DJ MC Posted August 21, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 21, 2014 I'm posting a a series of images taken between 2012-2013 of the soon to be retired NABI 60-BRTs. These buses are being retired early, due to significant reliability issues that have plagued them since they first arrived back in 2010. Most of the time, I would often seen the 16 year old D60s or brand new Nova LFS artics running around. The D60s were to be replaced this year, but their retirement is being put on hold. These were the first artics Lynx bought, since 1988 (under Tri-County Transit during that era), when they bought 7 used Neoplans (4 40 footers and 3 60 footers, all demonstrator buses) from Neoplan USA, which helped replace the 1975 AMG Metropolitans. 26-610 is all white and has been stripped of all decals. 27-610 is still on the road and still has it's paint scheme, but will eventually be withdrawn. This is the earliest Lynx has ever retired a transit bus, since 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T to Dyre Avenue Posted August 22, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2014 These buses are only four years old! And they have to retire them? What kind of reliability issues can they possibly be having that is causing them to be retired after just four years of service? Here in NYC, we've got buses that have been in service since the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted August 22, 2014 These buses are only four years old! And they have to retire them? What kind of reliability issues can they possibly be having that is causing them to be retired after just four years of service? Here in NYC, we've got buses that have been in service since the 1990s. I'm not sure what the nature of the issues are, but they've constantly breakdown more frequently then any other bus in Lynx's fleet. I once saw one breakdown outside of the bus station. One driver even told me that those have been having issues since the day they arrived. Also, I was told earlier in the year that these two buses were out of service, because several drivers heard cracking noises. The buses were reviewed by a structural engineer and it was found that both buses has signs of extreme structural issues. I'm not sure if those structural issues have gotten worse to the point Lynx has to retire them so soon. It does explain why I didn't see none of those NABIs in January or February of this year. So far, the D60s are the oldest bus in our fleet at age 16. There are a number of charter and tour companies that use transit buses dating from the 1980s-early 2000s. Some earlier this year have gotten new buses, but appear to be holding onto the old ones. Some also have motorcoaches from the 70s-90s still running around. Most motorcoaches around here are Setras, Van Hools, Prevost, Temsa, and MCIs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RookiePhenom Posted August 26, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 26, 2014 These buses are only four years old! And they have to retire them? What kind of reliability issues can they possibly be having that is causing them to be retired after just four years of service? Here in NYC, we've got buses that have been in service since the 1990s. Look up the CTA NABI 60LFW Buses from 2003-08. They've had just as many issues that Orlando's buses had and had to be retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted August 26, 2014 Look up the CTA NABI 60LFW Buses from 2003-08. They've had just as many issues that Orlando's buses had and had to be retired. To be fair to NABI, those were NABI's first low floor artics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engineerboy6561 Posted October 22, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 22, 2014 To be fair to NABI, those were NABI's first low floor artics. That's true; I'm a bit loath to blame them about what happened with CTA. That said, I'm wondering whether this was just a bad batch for some reason or if it's a design issue that's plaguing most of the 60BRTs. Then again, I don't think LACMTA's complained much about theirs, and Massport just bought a bunch of them to replace the 1995 Neoplan AN440s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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