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Verschrottet: 1999
Danke, weißt Du auch wo der von 1990 bis 1999 in Betrieb war?
Der Bus wurde bereits im Mai 1989 in Mainz ausgemustert! Anschließend ist er an einen Händler verkauft worden. Weiterer Verbleib unbekannt. Man vermutet danach ein Verbleib in Tirana.
Woher ist die Info mit der Verschrottung?
Diese Fahrezeuge wurde verschrottet in 1999 (#384, #385 & #416). In 2002: #388
I think one of these was in Sofia - I saw it first in 1991/2. It should be this one:
https://busphoto.eu/vehicle/109254/#n115208
The SG192 in Mainz is the best match ffor what I remember as a kid:
- intercity front/windshield
- old wheel design (from the Bussing era)
- doors match (2-2-2-0)
- it was the same beige/tan color (however it was all beige and no orange).
I have looked for photos from Germany of that bus I remember and there has been no other close match.
Unfortunately there are no photos of this bus from Sofia, but it has been mentioned on some forums. Some say there were 3-5 such MAN SG192. Some claim they were white and that there were a few that were red and white (maybe entirely different buses). I remember only a beige one, and I believe it was only one because me and my friends used to joyride it as kids (I loved that bus), we got to know its crew (two drivers), and once we couldn`t find it (it was running on one of our local lines), so we asked one of the Ikarus 280 drivers why the MAN wasn`t coming. He told us it was on another line that day (that shared the same last stop), so we took the Ikarus all the way to the end and there was the beige MAN SG192 (with Texaco decals by then) waiting for us.
I lost track of that bus around 1996 and soon we left the country. According to the online info it was scrapped around 2000.
Here it says (order by year of manufacture) there were 3 such MANS in Sofia, all lasting until 2000:
https://busphoto.eu/list.php?did=3964&sort=built