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A yet to be numbered Muni New Flyer XT60 articulated trolleybus at the Flyer factory in Winnepeg.
January 8, 2015
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Awards New Flyer A Contract For Up To 424 Xcelsior 60-Foot Heavy-Duty Transit Buses
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – January 8, 2015: New Flyer Industries Inc. (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada, announced today that San Francisco Municipal Railway (“MUNI”), overseen by San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (“SFMTA”), awarded New Flyer a contract in December 2014 for up to 424 diesel-electric hybrid 60-foot heavy-duty Xcelsior transit buses (648 equivalent units or “EUs”).
The contract includes a firm order for 61 diesel-electric hybrid 60-foot Xcelsior buses (122 equivalent units or “EUs”) and options for up to an additional 363 diesel-electric hybrid 40-foot and 60-foot Xcelsior buses (526 EU) that may be purchased over the 5-year contract.
Since 1988, New Flyer has delivered 302 heavy-duty transit buses to SFMTA in a variety of lengths, models and propulsion systems. This new award follows the MUNI award to New Flyer for 50 40-foot Xcelsior diesel-electric hybrid buses (as stated in New Flyer`s November 13, 2013 press release) of which all buses have been delivered and are currently in service.
“Modernizing our transit fleet is at the core of Muni Forward,” said SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin. “Replacing old vehicles with these state of the art buses will augment existing efforts like ‘Red-Carpet Lanes’ and transit signal priority. This purchase is an all-encompassing investment, by the SFMTA, that will help shorten trips while increasing service reliability.”
“New Flyer appreciates the partnership developed with the SFMTA team over the last 25 years of repeat business, and we look forward to continuing to support their transit bus fleet development and replacement efforts with world-class environmentally friendly Xcelsior product line,” said Paul Soubry, New Flyer’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
Also this month comes the news that San Francisco MUNI's 7000-7059 series New Flyer E60 electric trolleybuses, manufactured between 1992-1994, are now all retired as of January 10, 2015. The class leader, 7000, was scrapped in 2007.
State/Province: California (CA)
Agency: San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
Model: New Flyer XT60 (Xcelsior Artic Trolley)
Engine: Škoda Vossloh Kiepe
Transmission: Direct Drive
Year: 2018
File Name: 2137
A New Flyer Xcelsior XT60 trolleybus on Broadway in Seattle. 64 of these buses, delivered in 2015 and 2016, are replacing 59 Breda trolleybuses that were built around 1990, originally as duo buses.
Captured by Matt Lee during a test run after arriving in San Francisco from New Flyer in Winnipeg on March 7th. On one run, even made a trip on auxiliary power from Daly City to the Potrero garage/depot and arrived back with 30% of charge left.
In this scene taken from inside New Flyer Xcelsior XT60 artit trolley coach 7276, we see 1950-built Marmon-Herrington TC 48 776 in Haritage Weekend service. September 7, 2019. © 2019 Peter Ehrlich
Public transportation in San Francisco is operated by Muni, short for San Francisco Municipal Railway, since 1912. In 1935 a trolleybus line was started to replace a streetcar line. With some 300 buses Muni has the largest trolleybus system in the USA. All are low floor buses form New Flyer's Xcelsior series.
7279, one of 33 brand-new New Flyer Xcelsior XT60 articulated trolley coaches, was delivered in late 2017. These were purchased to replace the 33 ETI artic trolleybuses, which were scrapped in 2016 after only 13 years of service--a very low-longevity for a Muni electric trolley bus.
The Art Moderne Coca-Cola Bottling Co. building is untergoing a transformation. A new highrise is planned for the adjacent lot on the corner of Mission and South Van Ness. As part of the approval by the City for this project, the developer was required to preserve this building.
February 3, 2018. © 2018 Peter Ehrlich
New Flyer Xcelsior XT60 7259's on the 30-Stockton, one of two lines that saw the return of articulated trolley buses following the increase of service after the Covid-19 pandemic hit. High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) image, scanned from a slide. August 26, 2020. © 2020 Peter Ehrlich