MOBILE FRIENDLY VERSION: successor to this post

I am proud to present to you the efforts of many, many hours of work, detailing and testing, a 2001 SF MUNI Neoplan AN440.

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The AN440, made by Neoplan USA from the 1980s until 2002, was used by many cities in this era, with some of the last buses being made in a special design for San Francisco's MUNI. These special Neoplans (including the short AN435 and the articulated AN460) featured rear windows, with the A/C unit either removed (in most cases) or put on the top of the bus alongside the trolleybus equipment.

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Now, for the features and controls:

Features:

"Incredible Detail"
Kneeling function
Bike rack
Full interior
Driver controls
Driver indicator lights (see detail below)
Customizable signs

Controls:

AG1 - driving lights, destination signs
AG2 - headlights (night/fog only)
AG3 - rear door lights
AG4 - stop requested lights
VTOL - up to retract bike rack (note: the actual bike racks are manual and intended to be maneuvered by the bike-bearing passenger).
LG - bus kneeling (to improve accessibility), kneeling indicator

Driver indicator lights:

2 3 - 4 5 - 6 7
1

Key:
1 (Red) - Stop Requested
2 (Green) - Back Door
3 (Orange) - Kneeling
4 (Red) - Brakes active
5 (Green) - "Throttle" active
6 (White) - Driving lights, destination signs ON
7 (White) - Headlights ON

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I love feature suggestions, and there's still FOUR AGs I haven't used, comment if you have any ideas for other features!

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I hope you enjoy this piece of San Francisco history.

~jsaret