Railfanner Mario

398 is now on Beeline Property at Yonkers

17 minutes ago, MTAbus677 said:

What are your guys recommendations for bus exploring as of now?

I mean You do have the hybrid buses between Manhattanville Routes and MJQ routes and probably the latest 2022 LFS’ running in service along Queens Village Routes.

6858 QV retired currently Awaiting scrap 

2 minutes ago, Calvin said:

 

Falling rust of metal happened this week on the  line on Broadway, Halsey St. 

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/03/19/hunk-of-metal-falls-off-the-j-line-onto-woman-s-car?cid=id-app15_m-share_s-web_cmp-app_launch_august2020_c-producer_posts_po-organic

Ouch, but $325 Million just to add nets under elevated tracks???? Why so expensive

6889 QV retired. Currently awaiting scrap 

8842 at Zerega 

9426 which is the only XDE40 right now on the M60 is out of service due to some guy saying he had a gun and was going to shoot everybody. 

1071 got into an accident. A car hit its rear door on the Bx6. No one is hurt tho 

A rare sight right now as 129 is currently running on the 20X wonder what caused this 32ft to Pop up here

1 minute ago, Future ENY OP said:

That belongs in the scrap section of the forum. 

Oh, my apologies 

6709 from Zerega to Eastchester Scrap

So is it true that 8756-8758 with the rest of the LFS diesels have been put on hold due to them being reworked?

4 hours ago, Joyjliradio said:

 

There is a R211 Discussion Thread for a reason To be honest. You could’ve posted this there 

XDE40 option buses are here: up to 9436 is at the vendor right now for MJQ

Seems we may get hit hard tonight and tomorrow with snow as I saw some articulated buses having chains On them.

8622 got into an accident on the Bx38 (bus got rear ended and everyone on the Bus is ok) *no information yet on if the person in the car was injured severely.

Starting today the Bx39 is currently running Gun Hill Units

143 currently Testing at Yonkers Since December 15th. We still await for it to go in service 

9901 (first HEV assigned to Gun hill) is currently in New Jersey 

1 hour ago, trainfan22 said:

Saw in a COVID thread on Reddit that at one point last week there was a depot out there down 60 Bus Operators due to COVID.

 

 

I thought depots were short like 10-15 operators at most... not SIXTY! The driver in the reddit thread didn't say which depot it was.

Oh Boy not again….. This situation reminds me of last year when Kingsbridge Bus Operators Getting sick to a point they were severely short on drivers that other depots had to assist. Hope it doesn’t end up in that bad situation again.

6 hours ago, XcelsiorBoii4888 said:

These new Prevosts man. From the shitty rattling, to the crammed seats. Literally just lipstick on a pig. I'm disappointed because the 2015s are much better, and the 2012s are even better (I just don't like that ugly rear design on the 2012s). 

Its really hilarious how in 2021 we gotta delay buses because passenger comfort has completely went out of the window. Prevost, WTF were yall thinking? MTA, as hard as yall go to inspect and get these buses approved...how did legroom just completely go over yall heads? 

VanHool would NEVER...(I hope hope hope this can open the door to VanHool for future orders)

So I'm curious now if they are willing to sacrifice 4 seats? That's really the only legit feasible solution to actually have a change. The first two is chained off so the total has been 53 for quite some time. The average bus only gets filled to about 35-45 seats per bus. It only makes sense to then take the existing fleet and have them modified as more buses come in with the modifications. 

 

Peep the article though...

"Cipriano said the buses are the same size as the ones they are replacing but added that a previous redesign resulted in less room for seats to make more room for riders using wheelchairs" (manipulative) 

"Cipriano said the space issues are limited to the first seven to eight rows on the driver’s side of the bus." (FALSE)

"Cipriano declined to comment specifically on what changes could be considered for the buses, saying the MTA and Prevost engineers will “try and get this rectified.”" (there's literally only one solution Cipriano...)

(MTA Rider) said a “tweak” of a “few more inches” would be enough to make her more comfortable on the new buses. “Now when I’m waiting for the buses, I’m just crossing my fingers,” she said. “And I’m thinking, ‘Please, let this be an old bus.’” (NOW people prefer the old buses...just a year ago they were crying to get them replaced)

“Please let this be an old bus.” Man some people….Also to hold off deliveries because of a few seats?!?!? Since when did “seats” stop the  from bringing buses into the city?

2 hours ago, Mpn4179 said:

It was never a transfer. The same situation that happened at Quill also happens at WF. Someone messed with the sticker. They’ll replace it eventually.

Ohh ok Appreciate the info

5270 seems to Have KB stickers On it but is running on West Farms Routes. Was this recent transfer mentioned?

On 12/13/2021 at 10:13 AM, RTOMan said:

Coming from someone who works on that Fox five days a week....

Your Guess is as good as mines....

Uhh…ok

Apparently 5418 got into an accident and hit a tree (seems like it was on the  shuttle near Broadway Junction