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GILLIG PHANTOM BUSES 242-276
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Page created August 9, 2005. Last updated March 25, 2020.
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Numbers 242-256 were model 3596T6V92 from 1981. Numbers 257-276 were model 40TB966V92 from 1984.


GILLIG 242:

Gillig 242 on route 11 is arriving at the downtown transit center on April 5, 1982. Scan of a slide by Bruce Korusek added 03/25/20.


GILLIG 245:

Gillig 245 is leaving the downtown transit center in February 1998. Two photos added 02/10/12.


GILLIG 246:

Gillig 246 on route 21 arriving at the downtown transit center in January 1982. As originally delivered, the Phantoms had only the route number in the headsign. Those rollsigns later carried the destination. One uncredited slide from my collection added 03/14/18.


GILLIG 248:

Gillig Phantom 248 at downtown transit center in August 1992.


GILLIG 250:

Gillig Phantom 250 and Stewart & Stevenson 309 on Hollister Street in August 1992.


GILLIG 251:

Gillig Phantom 251 on Chapala Street in April 2003.


GILLIG 260:

Gillig 260 on route 20 Carpinteria leaving the downtown transit center in December 1999. As seen here, the headsign was only the destination; the windshield card gave the route number as did the curbside sign. One photo added 03/14/18.


GILLIG 261:

Gillig 261 marked Goleta Express inbound at Carrillo and Chapala Sts. in December 1999. Two photos added 03/14/18.


GILLIG 264:

Gillig Phantom 264 on Chapala Street in April 2003.


GILLIG 266:

Gillig 266 at Anapamu and Anacapa Sts. in November 1987. Scan of an uncredited slide added 03/25/20.


Gillig Phantom 266 at UCSB in August 1992.


Gillig Phantom 266 about to enter the transit center in April 2003.


GILLIG 267:

Gillig 267 at Carrillo and Chapala Sts. in February 1998. One photo added 02/10/12.


GILLIG 268:

Gillig 268 is leaving the downtown transit center in February 1998. One photo added 02/10/12.


GILLIG 269:

Gillig 269 is leaving the downtown transit center in February 1998. Two photos added 02/10/12.


GILLIG 272:

Gillig Phantom 272 signed "School Booster" (supplemental service) in downtown SB on February 11, 1999.


GILLIG 276:

Gillig Phantom 276 leaving downtown transit center in August 1992.