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636 is on the Q23...caught it an hour ago...

651 was on the Q23 today, caught it heading northbound at 103rd.

9899 Q72 btw

One of GH's lfsa's got into a fire earlier. Photo from a friend.

Yeahh

4899 was for a few months at the Park (UP) but the test failed with the test engine.

8045 back at QV, still with JA decals.. DO NOT PUT ON ROSTER YET AS IT MAY BOUNCE BACK TO JA!!!

9849 was on the Q69 today...talk about LGA's never-ending shortage issues lol.

Despite the Q53 going to CP, LGA is still roughly 20 or so buses short. They can't maintain them with the small space they have due to the renovations, so they sit oos until they get to the bus.

618 was on the Q18, and 187 on the Q33.

Talk about LaGuardia's maintenance problems lol...

6854 sideswiped 529 earlier so they'll be OOS for a few days...

you better have pics..

Oh he isn't lying..trust me..it's out there..

Here's 174 pic courtesy of a friend despite the blur:

9905 was on the Q47 today..

http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/43286-stealth/

1306 Q32 headed towards midtown

Caught 656 on the Q69 while on the way to see a friend

(I'm on it right now)

You ppl still think LGA is getting artics smh.

That actually has not been confirmed yet...

It's funny how they keep on saying that on and on and yet there's no source confirming this.

Fixing up the shops at the depot and to make space to accommodate New Flyer Artics. The Baisley Park construction is similar which is also complete.

Wait...when did the MTA make it official regarding artics?

Saw it as well at Atlantic Avenue bound for 165th.

 

And to clarify those whole ordeal with the Q53....College Point IS getting the Q53 for one year while reconstruction at LGA goes on. That means the 600s being loaned to LaGuardia will return to College Point for said operation.

Wonder what's this whole reconstruction at LGA about...

That 9836 has been having problems for the longest...That bus just needs to go already. I rode it on the Q53 this summer. Bus sounded horrible.

OH THAT 9836! Last time i caught it, it was sure angry as hell! 

Even if CP gets the 53 the Orion V CNG's are done for, in January they're gone, the tanks expire in 2014, they'll give CP something to full in the blank

Call me a foamer but i wish they would send some Orion VII CNG's to CP!!!

Think of the depot like one big gas station. A truck comes and delivers fuel to the building which is stored underground somewhere. A bus pulls up to the pump and gets filled from the tank underground.

 

CNG I'm not so sure about

With CNG depots, the CNG fueling station is connected to the main natural gas line..

I think the plan orginally was to make CP an ALL Express Depot.... But doing that would have put too much of a strain on LGA

Remember before the fire in LGA they too could've handled CNG's... That fire kinda messed it up for them and then with the addition of MORE routes MORE buses and not enough maintenance to go around that in itself equals disaster waiting to happen

But like I said earlier MTAB is now cleaning up house Depot by Depot

 

FR is more like an Annex... Most repairs are still done at JFK.. The day FR can be self-sufficient and do its own major repairs will be a great day over at JFK

It was originally planned to transition all of LGA's express routes to CP, while LGA would get two of their former local routes back and possibly the Q66 whenever the transition completes.

Basically LGA has mainly been the dumping grounds for buses that are mostly in their last legs, and the fact that LGA needs all the buses they can get doesn't help the frequency of maintenance issues...

I don't think so, JFK is unusually short this time around for some odd reason.

I wonder if 5209 would pass DOT inspection during its stay at JFK....most of the 5000's that were loaned to LGA didn't pass DOT inspection from what i've heard...

Not sure if loaners or a move but 183-184 BP->EC

Photo by deshawn stevenson

183 & 184 doing the Bx23 according to someone on FB..

9836 might be done for unless CP decides to fix it.

Caught it earlier on the Q72, engine kept shutting off randomly (it did so 5 times when i rode it)

Why do all of the lights on a bus turn off when the engine is started?

Buses equipped with an electric starter motor tend to require a lot of power to be able to crank up the engine.

The same is true with most cars (as some will just dim)