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…so they made buses. To keep busy, they also built military vehicles and large mining dump trucks. This plant, by the way, closed only a couple years ago. Post 1980 (thereabouts) Fishbowl production took place at a new plant in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. This factory was sold by GM in 1987… (Search hits: 2 in title, 23 in body, 1 in comments.)

…hundred, have been rebuilt and for the time being their future seems assured. These buses, along with the Fishbowls, and a few older New Flyer models are the only non-low floor buses on the roster. The Classic is interesting as while it looks different from the Fishbowl, it shares a… (Search hits: 1 in title, 39 in body, 7 in comments.)

…little interest in saving old buses. Dan Overes To me, those old buses will always define what a city bus should look like. Chris Doering Indeed, they were iconic. Those buses will be missed by yours truly. Steve P Sad indeed to see the fishbowls go. Apparently that last blue… (Search hits: 1 in title, 29 in body, 13 in comments.)

…up until recently. Even today, you can find the occasional one still hard at work. The example we’ll be looking at today is a rare variant, the smallest model made, a thirty foot “Baby Fishbowl”. GMC for a time was the largest producer of transit buses in North America. They… (Search hits: 1 in title, 19 in body, 3 in comments.)

…car or piece of machinery you’d like us to document, much as we did here, fire off an email and we’ll respond promptly. We’d love to hear from you. Old iron is a passion. More transit buses… Baby Fishbowl. The Last Classic? GMC Fishbowl buses – North Vancouver BC. If… (Search hits: 0 in title, 19 in body, 13 in comments.)

…soon to see if any others are in service. To see an earlier article on I did on an ex-Lethbridge Transit Fishbowl bus, click the link below… The GMC Fishbowl. To see an updated article on these buses, go here… They Live! Calgary Transit GMC Fishbowls in 2013. If you… (Search hits: 1 in title, 39 in body, 7 in comments.)

…trolley system was finally abandoned (leaving only Vancouver in Canada with trolley buses). I recall riding the Edmonton trolley buses in the 1990s and they had amazing acceleration. Of the 44,484 Fishbowl buses built, 11,071 of them, in many variants, were made in Canada. Most were built with Detroit Diesel… (Search hits: 1 in title, 19 in body, 5 in comments.)

…them in service. Spruce Meadows is too crowded! The current fleet includes seven GMC “New Look”, aka “Fishbowl” buses. We saw six this day: #656, #665, #669, #670, #1436 and one #67-something – we could not see the last digit. These are all those ex-Calgary Transit buses mentioned earlier. Built… (Search hits: 1 in title, 26 in body, 0 in comments.)

…every one mentioned was photographed. These buses are based at the Spring Gardens garage, the largest such facility Calgary Transit operates. Update: November 2014. The Classics, ahead of schedule, appear to be no more… The last Classic. To see some CTS GMC New Look (Fishbowl) buses seen in service recently,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 23 in body, 2 in comments.)

…Lethbridge Alberta, Winnipeg Manitoba and Victoria British Columbia. I suspect you’ll see more of Calgary Transit #7632 in the future and even before we were done, came discussions of a sequel. We have all these crazy ideas… Know more (new windows): Fishbowl Buses (BIGDoer.com), Calgary Transit #7632 and Flyer Low… (Search hits: 0 in title, 11 in body, 0 in comments.)

…a GMC “Fishbowl”, a nick name given account it’s angular front window which gave a sort of distorted fishbowl-like view on looking out. Or maybe it was because all that expanse of glass made it feel as though one were in a fishbowl – we’ve heard both. This was a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

…before, Calgary Transit. GM also made buses in Canada (General Motors Diesel Division, London Ontario), starting in 1961, but no Old Looks were produced here. Still, the factory acted as a sales agent for those sold in this country. GMDD instead concentrated on the New Look series (aka “Fishbowls”) and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 15 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Diesel Division in Saint-Eustache, Quebec in the early 1980s. It replaced the well known and proven GMC “New Look”(affectionately called “Fishbowls”) one of the most popular transit buses ever produced. The two designs share much in common and in many ways the Classic was simply a redesigned New Look, with… (Search hits: 0 in title, 12 in body, 1 in comments.)

…to keep the rest of their extensive “CC&F/Brill” fleet running. All buses in Sandon come from that maker and all either worked for Vancouver Transit directly at one point (earlier BC Hydro Transit) or were parts buses keeping others running, some by way of other Canadian Trolleybus operators, including Calgary,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 12 in body, 2 in comments.)

Melanie-Ann I recall riding Vancouver’s trolley buses and they could accelerate amazingly well. Chris Doering All trolley buses it seems have power to spare. Suzi Comeau I remember these buses very well! This is my hometown and the area I grew up. Chris Doering Awesome, I bet you recognized Nanaimo… (Search hits: 0 in title, 10 in body, 4 in comments.)