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The company was founded in Mississauga in 1975 as Ontario Bus and Truck, Inc., [2] [3] a private company led by Arnold Wollschlaeger. [4] It was renamed Ontario Bus Industries (OBI) in 1977 and introduced its first prototype bus in 1978, under the model name Orion I. [2] Don Sheardown purchased the company from Wollschlaeger's estate in 1979.
List of buses: C Name Image Type Manufacturer Year Notes Country C: Single deck Bedford Vehicles: 1957 United Kingdom C: Single deck Isuzu: 1980 to 1984 Japan C 9,5: Single deck SOR Libchavy: 1997 Czech Republic C 9,5: Single deck Solbus: 2002 to 2007 Poland C 10,5: Single deck SOR Libchavy: 2000 Czech Republic C 10,5: Single deck Solbus: 2004 ...
Orion Bus Industries Orion VII 07.501 HEV Next Generation 2009-2010 40 ft (12 m) 3960–4278 4330–4702 (692 buses) 122 retiring: Diesel-electric hybrid: MTA Bus & NYCT Nova Bus LFS-A TL62102A 3rd Generation Articulated 62 ft (19 m) 1200–1289 (90 buses) 81 retiring: Diesel: NYCT Nova Bus LFS TL40102A 3rd Generation: 2011 40 ft (12 m) 8000 ...
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. The Orion I was the first bus offered by OBI and was available in transit (2-door) and coach ...
Orion Bus Industries Orion V (05.505) 3900–3950 2012 30 units were sold to Ride On and were retired in 2014. 1999–2000: Orion Bus Industries Orion II (02.501) 3701–3742 2008–2009 Two buses were originally preserved but were scrapped around 2013–2014. 2000 Orion Bus Industries Orion VI (06.501) 2000–2099 2012 First low floor buses ...
The TTC sold all 12 of these buses to Mississauga in 1987, and chose the Orion Ikarus articulated bus. [14] In 1987, the TTC acquired 90 Orion Ikarus articulated buses; Ikarus manufactured the components in Budapest, Hungary and Orion Bus Industries assembled them in its Mississauga plant. The buses had mid-section wheel drive whereby the front ...
Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) was Daimler's North America bus division, incorporating the Orion, Setra, and Dodge Sprinter brands. Due to the spinoff of Daimler's truck division on December 1, 2021, it merged into Daimler Truck North America .
The Orion V was a line of rigid high-floor transit buses available in 32', 35', and 40' lengths manufactured by Ontario Bus Industries (renamed Orion Bus Industries in 1995) between 1989 and 2009. The conventionally powered buses, either with longitudinally mounted diesel or natural gas engines, used a T-drive transmission coupling.