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19 photos and 1 illustration tagged departmentoftransportation, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

Tags that often appear on the same photos & illustrations:

• chulavistaplant
• transbus
• bus
• prototype
• flxible
• rohr
• wheelchairramp
• wheelchair
• manufacturerlicenseplate
• rohrfactory
• tour
• 09051973
• burtfraynes
• stateofcalifornia
• caltrans
• california
• bayarearapidtransitvehicle
• finalassembly
• advertisingcouncil
• medicalartsandphotographybranch
• photomechanicalprint
• automobiledrivingaccidents
• traffic
• alcoholdrinking

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• SDASM Archives 19 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration

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26_0074649 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• Chuck Walla said:

  It's unclear if this is U.S. Department of Transportation or CalTrans. Checking...

26_0071412 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• Chuck Walla said:

  This seems to be the Flxible/Rohr Transbus entry. Note the U.S. Department of Transportation logo behind the front wheels.
  
  "On May 13, 1975, one of the Flxible prototypes caught fire during testing in Arizona and was destroyed, but no one was injured; at the time, it was carrying two technicians, instruments, and sandbags to simulate a full passenger load."
  
  This series may have been shot at the Chula Vista factory because of the unique power transmission towers in the background of some photos.