MVRTA (Merrimack Valley) All-Time Roster

[ClassicBusFan1981]

Hi,

I have a question about the Merrimack Valley RTA all-time roster: did MVRTA ever operate any Flxibles and, if so, were they secondhand units (most likely) from another operator (like, say, MBTA)?

The roster:
275-279 -- 1980 TMC CityCruiser T30 (Detroit Diesel 6V53T + Allison MT643)
305 -- 1970s Flxible New Look (most likely Detroit Diesel 6V71N + Allison VH9) (who ran this bus originally?)
511-517 -- 1981 GMC RTS II T7W604 (Detroit Diesel 6V71N + Allison V730)
518-520 -- 1983 GMC RTS II T7W604 (Detroit Diesel 6V71N + Allison V730)
521-539 (later 8721-8739) -- 1987 GMC RTS II T7J606 (Detroit Diesel 6V92TA + Allison V730)
701-706 (later 8701-8706) -- 1987 (BIA) Orion I 01.502 (Detroit Diesel 6V92TA + Allison HT747)
707-712 (later 9101-9106) -- 1991 (BIA) Orion I 01.502 (Detroit Diesel 6V92TA DDEC + Allison HTB748 ATEC)
9601-9604 -- 1996 Gillig Phantom S50/T35/96 (Detroit Diesel Series 50 DDEC + Allison B400R WTEC)
9901-9912 -- 1999 Gillig Phantom C20B096N4 (Detroit Diesel Series 50 DDEC + Allison B400R WTEC)
0401-0417 -- 2004 Gillig Phantom C21B096N4 (Cummins ISM 03 + Voith DIWA D864.3E) (despite YouTube user jamin108's claims that 0401, 0403-0404 and 0413 use the old Cummins M11E+, he has to be wrong as the M11E was called ISM since 1999; he thinks it's the older version due to the slight difference in sound between the M11E and ISM. But believe me, he's wrong on the nomenclature.)
0701-0705 -- 2007 Gillig Low Floor G21B102N4 (Cummins ISM 07 + Voith DIWA D864.3E)
0901-0902 -- 2009 Gillig Low Floor Hybrid (Cummins ISB6.7 + Allison EP30)
0903-0909 -- 2009 Gillig Low Floor (Cummins ISL9 + Allison B400R)

~Ben