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Valley Metro, Roanoke
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 A rather surreal image results as this advert wrapped Gilling Phantom is passed by a truck, almost making the truck look like it has a wrap of the bus on its side panel. It is seen outside the imposing Lindsly-Robinson & Co building in August 2010. |
 Valley Metro's Star Line Trolley provides a free service on a downtown loop with frequency up to every ten minutes Monday to Friday. |
 Roanoke is also home to the Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum, which unsurprisingly has a number of Valley Metro survivors, including the inevitable Phantom. Gillig 436 of 1991 bears the insignia of Commonwealth Coach & Trolley on its front dash. |
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 Inside the Museum awaiting restoration with a large collection of vehicles, mainly with local connections, was former 102, a General Motors TCH-3714, of 1958. The bus was new to the Safety Motor Transit Company, the predecessor of Valley Metro. |
 In the museum yard was this restored Mack C41, formerly 319 Safety 319. It seems the Safety livery may have inspired that of the Star Line Trolley service. |
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