Sick Setra

Oops - not a good place to die - at a busy intersection, on a truck route, downtown in Halifax, with a load of cruise ship passengers. Fortunately there was another bus not far away to pick up the passengers. It took more than three hours to get the bus going moved.

The battery box was open, but no one in sight when I came by. Looks like it will need a tow.

Later:

Stick out your tongue and say aaaah.

Much later Ruggles Towing's big Peterbilt arrived and had to flat tow the bus for a block until there was a more convenient spot to put it on the hook.

 It might have been on its way, but there was an issue with the right rear drive axles, so a dolly was called in for the final tow.

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Bus time

Fall is definitely bus season in Halifax, so expect a few more bus shots this time of year. Fall tourists arrive by bus, especially when the leaves start to turn colour, but there are also two dozen or more buses on some days to provide tours to cruise ships. Yesterday there were three cruise ships in port and today there were two, so it was bumper to bumper buses in the seaport.

This clean looking Setra was giving tours to passengers from the Caribbean Princess, which can be seen in the background. The bus is operated by Ambassatours, which is associated with Gray Line and Tauck Tours.

The bus was parked nearby after returning passengers to the ship just before it sailed.

An eagle eye will spot the red lobster on the front dashboard - a symbol of Nova Scotia hospitality. (Not sure why, we don't usually nip our guests.)

Wow Bus part 2

No sooner than I posted the Trius/ UPEI Panther bus, didn't Trius provide this fetching example of the Setra in (blush) its birthday suit. Well at least in the more normal Trius livery-sans 3M graphics film.

This time the Setra letters are clearly visible up front.

Wow bus

Trius Tours of Charlottetown have decorated one of their Setras for the University of Prince Edward Island's teams, the Panthers.

The graphics tend to conceal the actual good looks of the Daimler built bus, but the Trius folks have conveniently provided a direct link to Setra on their own website. You can then click through and get all the specs, and see the undecorated version.

http://www.triustours.com/

(photo taken April 4, 2010)