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4 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

Same goes for 19143, the other Newton unit that was loaned to Washington.

I can confirm 19143 running on the 317 this  morning.

On 4/5/2024 at 11:25 PM, 553 Bridgeton said:

So apparently there are up to 60 XD60s at a lot near Fort Dix. 

Is that the Sicklerville parking facility they were using when the MCI's were being delivered? Park Nation was it called?

Need VINs or plates. Still have not positively ID’d these coaches.

21 minutes ago, macpat55 said:

Neptune Garage former Transdev garage

Neptune is actually part of Hamilton Twp. garage. Not (yet) a garage unto itself. It only has 20 full size NABI buses.

31-foot buses are just assigned to Egg Harbor Twp. and Morris garages, for the record.

6 hours ago, JLiu15 said:

21245 rear end is repaired following the December 2021 fire. The new rear panel is a completely different design with MCI logo in the left upper, similar to the 7100s.

It’s an older panel - possibly harvested from an older MCI, as it has an older MCI logo.

Over the past three years or so, I was using the Orto app to verify vehicle VINs from license plates. This has been extremely valuable in helping track the New York and New Jersey transit bus fleets. What made it especially attractive was that it allowed me unlimited look ups. Now, unfortunately, Orto is gone. Its creator has decided to no longer offer the service. The few VIN look up sites I have at my disposal now only offer maybe five look ups a day. So updates may not be as fast and furious as they once were.

22908 tracking in St. Cloud.

These buses have now moved over to NJT from Academy, garages to be determined: 21277, 21280-21281, 21292, 21294. Also, 21272 from Coach USA/Suburban.

22906 and 22907 were inspected two weeks ago. I was in Camden yesterday and didn't see any of the electric buses out and about.

I'm now hearing that NJT is in the process of taking some of Academy's 21000-series buses back as well. Some units have been observed at the Leonardo bus facility stripped of Academy logos.

14 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Some Suburban Transit buses are going to NJT. 21272, 21273, 21275, and 21276 have been spotted in NJT colors.

21271 and 21274 are there as well. Buses need Omnibus plates (Suburban uses Apportioned plates) and new inspections. No word on what garage is getting these coaches yet.

16001 goes to Ironbound.

22904 and 22905 active at Newton Ave.

Rockland Coaches has been putting their 21000 series D4500CT's back into circulation. Please get pix when you can because we still need to confirm all the fleet numbers. Thank you!

Remember the New Flyer electrics for Newton Avenue? 22904 and 22905 have arrived and were inspected on 6/29.

I can’t speak for them, but I do know that they’re getting some 18000 up north now. Westwood got some, I guess they’re gonna push some of the newer buses into Oradell to replace the few remaining 40 foot buses.

They are closing Plattsburgh by 2025 and leaving the US bus market. NYC Transit is one of Nova's bigger customers in the US, so that's gonna leave some questions to be answered.

Nova Bus changes its business model and ends bus production in the US - Novabus US

21 minutes ago, go25 said:

17100 active at CMF

Tracking for several weeks. It's painted in NJT livery and has plates, but needs inspection before it can go south. No inspections today due to Juneteeenth holiday.

On 6/10/2023 at 12:53 AM, 553 Bridgeton said:

17117 is on a hard hold, Idky as the inspection is good until December.

17117 is on the 552 as of Monday noonish, so that might have just been for the weekend.

I have an update on the migration of DeCamp coaches back to NJT. So far, NJT is concentrating on putting the 20 coaches that DeCamp still had active at the time of the shutdown back into service. These buses have all been registered. They are:

17072-17073, 17077, 17079, 17084-17085, 17089, 17091, 17099-17100, 17108, 17111-17112, 17114-17120

The other 30 (or 29? there may be one dead one) were not put back into service since the pandemic and will likely require more work to get them roadworthy again, but NJT is going to bank on the relatively low mileage of those coaches.

2 hours ago, 553 Bridgeton said:

Yup run 393; it was supposed to be on hold as it doesn’t even have a lytx camera or partition yet. Cmf only did the registers and clever. Eht has to do everything else.

No inspections yet on those buses…?

3 hours ago, nightmare402 said:

i believe its continuing from 20910 since its part of the previous orders 

It's an option off that contract, but they're going to be 2023 buses, so it must start with 23.

23 hours ago, Tranzitfan81 said:

Wow!  That is the last 5300 ( NABI suburban) at Newton Avenue.  I wonder if this means that more XE40s are on the way. 

There are five more sitting in St. Cloud but battery issues are holding them back. Seems to be a company-wide recall of some buses, and a slowing of deliveries. Meanwhile the last 60 of the diesel artics are supposed to be going on the line soon.

Looks like we got 17076 visiting MCI in Blackwood for repairs, so NJT is going to try to get these buses back into the system ASAP.

50 minutes ago, go25 said:

So with DeCamp no longer running commuter lines (which is really sad), what's the latest with the MCI cruisers that NJT gave them?

I'm told they're in a lot not far from Meadowlands Garage. I assume that NJT is going to be getting them back on the road in NJT paint. Maybe they can retire the last of the 40-foot cruisers, maybe they'll go South and relieve some of the mileage crunch down there.