The Orion I was a high-floor rigid transit bus built from 1976 to 1993 by Ontario Bus and Truck, renamed Ontario Bus Industries in 1977, the first bus that company offered. It was made in 30, 35 and 40 foot lengths, in a two-door transit layout and a one-door suburban or coach layout, and the maker also used it for an ambulance and a motorhome. A prototype appeared in 1976 but serial production only began in 1978. English Wikipedia says the body was a welded steel tube monocoque clad in steel panels. Canadian buses were assembled at Mississauga, Ontario, and a licensed 30 foot version was built by Transportation Manufacturing Corporation of Roswell, New Mexico as the T-30 Citycruiser from 1979 to 1982, after which Bus Industries of America assembled the bus at Oriskany, New York. More than 1,400 had been built by 1984, and the Orion V and the low-floor Orion VI replaced it.
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Canadian buses were assembled at the OBI plant in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Design, start of serial production
Although a prototype was produced in 1976, serial production did not begin until 1978.
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The Orion I was a line of rigid high-floor transit buses made in 30-, 35-, and 40-foot lengths by Ontario Bus & Truck (renamed to Ontario Bus Industries (OBI) in 1977) between 1976 and 1993 for the Canadian and United States mass transportation markets.
Models, CNG
In 1988, two 40-foot Orion I buses were converted to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) by Brooklyn Union Gas Company and placed into express route service by Command Bus.
Lead, production years and replacement
It was replaced by the rigid Orion V (introduced in 1989) and low-floor Orion VI (introduced in 1993).
Design, assembly
Canadian buses were assembled at the OBI plant in Mississauga, Ontario.
Of Make: Orion Bus Industries, Lead, maker
The Orion I was a line of rigid high-floor transit buses made in 30-, 35-, and 40-foot lengths by Ontario Bus & Truck (renamed to Ontario Bus Industries (OBI) in 1977) between 1976 and 1993 for the Canadian and United States mass transportation markets.
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