Fairview Transit GEN2 900-999

Fairview Transit 900-999 are GEN2 1996 Orion V's (05.501). They are powered by a Detroit Diesel Series 50 engine and Allison B400R transmission. These buses were the GEN2 high floor buses in the fleet. They were completed in December 2017, and retired in August 2018 with the closure of Rory Division.

Order
The Fairview Transit GEN2 1996 Orion Vs were built in December 2017 by isaacbeyo and NightlyBasis. The order was placed to increase the variety of buses available at Rory Division. They were originally assigned numbers 500-599. They were delivered in the blue livery, fill-in destination signs, and BluCard fare machines.

Modifications
The Orion Vs were later reassigned the numbers 900-999 in December 2017, after the announcement of a system-wide rehaul project.

In the same timeframe, three more units (910, 911, 929) were delivered to Rory Division to meet higher demand.

Sometime in late 2017, unit 902 was damaged due to a collision and removed from service. Later, 902 was renumbered to 599 and an experimental seating arrangement and rear doors were installed. The unit was later sold to Northwell Regional Transportation Commission by Jaunary 2018.

Being the last Fairview Transit high floor transit bus, the buses were kept in their original state for as long as possible. 900-999 was the last series to undergo rebuild. Between June-July 2018, the buses were rebuilt. They were part reduced, BluCard and DS-C(Destination Sign-Coded) systems were installed, and they were repainted in the then-new, tri-colour livery.

Deployment History
900-999 were based out of Rory Division for their entire lives. They often appeared on routes 99 Senlac and 144 Royal Woods. They were also occasionally dispatched onto the 26 Rory.

Retirement
The first unit to be retired from this series was unit 901 after it was renumbered to 599. 599 was then retired and sold to NRTC in January 2018.

The remainder of the series were retired in August 2018, when Rory Division was closed due to the Filitering Enabled update.

All the units (except 900) were scrapped in September 2018. 900 is currently being preserved, and is planned to be part of the future Fairview Transit Museum.

Future
GEN2 900 is expected to be on display as part of a future transit museum, no date for this has been given however.

In regards to the bus model, Orion V's are expected to be in the GEN4 fleet, 1500-1699, with various engines and transmissions. Not much more details regarding the buses or their release dates are known, as the Orion V's have only been officially been mentioned in the GEN4 lineup in a dev teaser.