right now 18110 should be the highest numbered bus on the property. None of the others past that have been confirmed for NJT yet, just have the VINs confirmed as built units.
I'm going to be down in Toms River tomorrow so I can check if one of those buses rolls into the terminal there. Also wonder if some of these are winding up at Meadowlands Garage as well.
Also, 18093 running the 559 this morning. Not previously reported to my knowledge.
18068 is running the 137 Parkway Express today. Anomaly or reassignment to Howell? One of the first 18000 series buses running a route into Port Authority, FWIW. Looking for the 18080's....
Okay as of 3/19 here is what hybrid buses were moved to Ironbound and buses still at Egg Harbor Twp. Egg Harbor sitting on about 13 more D4500CT's that are tied up in paperwork snafus.
MOVED TO IRONBOUND
4008, 4014, 4032, 4034, 4036, 4039
STILL AT EGG HARBOR
4010-4011, 4022, 4033, 4035, 4043
Yes we have a bunch of new buses. there is a five bus gap in the VINs - 14915 is bus 18080, then five D4505's came off the line, and we pick up with 14921-14936 CONFIRMED for NJ Transit and these are bus numbers 18081-18096. The reason we're seeing 18094 and 18095 is that most of the buses between 18081-18093 failed inspection due to no title, and 18096 also failed due to mechanical issues.
Going to look into that. I confirmed a few more VINs last week but only eight of them. Wondering if these are finally the Detroit Diesel engines. If you spot any of them & you get me the license plate I can have them confirmed. Thx!
We still have a bunch more 18000's to go. You probably will see 19000's and 20000's which will hopefully complete the order. And then there are the other buses on the agenda: the Proterra Catalysts, new articulated buses, and the 40-foot Cruisers so badly needed at Oradell.