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I have seen rogue 45's at Market Street and Oradell, but a fleet of them at either garage, not gonna happen.

The problem is that, unless I missed something, MCI isn't going to market a 40-ft cruiser much longer.  Of course, as we all know, if NJT say "jump" MCI would ask "How high?"  So you never know.

Camden is a gateway to philly..... It isn't that people are seeking Camden in the numbers that you see so many waiting around/at Walter Rand, outside of that.... It's no accident that NJT cut service on some routes back from philly, ending at camden (403, 405, 407, 413.... think there was one or two more)

419 was another route that used to serve Philadelphia before it was cut back to Camden.

Indirectly related, but in Center City Philadelphia, there's a block-long vacant property at 8th and Market. I'm surprised nobody has ever thought about relocating the Greyhound Terminal from it's current (cramped and very sketchy) location at 11-Filbert.   It makes it a lot easier for buses to navigate in and out from 8-Market compared to 11-Filbert, much easier connections to Market-Frankford, Broad-Ridge Spur and PATCO, and by potentially having all NJT buses terminate at 8-Market, you eliminate that time consuming loop along Market, Broad and Vine Streets that tends to foul up the South Jersey locals, especially the 400.

Looks good. Was hoping for frameless windows, but that's ok.

 

Those are some weird lookin headlights. I take it that's MCIs new style.

 

Are the roster numbers gonna be broken up? I did the math and 7278+148=7425, which kinda breaks into the D4000s.

 

Hopefully NJT will have it out on the road soon. Are you gonna make a separate topic for the delivery of these or do you want this to be it?

 

 

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Yet, if the numbering starts at 7213, then 148  buses would put the highest numbered MCI at 7360.

I'm wondering if this is the start of the numbering for the option order, since the 65th bus with an order starting at 7213 would put the last of the "base" order buses at 7277.

Keep in mind the haphazard delivery of the current MCI fleet, where, as I recall, there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how the buses were numbered during the delivery process.

Question can Coach usa swap buses between ONE BUS and Community 700 routes ? Or do they have to keep the 6500's at ONE BUS ?

I wouldn't think it would matter, since they're all assigned to Coach USA, although the fact that ONE Bus and Community are likely separate entities (for NJMVC and USDOT purposes), unless that changed, it might require some approval from One Penn Plaza.

At your leisure, here are few I'd like to see:

Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority (PA):

VALLEY 2

BELLE VERNON SHOPPING

VIA CHARLEROI

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VALLEY 2

W BROWNSVILLE SHOPPING

VIA CHARLEROI/CAL U

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COMMUTER A

TO VALLEY

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CAL COMMUTER

TO DOWNTOWN PGH

VIA LARGE PARK/RIDE

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VALLEY 4

TOWARD DONORA

There was a place in Blackwood, NJ that bought the retired buses from NJT and sold them to whoever wanted em. The old mcis, flexs, novas. They even was a dealer from through mci and you could have bought brand new buses. They since went out of business. This school bus company where my gf works they sell mcis, they have a 4500 for sales for 20,000 I was thinking bout getting my hands on it.

I recall seeing a lot of MC-9s at the ABC yard on Admiral Wilson Blvd in Camden when they were being phased out in favor of the D4000/4500s. Was this a different location than the one I'm thinking of?

WTF? That driver got skills or balls. I couldn't drive that thing without my left mirror............Damn!

It was being towed.