Why Do I Love Buses?... JUST LISTEN!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Ever since I can remember setting foot on a transit vehicle - I can remember as far back as two-years-old, so 1995 - it was a Flxible Metro operating the then Route 22 via South Baltimore. I can still go back and remember that sound, to what I now know, was a Cummins M-11 engine. It's not until 2005, I am twelve-years-old and moving for the first time from my neighborhood of Lakeland - hence the alias, "MJofLakeland1" - into my grandfather's (actually uncle but he raised my mother) three-story apartment on Auchentoroly Terrace, across from Druid Hill Park.
Only three-blocks away resides the absolute, complete mecca of transit centers in the Baltimore region, "Mondawmin Station" in Northwest Baltimore. Getting use to the setting and environment of the west-side bad-lands; which is like crossing the border into a new country, from the redneck-ish south-side, trying to find friends and a hobby to do quickly after the transition. I transferred to then, William H. Lemmel Middle School, from Lakeland Elementary/Middle School. Riding a bus by myself for the first time, the Route 51 school-tripper ending at Monroe Street Loop (Bush Street Division) utilized the 10+ year-old Flxible Metros ranging from series 8500s to 9500s. After a year of riding them after-school everyday, I became accustom to riding buses even more and wanting to experience other lines. Since Mondawmin connects to 10+ bus lines and Metro Subway, it gave me the liberty to use-up "five hours" worth of student paper bus tickets with the availability of a computer-strip ticket that expire it's use after 8:30pm (if not issued before that time-stamp).
It's 2012, going into my senior year of high school, how can I take this hobby to another level... recording. My sister lend me her Samsung TL105 5x Zoom camera. No place to upload and post my videos other than TH-cam. Alias that can be generally recognized as I get better at amateur photography but as unique whereas even today how was I able to think-of it - well it was as simple as using my nickname or initials from Marlon Hall, Jr. into "MJ" and my home neighborhood "of" "Lakeland", leading to the alias, "MJofLakeland1".
Today, with the time and money to enjoy myself and venture to different places across the country; experience the virtues of transportation in different cities; get as much recording to those cities' transit character, this hobby went from simply 'just' to a learning and business experience. Along with working and structuring with a team staff members of the MTA Maryland, Transit Planning Group and others involvement, we are very close to implementing MTA's five-year 'Bus Network Improvement Project' that will indefinitely change Baltimore's public transit infrastructure to the better... and alongside with well-renown transit enthusiast and recorder himself, with great respect and envy, "Nabinut".
Let's look-forward to the future of giving our transit infrastructure as my attention and respect while enjoying how much better I can be at this, so-called, "hobby" which no one else could understand and strongly believe is weird or terrorist-plot... seriously, people think that; drug trafficking is okay and allowed but recording buses is enough to think someone is an anti-American terrorist suspect?!... well that, along with the positive of recording, will only become a learning experience as far as I may do so continue this "job" lifestyle.
YES YES !!!! IT'S THAT AWESOME MOTER GRAWLING. AND THOSE AIR BRAKES.!!!! JUST LISTEN.
I love watching them when your at a bus stop and watching them pull up
Couldn't have said to better myself
I love the sounds of the older ones 14:03
That 1995 flxible sounds like the 1994 flxible in Charleston,SC. That one sound nice.
Yea baby 7:06 you can never go wrong with our novabuses. That's when NJ Transit was at its peak.
It's crazy because my whole life people around don't understand. I like cars and trucks. When I tell them I like buses it's weird to them. My dad understands why I like because he's a car guy. Buses are a diesel hybrid between cars and trucks. Engines like trucks yet transmissions like cars, even though they're modified trucks.
Trust me games like GTA I like driving around in a bus all day long. MCI MC-9 was the first I liked that got me into it. Me being from Jersey. Then the Metro b I remember back in the day on the 504 I was young I told driver at the last stop getting off that he drove fast. He gave me money and he was reviving up the bus. I see the smoke come out the exhaust pipe I knew buses was for me. But the Metro B from NJT our B/O can whip the shit out of those buses man. The way lean I use think they were gonna tip over
urbancombat1000 What do you think about the Nabis we got in Jersey?
Tank28 i don't like them I just tolerate them. They're to underpowered can't really enjoy listening to them because electric engine and electric transmission. Everything is to quiet. But the low floor sounds nice at you can't hear them down the block. NABIs are good if you sit in the back to listen and if the HVAC isn't on and you have bus operator that's pushing it. Also I'm not a fan of low floor buses NABIs are the last hope until NJT either hope on the low floor train or get modified standard floor. Low floor messes with our color scheme.
urbancombat1000 NJ transit will have hop on the low floor train for Neoplan replacement they have no choice there.
Tank28 you from north Jersey? I'm from Atlantic City. NJ Transit should of made 40ft Neoplans too. At the time Neoplan USA was going bankrupt last time I remember. We miss our on Gillig, New Flyers, or Orion. Nabi should of push the clean-air to the middle on top and exhaust at the back top. Like the low floor. It's still unique 38ft next to a novabus they seem little.
urbancombat1000 Yeah Montclair
That's awesome.
A lot of those buses sound nice, but the most impressive has to be 2536 at 10:21 IMO
The nostalgia. 😭😭
Right on!
At 16:04 That Was Really Funny LOL!
Great video
YES I'M A MOTER HEAD.
My favorites in order: 0:16 , 1:33 , 3:17 , 3:56 , 2:05 , 1:46 and that one you said that WASN'T 9166. #Baltimore
Have you ever thought of coming up to seattle
Eventually. I'll definitely work my way up there. I know the in the great northwest will be a great experience.