleasantville (1998)
*Spiceworld (1998)
*Dude, Where's My Car? (1999)
*Dogma (2000)
*The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
*Shaolin Soccer (2000)
*Monkeybone (2001)
*Galaxy Quest (2002)
*What Women Want (2003)
*Fat Albert (2004)
*The Stepford Wives (2004)
*Bewitched (2005)
*Just Like Heaven (2005)
*Son of the Mask (2005)
*Sky High (2005)
*Aquamarine (2006)
*Illegal Aliens (2006)
*My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
*Enchanted (2007)
*Fred Claus (2007)
*Underdog (2007)
*Be Kind, Rewind (2008)
Person from one era visits in another
*Sleeper (1973)
*Unidentified Flying Oddball (1978)
*Time After Time (1979)
*Back to the Future (1985)
*Star Trek IV (1986)
*Hello Again (1987) (In this case, the main character is bought back from the dead a year later)
*' (1990)
*Encino Man (1992)
*Army of Darkness (1993)
*Les Visiteurs (1993)
*Black Knight (1995)
*Forever Young (1996)
*Blast from the Past (1999)
*Idiocracy (2006)
Unlikely mismatched combinations of genres, trends, styles or vice versa with regular occupations
*The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) Mismatched and inexperienced basketball players from different environments brought together by astrology.
*The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) A minister recruit female members from his church to help the feds take down a money laundering operation.
* and The main character achieves fame as a regular on a TV dance show, which in turn makes her a new symbol for racial integration in 1962 Baltimore.
*Cool Runnings (1993) Jamaican bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
*The Big Green (1994) A teacher from England exposes her students in a small Texas town to soccer, and turns them into a winning team.
*Junior (1994) A comedy that revolves around the world's first human male pregnancy.
*Party Girl (1995) A young woman with a habit of throwing parties uses her knowledge of dance music, rave culture and fashion style in her work as a librarian.
*BASEketball (1998) Basketball and baseball becomes a combined sport.
*Mystery, Alaska (1999) A fictional small-town ice hockey team that plays a game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
*Connie and Carla (2004) Two struggling female lounge singers pose as--and find success as--female impersonators, while hiding from the mob.
*Stranger Than Fiction (2006) A normal IRS agent is the subject of an author's novel that she is writing, and in the process is controlling his life while she is working on the book.
*Jenbot (2008) a teenager is transformed into a cyborg by the military.
This article pertains to the current and retired bus fleet assigned to Port Authority of Allegheny County. The buses are assigned to five garages in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Harmar, Ross, Collier, East Liberty and West Mifflin.
Current fleet
In January 2007 there were 1,207 buses in its lineup:
416 Regular high-floor transit buses (40-ft versions)
*171 NovaBus Classics (last transit system in the United States to receive Classics)
** 2600–2770 1996
*** The original 2600 was wrecked. In Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Olympics, some of the Nova classics were used for shuttles, fresh off the assembly line. When 2600 was wrecked, Novabus built Port Authority another one. It has some features on it that make it unique, such as different front doors, and a different wiring set-up.
*245 Flxible Metros Some Metros have been decommissioned and most probably will be gone by 2008.
Original order:
2300–2449 1993
Option order:
2450–2459 1994
2460–2496 1995
2505–2515 1994
2516–2524 1995
2541–2550 1994
2551–2560 1995
2575–2584 1994
2585–2594 1995
----
Differences between Flxible orders at Port Authority:
----
• The original order had the Luminator ODK installed in front of operator, mounted in the bulkhead. The option order had Luminator ODK mounted to the left of operator on the electrical access door.
• The original order had vinyl blue seats with single forward-facing seats on the right side of the bus. No further buses vinyl seats or with single forward-facing seats were ordered. The option order marked the beginning of cloth seats and double, forward-facing seats becoming the standard throughout on Port Authority buses.
• The original order had a Voith 3-speed transmission, while the option order had Allison 3-speed.
• Various minor differences: the option order makes a whining sound that is not present in original order; the option order has transparent rear doors while the original order has glass on the top only; interior coach number font is different; the box behind the operator's seat on the option order is smaller, allowing the seat to slide back farther.
• Originally ordered 150, but Flxible ceased operations, thus the gaps in the 1995 order.
• 2446 was destroyed when it rear-ended a parked 18-wheeler. 2550 and 2581 were destroyed when they crashed into each other in a January 1996 snowstorm on the East Busway. This accident resulted in the death of the operator of 2581, the termination of the operator of 2550 and many injuries, but no passengers died.
60 Regular high-floor transit buses (35-ft versions)
*Gillig Phantoms
** 1501–1560 2003
483 Regular low-floor transit buses (40-ft versions)
*324 Gillig Advantage Low Floors
** 5201–5366 2003 (Detroit Series 50 / Allison 5 speed)
** 5371–5376 2005 (diesel/electric hybrids)
** 5401–5460 2005 (Detroit Series 50 / ZF 5 speed)
** 5501–5592 2006 (Cummins / Voith 4 speed)
*** Note: 5290 after a dump truck slammed into the vehicle as it was picking up passengers.
*159 Neoplan Low-Floor Transliners
** 5001–5160 2000
** 5019 was destroyed in a fire
88 Rush hour/commuter high-floor transit buses
*40 Neoplan Metroliner suburban commuter coaches
** 1901–1940 2000
** #1910 is a repainted coach.
*48 Neoplan 60-foot articulateds
** 3050–3074 1998
** #3059 has been repainted and #3060 is in Manchester shops currently undergoing a complete rehab.
** 3101–3125 2005/2006
** These are the last Neoplan USA buses every manufactured.
160 Mid Bus Shuttle Transit Vehicles (STV) (mostly used on crosstown or feeder routes)
* 8510–8589 1998 (no longer in revenue service)
* 8590–8599 2002
* 8601–8670 2003
Retired fleet
This list featured buses models that were the most used on PAT routes. The companies listed are in the order that they made their debut in the PAT fleet.
GMC Old Look series
*Pre-PAT:
**200-375 (1952 to 1959; 200-317 were Pittsburgh Railways Co.)
**400-410; 425-459 (1953-1955; Single-door transit)
**475-496; 700-766; 770-790; 800-902 (1947-1959; Suburban configuration)
*Post-PAT:
**1800-1844 (1965; rebuilt prior to purchase)
GMC New Look (Fishbowl) series
*35 ft Transit:
**Pre-PAT (prior to acquisition in 1964)
***500-545 (1959/60; 96 in version. 501-520 were former PRC buses)
***550-554 (1961; 96 in version, air-conditioned)
***570-572 (1960; 96 in version, single front-door transit)
***580-584 (1960; 96 in version, suburban configuration)
**Purchased by PAT (1964 onward)
***1000-1049 (1964; 102 inch version, air-conditioned)
***1100-1174 (1966; 96 inch version, air-conditioned)
*40 ft Suburban (all air-conditioned):
**1910-1924 (1971)
**1970-1979 (1966)
**1980-1987 (1970)
*40 ft Transit (The 2000s on up were air-conditioned):
**1959 (Built 1961, purchased 1964; was rebuilt as a prototype)
**1963 (Built 1963, purchased 1964; later used as mobile display/info center vehicle)
**2000-2099 (1964)
**2013 (1964; replacement for original 2013 that was destroyed en route to Pittsburgh and the only GM-built bus to have a bus number match its serial number)
**2100-2134 (1965)
**2250-2264 (1965)
**2300-2399 (1966)
**2265-2266 (1967)
**2400-2584 (1971)
Flxible New Looks (All air-conditioned)
*1200-1249 (1975; 35 ft/102 in. version)
*1500-1522 (1977/1978; 30 ft/96 in. version)
*2600-2619 (1975; 40 ft/102 in version)
AM General (All air-conditioned)
*1260-1299 (1978; 35 ft/102 in. version)
*2650-2789 (1978; 40 ft/102 in. version)
MAN/AM General Articulated
*3000-3019 (1979; Built as MAN/AMG vehicle)
*3050-3079 (1983; Built as MAN vehicle)
GMC RTSII series
*1400-1454 (1980; 35 ft/96 in. version)
*2800-2870 (1980; 40 ft/102 in. version)
Motor Coach Industries MC-9 series
*1930-1945 (1980; carried MCI tag)
*1950-1969 (1984; carried TMC tag)
Neoplan Pennliners
*35 ft versions:
**1600-1644 (1983)
*40 ft versions:
**3500-3864 (1982/83)
**3900-3959 (1986)
Orion Bus Industries (All buses featured single seats on the right side facing forward)
*35 ft versions:
**1650-1687 (1992)
*40 ft versions:
**2000-2119 (1990)
**2120-2124 (1990; CNG fueled)
**2200-2289 (1992)
**2290-2299 (1993)
Ikarus (Now NABI) Articulated
*3020-3044 (1991)
Current fleet
In January 2007 there were 1,207 buses in its lineup:
416 Regular high-floor transit buses (40-ft versions)
*171 NovaBus Classics (last transit system in the United States to receive Classics)
** 2600–2770 1996
*** The original 2600 was wrecked. In Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Olympics, some of the Nova classics were used for shuttles, fresh off the assembly line. When 2600 was wrecked, Novabus built Port Authority another one. It has some features on it that make it unique, such as different front doors, and a different wiring set-up.
*245 Flxible Metros Some Metros have been decommissioned and most probably will be gone by 2008.
Original order:
2300–2449 1993
Option order:
2450–2459 1994
2460–2496 1995
2505–2515 1994
2516–2524 1995
2541–2550 1994
2551–2560 1995
2575–2584 1994
2585–2594 1995
----
Differences between Flxible orders at Port Authority:
----
• The original order had the Luminator ODK installed in front of operator, mounted in the bulkhead. The option order had Luminator ODK mounted to the left of operator on the electrical access door.
• The original order had vinyl blue seats with single forward-facing seats on the right side of the bus. No further buses vinyl seats or with single forward-facing seats were ordered. The option order marked the beginning of cloth seats and double, forward-facing seats becoming the standard throughout on Port Authority buses.
• The original order had a Voith 3-speed transmission, while the option order had Allison 3-speed.
• Various minor differences: the option order makes a whining sound that is not present in original order; the option order has transparent rear doors while the original order has glass on the top only; interior coach number font is different; the box behind the operator's seat on the option order is smaller, allowing the seat to slide back farther.
• Originally ordered 150, but Flxible ceased operations, thus the gaps in the 1995 order.
• 2446 was destroyed when it rear-ended a parked 18-wheeler. 2550 and 2581 were destroyed when they crashed into each other in a January 1996 snowstorm on the East Busway. This accident resulted in the death of the operator of 2581, the termination of the operator of 2550 and many injuries, but no passengers died.
60 Regular high-floor transit buses (35-ft versions)
*Gillig Phantoms
** 1501–1560 2003
483 Regular low-floor transit buses (40-ft versions)
*324 Gillig Advantage Low Floors
** 5201–5366 2003 (Detroit Series 50 / Allison 5 speed)
** 5371–5376 2005 (diesel/electric hybrids)
** 5401–5460 2005 (Detroit Series 50 / ZF 5 speed)
** 5501–5592 2006 (Cummins / Voith 4 speed)
*** Note: 5290 after a dump truck slammed into the vehicle as it was picking up passengers.
*159 Neoplan Low-Floor Transliners
** 5001–5160 2000
** 5019 was destroyed in a fire
88 Rush hour/commuter high-floor transit buses
*40 Neoplan Metroliner suburban commuter coaches
** 1901–1940 2000
** #1910 is a repainted coach.
*48 Neoplan 60-foot articulateds
** 3050–3074 1998
** #3059 has been repainted and #3060 is in Manchester shops currently undergoing a complete rehab.
** 3101–3125 2005/2006
** These are the last Neoplan USA buses every manufactured.
160 Mid Bus Shuttle Transit Vehicles (STV) (mostly used on crosstown or feeder routes)
* 8510–8589 1998 (no longer in revenue service)
* 8590–8599 2002
* 8601–8670 2003
Retired fleet
This list featured buses models that were the most used on PAT routes. The companies listed are in the order that they made their debut in the PAT fleet.
GMC Old Look series
*Pre-PAT:
**200-375 (1952 to 1959; 200-317 were Pittsburgh Railways Co.)
**400-410; 425-459 (1953-1955; Single-door transit)
**475-496; 700-766; 770-790; 800-902 (1947-1959; Suburban configuration)
*Post-PAT:
**1800-1844 (1965; rebuilt prior to purchase)
GMC New Look (Fishbowl) series
*35 ft Transit:
**Pre-PAT (prior to acquisition in 1964)
***500-545 (1959/60; 96 in version. 501-520 were former PRC buses)
***550-554 (1961; 96 in version, air-conditioned)
***570-572 (1960; 96 in version, single front-door transit)
***580-584 (1960; 96 in version, suburban configuration)
**Purchased by PAT (1964 onward)
***1000-1049 (1964; 102 inch version, air-conditioned)
***1100-1174 (1966; 96 inch version, air-conditioned)
*40 ft Suburban (all air-conditioned):
**1910-1924 (1971)
**1970-1979 (1966)
**1980-1987 (1970)
*40 ft Transit (The 2000s on up were air-conditioned):
**1959 (Built 1961, purchased 1964; was rebuilt as a prototype)
**1963 (Built 1963, purchased 1964; later used as mobile display/info center vehicle)
**2000-2099 (1964)
**2013 (1964; replacement for original 2013 that was destroyed en route to Pittsburgh and the only GM-built bus to have a bus number match its serial number)
**2100-2134 (1965)
**2250-2264 (1965)
**2300-2399 (1966)
**2265-2266 (1967)
**2400-2584 (1971)
Flxible New Looks (All air-conditioned)
*1200-1249 (1975; 35 ft/102 in. version)
*1500-1522 (1977/1978; 30 ft/96 in. version)
*2600-2619 (1975; 40 ft/102 in version)
AM General (All air-conditioned)
*1260-1299 (1978; 35 ft/102 in. version)
*2650-2789 (1978; 40 ft/102 in. version)
MAN/AM General Articulated
*3000-3019 (1979; Built as MAN/AMG vehicle)
*3050-3079 (1983; Built as MAN vehicle)
GMC RTSII series
*1400-1454 (1980; 35 ft/96 in. version)
*2800-2870 (1980; 40 ft/102 in. version)
Motor Coach Industries MC-9 series
*1930-1945 (1980; carried MCI tag)
*1950-1969 (1984; carried TMC tag)
Neoplan Pennliners
*35 ft versions:
**1600-1644 (1983)
*40 ft versions:
**3500-3864 (1982/83)
**3900-3959 (1986)
Orion Bus Industries (All buses featured single seats on the right side facing forward)
*35 ft versions:
**1650-1687 (1992)
*40 ft versions:
**2000-2119 (1990)
**2120-2124 (1990; CNG fueled)
**2200-2289 (1992)
**2290-2299 (1993)
Ikarus (Now NABI) Articulated
*3020-3044 (1991)
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• Beard #1 was launched in the Summer of 2003.
• Beard #2 saw Beard win the 2005 EMAP Fanzine award for best music fanzine.
It has quickly become a cult magazine and is popular with musicians, artists and hipsters alike.
In addition to giving underground Scottish acts like Park Attack, Lucky Luke and Hookers Green No1 their first in-depth press, we’ve ran rare interviews with cult legends Robert Wyatt and Shirley Collins. We bagged the first interview with US songwriter Daniel Johnston ahead of the acclaimed documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston and interviewed mystery novelist and country singer Kinky Friedman as he kicked off his thwarted bid to become governor of Texas. Other artists we have interviewed include Devendra Banhart, Alisdair Roberts, Mogwai, Sons & Daughters and star of Emmy-nominated comedy Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Mike Nelson.
May 2007 will see the publication of the long-awaited Beard #6. This bumper edition will feature interviews with resurgent folk spirit Vashti Bunyan, indie greats Silver Jews, Giant Sand maestro Howe Gelb, singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia, anti-folkster Jeffrey Lewis, Glasgow indie-pop heroes BMX Bandits, and British folk guitar deity John Renbourn. We also speak to underground comix legend and Spongebob writer Kaz.. Continuing our commitment to the most exciting new Scottish acts we chat to electro-pop mischief makers Gay Against You and rabble-rousing indie rockers Dananananaykroyd, and review the most thrilling live acts from Glasgow and beyond.
Beardstock
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Not just a standard gig but an event, with bands, solo artists, exhibitionists and nutters let loose in Glasgow’s newest venue, the 500 capacity Regal Social Club. Inspired by inclusive community ethos of the Green Man Festival, 1960s happenings at the UFO club and the diverse programming of Glasgow festivals as Triptych and Instal, there will be DJs, talks, projections and original art work.
Beard has been covering underground music and culture from Glasgow and beyond since 2003. Inspired by John Peel and Lester Bangs, Beard seeks out the esoteric and underexposed, whether it’s the wildest avant-garde or the sweetest pop.
One Ensemble
Daniel Padden's (Volcano The Bear) avant folk troupe tap into British psych, European improv and Balkan mystery.
http://www.myspace.com/oneensemble
Shining
Chart-busting Norwegian prog-metal berzerkers make their Scottish debut. Combining the synth-horror of Goblin and free-jazz lunacy of John Zorn with bombastic troll-core, they will blow your mind!
http://www.myspace.com/gninihs
PuMaJaW
Psychedelic torch songs and dark folk laments from the Perthshire duo of Pinkie MacLure and John Wills (ex Loop).
http://www.myspace.com/pumajaw
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Kaleidoscopic DIY laptop pop from the Brainlove Records signing. Cornelius meets XTC!
http://www.myspace.com/boney3
Wounded Knee
Sea shanties, looped vocals, drones and percussion from the Edinburgh noise guru.
http://www.myspace.com/iamwoundedknee
Team Brick
Playful noise insanity, loops and mangled syntax from Geoff Barrow’s (Portishead) Invada label.
http://www.myspace.com/teambrick
Skeleton Bob
Glasgow/Thurso trio sing melancholic country songs about girls and getting drunk.
http://www.myspace.com/therealskeletonbob
Gilded Angels
Slug that bourbon and whoop it up for Glasgow's finest country rock revue!
http://www.myspace.com/thegildedangels
Snakebelt
One half of Glasgow’s mighty Bubblewrap Holocaust (Textile Records) fry your brain with surreal rants, killer Beefheart riffs and monster movie samples!
http://www.myspace.com/textilerecords
Remember, Remember
Dreamy Glass and Eno inspired solo project from multi-instrumentalist Graeme Ronald (Royal We/Multiplies/Mogwai).
http://www.myspace.com/rememberremember
Guanoman
Alarming bass, laptop and glockenspiel molestation from the man behind the Transdimensional Sushi label!
http://www.myspace.com/guanomanmusic
Plus DJ sets from John Brainlove, Jheorgge Bloodfeast (//FAST//, Yo Yo Trix) and the Beard Soundsystem!
http://www.myspace.com/brainloverecords
http://www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub
Beardstock
12pm 'til late.
Sat May 19th
Regal Social Club
Bell St, Merchant City
Glasgow
Only £12. Tickets from Tickets Scotland and Ticketweb.
• Beard #1 was launched in the Summer of 2003.
• Beard #2 saw Beard win the 2005 EMAP Fanzine award for best music fanzine.
It has quickly become a cult magazine and is popular with musicians, artists and hipsters alike.
In addition to giving underground Scottish acts like Park Attack, Lucky Luke and Hookers Green No1 their first in-depth press, we’ve ran rare interviews with cult legends Robert Wyatt and Shirley Collins. We bagged the first interview with US songwriter Daniel Johnston ahead of the acclaimed documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston and interviewed mystery novelist and country singer Kinky Friedman as he kicked off his thwarted bid to become governor of Texas. Other artists we have interviewed include Devendra Banhart, Alisdair Roberts, Mogwai, Sons & Daughters and star of Emmy-nominated comedy Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Mike Nelson.
May 2007 will see the publication of the long-awaited Beard #6. This bumper edition will feature interviews with resurgent folk spirit Vashti Bunyan, indie greats Silver Jews, Giant Sand maestro Howe Gelb, singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia, anti-folkster Jeffrey Lewis, Glasgow indie-pop heroes BMX Bandits, and British folk guitar deity John Renbourn. We also speak to underground comix legend and Spongebob writer Kaz.. Continuing our commitment to the most exciting new Scottish acts we chat to electro-pop mischief makers Gay Against You and rabble-rousing indie rockers Dananananaykroyd, and review the most thrilling live acts from Glasgow and beyond.
Beardstock
Beard, Glasgow’s finest zine, and VGB concerts present an unforgettable all day musical extravaganza!
Not just a standard gig but an event, with bands, solo artists, exhibitionists and nutters let loose in Glasgow’s newest venue, the 500 capacity Regal Social Club. Inspired by inclusive community ethos of the Green Man Festival, 1960s happenings at the UFO club and the diverse programming of Glasgow festivals as Triptych and Instal, there will be DJs, talks, projections and original art work.
Beard has been covering underground music and culture from Glasgow and beyond since 2003. Inspired by John Peel and Lester Bangs, Beard seeks out the esoteric and underexposed, whether it’s the wildest avant-garde or the sweetest pop.
One Ensemble
Daniel Padden's (Volcano The Bear) avant folk troupe tap into British psych, European improv and Balkan mystery.
http://www.myspace.com/oneensemble
Shining
Chart-busting Norwegian prog-metal berzerkers make their Scottish debut. Combining the synth-horror of Goblin and free-jazz lunacy of John Zorn with bombastic troll-core, they will blow your mind!
http://www.myspace.com/gninihs
PuMaJaW
Psychedelic torch songs and dark folk laments from the Perthshire duo of Pinkie MacLure and John Wills (ex Loop).
http://www.myspace.com/pumajaw
Napoleon IIIrd
Kaleidoscopic DIY laptop pop from the Brainlove Records signing. Cornelius meets XTC!
http://www.myspace.com/boney3
Wounded Knee
Sea shanties, looped vocals, drones and percussion from the Edinburgh noise guru.
http://www.myspace.com/iamwoundedknee
Team Brick
Playful noise insanity, loops and mangled syntax from Geoff Barrow’s (Portishead) Invada label.
http://www.myspace.com/teambrick
Skeleton Bob
Glasgow/Thurso trio sing melancholic country songs about girls and getting drunk.
http://www.myspace.com/therealskeletonbob
Gilded Angels
Slug that bourbon and whoop it up for Glasgow's finest country rock revue!
http://www.myspace.com/thegildedangels
Snakebelt
One half of Glasgow’s mighty Bubblewrap Holocaust (Textile Records) fry your brain with surreal rants, killer Beefheart riffs and monster movie samples!
http://www.myspace.com/textilerecords
Remember, Remember
Dreamy Glass and Eno inspired solo project from multi-instrumentalist Graeme Ronald (Royal We/Multiplies/Mogwai).
http://www.myspace.com/rememberremember
Guanoman
Alarming bass, laptop and glockenspiel molestation from the man behind the Transdimensional Sushi label!
http://www.myspace.com/guanomanmusic
Plus DJ sets from John Brainlove, Jheorgge Bloodfeast (//FAST//, Yo Yo Trix) and the Beard Soundsystem!
http://www.myspace.com/brainloverecords
http://www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub
Beardstock
12pm 'til late.
Sat May 19th
Regal Social Club
Bell St, Merchant City
Glasgow
Only £12. Tickets from Tickets Scotland and Ticketweb.
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