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O305 #539
Our youngest O-Bahn bus
Purchased from the SA Government after finishing rail substitution duties, R539 was used as a storage bus for many years. In 2020, a change of ownership has re-booted 539’s hopes for preservation, and it now patiently awaits.
O305 #1540
As original as they come
#1540 is Painted in its original Busway Green & Blue Livery, a paint scheme synonymous to these buses.
O305G #1549
It crossed the Nullarbor twice
After retirement from Adelaide Metro work, 1549 was purchased by a private buyer in Perth for preservation. Fast forward to 2019, a new buyer from Adelaide purchased it, and it made its second trip across the Nullarbor.
O305 #1526
All the way from Perth
One of our members who frequents the Western part of our country, had the opportunity to save one of the last O305’s to operate in service in Australia.
O305G #1594
Saved when all hope was lost
#1594 is painted in its original Busway Green & Blue Livery, a paint scheme synonymous to these buses.
O305 #3000
A Sydney Merc?!
A Keen participant of BPASA decided one day that maybe a foreign Merc had a chance at being saved from scrap.