This Saturday, September 21st, for those attending the WMATA Roadeo in Landover, Maryland, the DMV Mass Transit Museum will host a Bus Excursion and Cookout in nearby Alexandria, Virginia.
Recently acquired Alexandria DASH 1996 Gillig Phantom #53 will be used for the excursion.
The bus will depart at noon from the Roadeo and travel to the DASH transit yard where we will have a tour of the facility.
Afterwards, we will have photo stops along to the way to Gravelly Point park. Once there, we will have a cookout (rain or shine) and then return to the nearest WMATA Metro station to drop people off. The excursion should last about 6 hours.
In lieu of tickets, we ask for a donation of $25 to offset costs and aid in the preservation of transit vehicles being stored by the museum.
For those who want to attend, all donations can be in cash or through our PayPal account info@dmvmtm.org
...More information about the DMV Mass Transit Museum in the coming days...
#53 is a 1998 Gillig Phantom actually.
So that's what that was about. I went to the Roadeo and a couple of people told me about it, but I didn't really understand much about it. After seeing some pics and hearing about it from others, it looks like I missed out on a bunch of things.
BTW wasn't 53 a former DASH About bus?
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on September 22, 2013, 08:56:06 PM
So that's what that was about. I went to the Roadeo and a couple of people told me about it, but I didn't really understand much about it. After seeing some pics and hearing about it from others, it looks like I missed out on a bunch of things.
BTW wasn't 53 a former DASH About bus?
I think so IIRC. You know, I was also around there yesterday while traveling along the Blue line train (cars #5147 and #6124 in that order) and noticed that there were 3 parked Phantoms outside the depot. I didn't think much of it since it was raining yesterday and I don't think DASH use the older Phantoms on the weekends anymore. Looks like I missed out too. Was enjoying the new PRTC weekend service that I forgot about DASH's weekend plans.