Jdog14

Can GA do limited runs on the B38 ? And why isn't the B47 Limited ? Isn't is just as long as the B46 ? Why did the B47 go to GA depot anyway ?

Probably no demand for it. It doesn't run frequently at all either.

I don't get why they have to keep shifting the fleet around constantly...

Mileage and other reasons. 

That's not paint. The stripes and black sections are cheap stickers -- the only XD40 with paint more than just the white base is 4899. ENY is not the reason you see the stickers peeling, time is. They wouldn't peel off at QV and CAS cause they were brand new there and the stickers hadn't been subject to much abuse. 

You missed 4818.

3995 repainted in the new scheme.

6514 repainted in the new way without the Arial nonsense.

4238 in the new scheme. Seen on the B49 today.

When NFI eventually wins the larger chunk of this next order, I just hope they don't rush on their buses. The current XD40s are rattly, unreliable shit. Also, too many of them (Ulmer Park ones, anyways) have more jerk in the transmission than a west indies food spot.

In this city, I would be surprised if nothing at all was rattly 

"Reversed seating" as in the 3 single seating is on the left hand side of the bus instead of the right hand side

And the last left hand side seat is two instead of one.

why it gotta be a oddball? isn't FB repainting them all the same?

That bus has the reversed seating.

Well damn. 4229 is now repainted. There goes the oddball.

4242 repainted in the new scheme. Spotted on the B46 this afternoon.

What is LBSS and what is it suppose to do?

Load Based Shift Scheduling. It's a gear shifting program available on Gen IV Allison transmissions. When the bus is empty/on a flat gradient the bus will be in fuel economy mode. As the load/gradient (uphill) increases, the bus will go into performance mode to give the bus the required performance. This optimizes fuel economy.

4225 in the new scheme. Seen on the B2 this morning (these repaints are coming quick). Also 4550 in the new scheme.

4227 in the new scheme. Seen on the B46 and NIS on Flatbush earlier today.

4223 has been repainted

lol... They're scattered all about on the Jackie Gleason lines but I would think they'd be more popular on the B9 since that's the line that I'm used to seeing a lot of them on.  The B4 has mainly new buses along with the B16.  I would imagine the B35 would have some old ones too since that line needs a lot of buses.

From what I've seen the B35 is mostly 2011/12 C40LFs. Not one old one in sight.

4244 in the new scheme. I guess they starting the NG's repaints at Flatbush again.

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3977 is in the new scheme. Spotted on the B7 earlier on yesterday afternoon.

Why does this say MTA bus instead of New York City Transit?

Where was this bus originally??

 

 

It might have come from eastchester or was mis-labeled.

Why do the C40LF's keep having problems especially with its doors. Some doors get stuck especially when the bus is lowered and then they have a hard time moving. There some other problems with the C40LF's another noticeable one is on a lot of the buses when the A/C is on the buses make this very loud roar and its worst when it's idling. I just came off of 557 not too long ago and that bus sounds like its 12 years old. The roaring was loud.

Maybe just the one's in Queens. Haven't seen any in Brooklyn do any of the above except the load roaring with the A/C on.

4618 repainted on the B46

Nope. That bus has been like that before the NG repaints.

need to hurry up on this 600 bus order!

Sounds like a normal breakdown to me.

And the first 6xx at Gleason I ride is, yep you guessed it........666

We can all blame ENY lol

Wow...quieter than the Novas?

I would assume it sounds similar to the 3G's when they were brand new.