buslist Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Not sure I've seen any discussion of the alternate paint schemes used on some of the 1975 bowls (9000-9599) that were used for a short time by suburban RTA properties awaiting new RTA buses (1976 4523As, #8000-8155?). These were later used by the CTA in the modified scheme and often refered to as "albinos", sorry for the non PC name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman8119 Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 The "albino" buses were upper 9400's and lower 9500's. When they came in they were at West Towns (I would guess among others) using 400 and 500 series numbers. When the CTA got em they went to Forest Glen adding a 9 before the number to create 9400 and 9500 series buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buslist Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 Also saw them at STS ,had photos on a role of KR64 that went bad on me or Ii'd share them with you, where else where they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 I have heard the "albinos" were to be used by other RTA carriers if needed. I am curious (in that context) why would the bus have such a "CTA" shade of green? Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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