POV Bus Drive: 2001 Gillig Phantom in Service

Today, we are back in a Phantom by popular demand. The last of the University of Maryland's high-floor transit buses, unit 7601 tours the campus on one of its daytime routes.

Engine: Cummins ISM
Transmission: Allison B400R

[djebond]

😂 The sound from the door reminded me of riding the bus as a teenager in the 90's. Going to see a lover hehehe

[LeonardoRodrigues-nmnq]

Congratulations your video is in the recommended of YouTube in Brazil

[mustekala]

Damn, that mileage meter in the tire :D! This is truly the KISS principle in action, keep it simple stupid. No useless shenanigans. Love it.

[prostreetjit]

Bro post more I’m 15 and wanna be a bus driver with my CDL I love these pov’s

[rondacus]

Nice video. Brings back memories of riding the Phantoms [AC Transit fleet] and then drivin' 'em [Laidlaw Transit's 'B.A.R.T. Express' fleet] in 2002-2003. The ones I remember mostly has Detroit 6Vs. It was rare to ride one with the Cummins.

[transitriderproductions]

One of my most favorite bus fleet and I am in process to purchase one used bus just like that and will be using for my personal use... Great video!

[ndenadie]

This kind of dashboard was retired from Madrid, Spain in the early 80's

[tusharsharma]

Watching from India.
So calming to see how you followed each traffic signal and co-operated with the passer bys .. so satisfying.
Thank you for the video.

[souleatereris]

That moment where he flipped the switch at 2:08 the sound of the air pressure and the bus is amazing, it sent chills up my spine.

[gregallsmagic]

I enjoyed watching this. I have autism and I have a fascinating with all types of buses. From School Buses to City buses and every other bus in between. I use to ride the city bus in the city I use to live in. I glad you recorded to have an up front view from the drivers seat.

[markcaldwell]

Very enjoyable video and I could watch this all day. I'm a 20 year bus driver and I miss the old cooler buses here in the UK but every day it's a boring electric bus.

[joeyboymedic]

Dang, omsi 2 must've had a fantastic graphic update

[dweagon]

back when i was younger my family didnt have a car so we used to wake up at like 5am and get on the bus so i could get to school and just any bus related stuff makes me super nostalgic

[trainzandplanes]

That phantom still sounds good my god. I’m dead now 😵😵😵

[andrewb.]

I always look forward to seeing new videos posted by you. Keep posting these awesome Gillig Driving videos

[JSTRonline]

We have a 35 ft Phantom in our fleet too. They bought it used in 2017. It's sweet lol. The AC is ice cold, it makes it a freezer in there. I love it. It's the most diverse fleet of buses I think in existence.

[mikeluz]

Old but gold, might be an old bus but she still sounds good and for the fact that she has a lot of milage on her, it makes her special. Lot of history on that machine. The squeek sounds also makes a good noise to sleep not gonna lie, I might sound weird but i love the sound of an old "truck" with the good old noises from the chassis. Keep up the good work, I love these kind of videos. Much love from Portugal <3

[benjaminbrown]

As one that takes buses all the time I am bus crazy. I love the bus. I am totally blind and a business owner. Bus is the way to go man. They can go places where a train can’t go. I have some headphones and I put them on and listen to this bus and man!!! It feels like you are actually riding on the bus. It is that good the quality of the video and headphones makes you feel like you are on the bus I mean you can hear the pre trip and radio chatter a little and it is something else. 3d sound here. You got to do more bus driving videos. Also wonder if you can get your hands on an old Chevy suburban and drive that. Those things were like buses. The old suburbans. Not the new subs but the old ones. I wonder if you can get your hands on one of those. It would bee fun to hear a P.O.V. Drive in an old suburban. I remember back then in the 1980’s and such people would call everything a truck or bus hahahaha cause it was so huge back then. But i do recall very plainly people would talk about the suburban like a bus. They would say things like this. “Well, I got to get the bus.” “Let me pull the bus around.” And everyone knew what you were talking about back then. Cause the sub was like a little bus. Those giant suburbans. Hahaha keep those bus videos coming. I always tell people when they ask me what mode of transportation do I think is used more for commuting I always say well, it is said that the bus is more of a commuter transport. I mean you have commuter rail but the train is a little different. It is more for long haul and romantic time. It makes you feel that romantic feel as it lolls you to sleep its got more of a gentle sway to it but the bus is more for commuting and daily work. Plus the movement of a bus is a bit different. Feels more like you are commuting. It’s bouncier and it has more of a jerky feel. Greyhounds are used for long haul of course not to say that their no long haul buses of course their are and tour buses but all in all when you think of a bus the bus is used for 2 things really. Taking kids to school or commuting to and from work. Course you have buses for cross country and tour but really when I think of the bus I think of more of a commuter vehicle. And you are sitting more rigid. In the seat. The train seat you are more layed back and relaxed. The bus is top heavy and bouncers and there is a jerky feel to it. Really the only thing you feel in a train’s travel is the bumps of the rails and maybe a jerk from the engine but it is more sway like and quite romantic in its travel. Where the bus speaks more work life and school life.even between the two buses. A school bus feels different than riding a transit bus. Yes. You actually feel a little difference. But a bus is a form of transport that will have you commuting to school or work. I guess it is like backpack and brief case although you have professional backpacks as well but kind of the same thing. Trains were meant for nostalgia and romantic feel long haul ground travel the bus is their to commute and go to school or work. With the exception of cross country greyhound buses and tour buses. That is an exception hahaha. Someone asked me though one time which mode of transportation I thought was meant more for commuting and I answered back that even though their is commuter rails in some places the bus dominates the commuting world. You use the bus for school and you use it for going to work more so than a train. A train won’t get you to school or to work. I mean in some big cities there are exceptions that a train will get you close but not exactly to close like a bus can. So it’s common sense that the bus is used for commuting. People take more buses for commuting than trains. And if it is commuting by car or bus or truck or van, I would think that that is a bit harder to say but i think its half. But I don’t know. When I hear a train I really don’t think of commuting. When I hear a bus though I think of commuting for sure. Buses move us from point a to b every day where as a train with the exception of new York or Chicago even then they have buses but the bus rules the commuter world. So for commuting it has to bee the bus.

[updownacross]

Thanks Eugene! My god this bus is awesome

[Leo-sdjt]

Ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated by buses with a horizontal steering wheel. I have a vague memory of sitting in the driver's seat of one but I've no idea how that's possible. Anyways, thanks for the video!