The day was quite the success, with consistent foot traffic throughout the day, quite a few fellow transit enthusiasts swinged by the bus enjoying the event as well. Sales were hot also with all the Orion heritage tour hats being sold off. As day turned to night. It only got busier. With the echoes of tunes from the stage down the block. Good people, good conversation, good times.
(Ewan Streit, who also provided photos of our mobile museum, GM #730)
Lawrence Walker reports that 1975 people visited 730 during the event on September 20th 2025. Special thanks, as always(!) to our volunteers: Anthony Sherst (Driver), Milan Streit , Matthew Walker, Michael Penco, Teddy Sun, Rian Fatemi, Steve Goodman, Anthony August, Ewan Streit, Aden Wong and Martin Wu.
A special visitor was Anita Zaenker. She dropped off a donation. She says: “I won it in a silent auction a few years ago but no longer wish to keep it. ” Thank you, Anita! For now, it’ll hang on the TMS office wall.
| And in closing, we would like to pass on this item from Milan Streit: As part of on-going research with the transmission of our 1964 GM TDH4519, we replaced the transmission oil pan gasket and cleaned the check valve in early March. Unfortunately, the cork from the gasket is starting to distinregrate, allowing some automatic transmission fluid (ATF) to seep through. When the bus returned from the Fraser fan-trip, Jason noticed Rainbow puddles and we immediately checked the dip-stick which showed “low”. Myself, Jason and our maintenance advisor added around three liters as a temporary measure. The leak only seems to intensify when the bus is in motion. On Sunday, September 21st, we drained the ATF, cleaned the pan and replaced the gasket on the transmission oil pan. |
You can see the oil pan under the transmission on 4612, looking from beneath, in the lefthand photo. Looking from the top, the oil pan would be near the red filter. (Milan Streit)