All Time AM General Roster

Short history: 

The AM General buses were duplicates of the Flyer D800 series buses available in Canada, but instead took on the AM General builder's plate when they were built and distributed in America.  The four sets of AM Generals delivered to Boston were called Metropolitans.

All of the garages, both city and suburban, got deliveries of AM Generals in 1976, basically to shore up the Flixbles and the fishbowls already there.  The 9200-9286 fleet were powered with 8V71 engines, which conquered hill and highway without a problem.  Even the Quincy and Lynn garages, which had flushed out their old Eastern Mass buses, got quite a few AMGs to supplement their fleet.

In 1978, three new sets of AMGs came on board.  9000-9049 were delivered to Albany Street for turnpike routes (although the did see limited service on routes 9, 60 and 65); 9300-9339 were exclusively delivered to Arborway and Cabot, and the shorter, 6V71 powered 9700-9739 series helped out the less heavy routes, especially on those with narrow streets.  Soon enough, AMGs could be seen anywhere on the system, even on the Rapid Transit Inc. routes that got a few 9700s.

These buses lasted a total of 14 years in MBTA service, and despite their powerful engines, they could not hold up to Boston traffic very well.  Like their Flxible counterparts, the AMGs were disposed of rapidly between 1987 and 1990.  In 1990, all 84 AMGs remaining on MBTA property were scrapped to make way for the new 8800 and 8900 series RTS buses.

Specifications:

Fleet List:

The first column is the bus number; the second column is the garage the bus was delivered to according to the Rollsign 1981 Vehicle Inventory, and the last column is where the bus was retired from in the 1984 (for 9200-9286) and 1994 (all others) Vehicle Inventory.  These buses are assumed accurate unless otherwise noted; any corrections can be sent to busesofthembta@lycos.com.

9000-9049

9200-9287

9300-9339

9700-9739

RTI=Rapid Transit Inc., which operated the Winthrop buses until c. 1990