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VRs in the U.S.A.

Last Updated : July 14th 2010 (RWT546R added, FTU390T updated)

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The VRs shown on this page were in the U.S.A. on the above date. The liveries depicted are the last known to be carried by the individual vehicles. If you know that the livery or location has now changed I would appreciate receiving an email or, better still, a photo which I will add to this page and credit to you. Remember - the site is only as good as the information I receive. Other U.S.A. operators can be found on the Operator Cross-Reference page.

The following operators have their own pages:

Starline Tours of Los Angeles, California
J & M Tours of San Diego, California
Eurofilm of Los Angeles, California
The London Bus of Phoenix, Arizona
Classic Auto Limousine Service of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Red Bus Rental of Tarzana, California
Mambo Tours of Miami, Florida
Manhattan Double Deck Tours of New York
New York Double Decker Tours of New York
New York Apple Tours of New York
Gray Line of New York
British Double Deckers (Murphy) of Denver, Colorado
Peter Pan Bus Lines of Springfield, Massachusetts
Double Deck Tours of Boston, Massachusetts
Big Bus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Double Decker Bus & Tours of Chula Vista, California
British Bus Company of San Diego, California

The following VR is owned by Java Dawg, Sarasota, Florida and is converted for use as a mobile coffee shop:

The following VR is owned by The Irish Bus Company, Portland, Oregon:

The following VR is with Ernie Mozell in Bad Axe, Michigan and carries London Transport roundels on Clynnog & Trefor livery:

The following VR is in use with West Link Travel in Los Angeles, California. In November 2009 it had been transported several thousand miles north to Chicago, Illinois (as seen below):

The following VR is in use with Big Red Bus in Long Beach, California for private hires :

The following VR has been used at the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Black Rock Desert in recent years (most recently in 2006) :

The following VR is with an unknown owner in Sarasota, Florida :

The following VR has been covered in pink fur carrying 300,000 LED lights by Shagadelica in California :

The following VR was exported in 2003 and has been converted to a luxury party bus. It was for sale on eBay in Panama City Beach, Florida in July 2009:

The following VR is with San Francisco Sightseeing Deluxe, California:

The following VR is with City Sightseeing, San Francisco, California:

The following VR is with James Tillapaugh, Chicago, Illinois. It has gone missing from a yard in North Carolina - please let me know if you hear anything about where it might be:

The following VR is with Party Buses, Denver, Colorado:

The following VR is with Rev Oscar Ernand, Miami, Florida:

The following VR is with an unknown owner in New Berlin, Wisconsin:

The following VRs are with Charter Entertainment, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. URB161S was photographed in New York in August 2008 alongside XJJ660V and was subsequently for sale on eBay later that month. EAP989V was also reported in New York in 8/2008:

The following VR commenced a three-month tour of the US to promote Harry Potter in June 2007:

The following VR is with the Double Decker Bus Company in Las Vegas:

The following VR is owned by McCloskey Mechanical Contractors of Lindenwold, New Jersey and is to be converted for use as a pre-game party bus for Lindenwold baseball team:

The following VRs are used by F.A.D.D.S. Party Bus in Nashville, Tennessee:

The following VR was used on a tour by pop artist Julia Jones, commencing in New York in March 2005:

The following VR is owned by Villani Bus Company, Linden, New Jersey:

The following VR is owned by Ragin' Uptown Party in Charlotte, North Carolina:

The following VR is owned by Jeremy Burch in Kentucky who uses it as a caravan:

The following VR was being used as a shuttle bus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2/2004. However, it broke down later in 2004 and was impounded by the towing company who then advertised it for sale on eBay, 12/2004:

The following VRs are with Gateway Tours, Miami, Florida:

The following VR is with an unknown owner in Brighton, Utah when photographed in several feet of snow (!):

The following VR was with an unknown owner in Denver, Colorado in July 2005:

The following VR is owned by Wesco Rental Businesses, Torrance, California:

These former Standerwick VRL coaches plus a standard bus-configured VRT were last known to be with Chicago Motor Coach. They are presumed now scrapped unless you know better:

More former Standerwick coaches, these have been sitting derelict with Rochester Coach Lines in Minnesota for many years, having been owned by them since at least 1981:

The following was in a dealer's yard near Murrieta in California in 1997 having previously been with Porters of Passadena:

The following was exported from the UK to Florida in July 2001 but was impounded on arrival for having broken age restrictions. It was subsequently reported as derelict in a field outside Charlotte, North Carolina with no windows or wheels in November 2009 still in MASS livery:

The following were on site with Miami Double Deck Tours in Florida, although it is unclear whether they were intended to enter service with this operator:

The following are known to have been exported to the U.S.A., but no details of their whereabouts have ever been established:

This VR is with Chicago Bus, Illinois:

This VR is with an unknown owner in Charlotte, North Carolina:

This VR is with Grayline, Chicago, Illinois and is in derelict condition. It was for sale on eBay in January 2004:

The following VR is with Acme Construction Company, Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin:

This VRs were with Gray Line Tours, Boston, Massachusetts (location now unknown):

This VR was with Manhattan Double Decker Tours, New York, in 6/1994, but not recorded since and is presumed scrapped:

This VR is in Houston, Texas with Tyler Horne who in September 2009 is attempting to get it back running again. It retains City of Oxford livery with Brighton & Hove fleetnames (!):

This VR was exported from the UK in 1999 and is in Philadelphia with Thomas Jefferson University:

This VR is in Orlando, Florida, and was used by Sky Shuttle to transport tourists to and from Disneyworld. It was sold (destination unknown) by 10/2003:

This VR was operated by Greater Laconia Transit Agency and is converted to offside central entrance/exit. It passed to Westpointe Retirement Community, Pensacola, Florida in July 2002 and was photographed there by Bob Martin in 2004. It was still present in April 2008:

These VRs are with Jeff Goldberg, Baton Rouge, Louisiana for use in Mardi Gras parades:

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