There Goes a....... AKA Real Wheels

(Dave Hood Entertainment children's video series, 1993-2003)

Episode 21: There Goes a Bus (2002)

In which Bus Driver Dave learns about buses.
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The show opens with archive footage of school buses:
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We're introduced to North County Transit District 1122, a New Flyer D40LF new in 2000, including a demonstration of the bike rack on the front of the bus, also a view of the Cummins engine:
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This SVMC replica trolleybus is operated by Old Town Trolley of San Diego. Note the restricted vision through the front windscreen:
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In Seattle we see King County 3226, a 1996 Gillig Phantom:
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It's followed by the same agency's 4100, also a Gillig Phantom, but the first of a batch of the trolleybus variant, new in 1990:
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More King County trolleys, these are AMG Metropolitans:
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King County 2455 is a 1998 New Flyer D60 artic, and there are views inside:
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2326 is another from the same batch:
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4006 is a MAN SGT-310 trolleybus:
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Attention switches to Greyhound, and their 6517, a 1998 MCI 102-DL3:
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Seal Tours operate this amphibian:
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There's a brief detour into a Prevost La Mirage RV:
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This double-decker with British Bus Company has retained its roof and hasn't had a (UK) offside door fitted. After discussion on Facebook, it appears to be former Greater Glasgow PTE LA1027 (MDS690P), a 1976 Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R with Alexander body ) (thank you Phil Groocock, Duane Fryer, Ewan Scotland, Colin Devine):
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A second British Bus 'decker, this time an open-topper; this I believe is former Ipswich 24 (SDX24R), a 1977 Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R with Roe body:
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The footage isn't clear enough to prove this, but SDX24R was apparently sold with the registration plate 'FUS153L' on the back….
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There's some fun washing this International schoolie with an AmTran RE body:
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…and there's an assortment of other Internationals:
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