1995 Orion V CNG

Ok.......what happened to 4998?

I don't know, what happened to it? Accident? Fire? 

I wonder what depot the Foothill transit Orion V CNGs will go? 

In my opinion I would assume that the first batch of the D60s(1996-1997) replaced the GM New Looks. The later batches probably replaced some early GMC RTS's.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I think the Fishbowls were already gone by then, having been replaced by the 1995 Orion V diesels (and CNGs for JG).

Does anyone have any documents on their capital budget. I thought new bus deployments had nothing to do with Operation costs. 

Has #4590 been repainted yet? Bus looked horrible when I rode it this past summer.

3625 got repainted again...this time without the quality control bus sticker

Again? When was it last repainted?

Most likely because the D60s came in after the TMC RTS retired.

That's not true. The last TMC got retired just a few years ago (2010). Heck, some of the GMC's made it until 2004-2005. First D60HFs came in 1996-1997.

I got a question for Dante or whoever else knows... since 126th is not going to be replace, does that mean Jamaica will get rebuilt sooner than it was suppose to??

It wouldn't surprise me if it were, however, this is the MTA we're talking about.

So, want exactly is NICE bus's budget that would require used buses? 

The were the first artics in the fleet

I know, but what did they replace? RTS's?

Not for a LONG time.....

This is so ridiculous.  Weren't they talking about this fleet since at least 2007?  How is it that the R-188s are being built before the R-179s?

What's with 3822 and it's kneeling?

What do you mean? 

Does anyone know what the D60HFs replaced back in the day? 

I think they are fleet growth cars, and knowing the , they could cancel them anytime.

When is the test R-179 set getting here? 

I think the has more options that are unnamed at the moment.

Don't they expire after a certain amount of time? 

How many of the C-cars are in? Anyone know? 

Is it safe to say that the order is delayed? 

I don't think the new order got cancelled, just delayed. 

The MTA should of had more options. 

And how reliable of a source is buschat?

He supposedly said that his source is from southern California and handles transit systems in LA. If this is true, then it's very stupid on NICE's behalf.

Does anyone know who NICE picked to build the new buses to replace the 2002 Orion V CNGs ? 

They don't have any 2002 Orion V CNGs (yet), only 2000 and 2004, and that's what the rest of us are waiting for as well. 

Does anyone know who NICE picked to build the new buses to replace the 2002 Orion V CNGs ? 

Maybe ENY can shed some light on this mystery....? 

You mean to tell me NICE may get buses from California? I highly doubt the would give NICE their buses

The MTA offered to give them some 9800s and 9900s at the end of 2011. And yeah, I thought that too, but this is from buschat.

No, they're exactly like the Clever Devices announcements in the 3Gs.  They even have that "Bus Turning/Autobús Girando" and route announcements...

 

And what happened to NG #1732?  I remember when NICE started wrapping the buses, the stripe was still clearly visible.  I never heard anything from the news about it... but here's what I've been able to find.

 

303 (Would have been 1540 or 41) - accident in 2007 in Glen Cove (Pinepower provided a Newsday source on Bustalk)

1645 - fire

1686 - fire

1732 - ?

1756 - involved in fatal accident in Hempstead

1804 - major accident (t-boned by drunk idiot) in Uniondale

1867 - crashed into Papa John's in Queens

#1602 Had also caught fire. #1732 I've been told had gotten into an accident.

It doesn't seem like plenty to me...

Someone posted on Buschat that NICE bus may get an unknown number of 2002 Foothill Tranist Orion V CNGs. I guess these are going to replace the rest of the 2000 Orion V CNGs. I thought they were going to get some ex-NYCT 2003 Orion VII OG CNGs since these are up for replacement.

140? I thought most of them were gone...

Nope, there are still plenty of Orion V CNGs left in service. You are probably thinking about the ones MTA bus used to have. 

Wait... so what happened to 5299?

Funny, I asked that same question earlier! haha.

The problem isn't the 160s. Those are fine. The problem lies with the rapid deterioration of the 44s. Had those cars not fallen apart like they did, we wouldn't have this problem.

 

As for whether the MTA had any more available options for the 160 order, the 179 order is basically the third order of 160s, just under a different contract number.

Oh kinda like the R-143s? 

More like 15 years ago. The R32s were originally scheduled to be replaced sometime before 2000.