After a week of foreboding weather forecasts (that proved to be pretty accurate), more than 325 intrepid bus enthusiasts registered for the Museum of Bus Transportation/America’s Transportation Experience’s Spring Fling. In addition, as in the past, there were several uncounted walk-ins.
Attendance was down a little bit from last year, but it was still quite a success considering the weather. It’s hard to complain because it’s the first rainy Saturday we’ve had in more than 20 consecutive Spring Flings.
This year was special because an intrepid group of volunteers drove 30 (out of the total fleet of 40) historic buses up from the Annex to display at the main campus of the museum. This is in addition to a number of visiting buses and motorhomes.
One of the volunteer group’s significant accomplishments this year was setting up a library of maintenance and parts manuals. In the process, they identified several duplicates that were displayed and sold at the memorabilia marketplace. This raises money to help maintain our buses and puts these rare resources in the hands of other folks who are preserving bus history.
Congratulations to the trophy winners:
- Best Antique Bus: 1957 GM 4104 – Friends of the NJ Transportation Heritage Center
- Best Modern Bus: 2005 Prevost H3-45 – Trans-Bridge Lines
- Best Motorhome Conversion: 1980 Prevost Liberty Motorhome – Tom Hamilton and Jim Lucas, Cranston, RI
- Furthest Traveled: – 1967 MCI MC-7 – Robert Geer, Ledyard, CT
- Best Manufacturer Demo: 2025 MCI J-Model – Executive Coach, Lancaster, PA
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather… Hope you had a great time.
For more information about this museum, click here: https://www.aacamuseum.org/mobt/.
Aerial photos by Stefan Aleo.
