You may not realize that our museum collection of buses is divided into roughly two: those kept warm and dry inside, and those unfortunately stored outdoors. As our collection grows, and our indoor storage shrinks in size due to economic pressures, we have to make a tough choice of what goes where. And although vehicles at our valley satellite storage are outside, we try as best we can to mitigate the effects of being stored there.
Last weekend a small crew visited the site, armed with a new tarpaulin to replace a worn and torn one, and generally inspect our buses.
While the other buses (Flyer 3334, New Flyer 3106 and GM 5509) are in pretty good shape, Brill 3405 hasn’t been so lucky. It was the coach with the torn tarp, and condensation is unfortunately causing a concern. And for the record, Fageol M852, although assigned to the valley site, is actually stored indoors there.
Thanks to Sean,Jason and Milan (who also took these photos) for taking time to visit and report back.
