Rollsigns from Fort McMurray, AB
DIVERSIFIED TRANSPORTATION
PO F6447
D2400-MA FRONT
9/05        TRANSIGN
This mylar front rollsign was removed
from Fort McMurray Transit's 1990 built
MCI TC40102A "Classic" #3525, which
was formerly Santa Monica Municipal Bus
Lines (Santa Monica, California) #5203.

The rollsign is dated September, 2005
and has 17 exposures, not including the
blank spaces. Its sign tag is shown below.
Public transit in Fort McMurray began in April of 1980 with a service contracted to Diversified Transportation
Ltd. The service was referred to as either "Fort McMurray Transit", "Wood Buffalo Transit" or on occasion,
"Wood Buffalo Express" in its early history. On April 1, 1995, the city of Fort McMurray was merged with the
surrounding rural municipality to create the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Improvement District 18).
In September of 2011, the system adopted the brand name "Woosh" for the service. On July 1, 2013, the
contract for operations and maintenance was transferred to Tok Transit Alberta Ltd. (Tokmakjian Group).
The contract was to be for 15 years, but was cancelled on May 21, 2015 in favour of in-house operation.
For the most part, transit service is still limited to the original City of Fort McMurray, with limited two days
per week service to Anzac, Janvier and Conklin from Fort McMurray, and starting May 18, 2017, a three
month trial service to Fort McKay, operating on Thursdays only.
Above, Fort McMurray Transit MCI TC40102A "Classic" #3525
(ex SMMBL, Santa Monica, CA #5203, left), the bus that displayed
the rollsign seen here, is sitting next to sister coach #3524 (right)
in a bus yard in western Calgary on March 11, 2012.

Below, Fort McMurray Transit MCI TC40102A "Classic" #3524
(ex SMMBL #5201) in the same yard on the same date as above.
It is displaying a different style of front rollsign than the one
shown here. Bus #3525 can be seen beside it in the background.

Both photos by Peter McLaughlin from his website
www.busdrawings.com. Used with permission.
The original
route number
for this
exposure is
"4A". The "3"
covering it
was printed
on paper &
taped on.
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