DOB2RTO
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MTA specs = how fast can it fall apart, go bad, and/or break down........
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My friend, if New Flyer could supply buses that fast here, I would drop Orion like a bad habit, and go to New Flyer tomorrow. We have them here already, and they are the better buses with the LF (C40LF)...... Just looking at the buses, one could see that the New Flyer is slightly larger. I drove both the Orion VII CNG, and the C40LF (19-A). The Flyer is far roomier. They just need to shrink that steering wheel, cause it is just too huge. Hopefully they did with the updated Flyers. I thought I was turning a small school bus wheel........
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Maybe MTA should start looking at the New Flyer DE40LFR, while testing the D60LF (hopefully R).
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How many times for ADA announcements depends on the line. I work the M100, so I have 21 to make. The paddle sheet seems hard, but best bet is to ask drivers at your depot. You will learn how to read it in line training, trust me. It has your report time, the time you P/O (pull out), P/I (pull in), R (relief and/or relieve), and DPK (Drop back). The times in between are time points at certain bus stops. These are usually major stops.
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6296 is a great bus to drive. Lots of power. 6695 is now gone, and an Orion V is in the redone paint shop now. Some of the 99 Orions at KB had been repainted, and now they look like sh!t again.......I understand why we get crap here. But all depots has this problem......
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Speaking of Hybrid, 6695 was in KB paint shop, being painted for the pass few days. Level II it is now. I doubt I need training, since I drove the Orion VII CNG. Same bus different propulsion.....
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Since I work the M100 now, I see alot of Hybrids on the M60. I have noticed that the engine doesn't sound as good as it use to be. They sound like they are truly struggling now, when accelerating. I'm sometimes directly behind them, and they just cry. It doesn't sound right. The ones on the M1 though, sound like they usually sound. Maybe it's the H'way speeds with the heavy load (they bees packed I say). Maybe it's to much stress on the engine. Me thinks it's time for another bus swap, to give those MTV Hybrids a break from the heavy work.
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You know the 1st Hybrids I'm talking about, will most likely be the 1998 ones. That old crap we will get.
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Most likely KB will get the 1st Hybrids. The first ones that came to MTA.
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KB's buses stay on a tow and breaking down. I had one today, when I knelt it, it wouldn't go back up. That meant the interlock wouldn't disengage, so I had to cut the bus off, then turn it back on (like the RTSs). I just stop kneeling it. On top of that heat was blowing in instead of A/C. It was just hot in this bus (yes the climate control was off at this point). The second bus I got, everything was alright until my last trip. Then the stop requested sign stop working. The ding could still be heard though. Luckily, we get an indication on the dashboard also. Kingsbridge.......home of the dawgs. I had a Amsterdam depot operator comment a few days ago about the raggedy buses we have. Sounds like they are falling apart. Rust all around the roof, and as you can see, the sides. Here we don't wonder if we will break down. We just ask ourselves, when will we break down. It's just a matter of time.
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Well we need more newer buses in here. This is how the 400-600series look under all the paint: That's why they are so loud when hitting potholes. The frame is rusted through. Just click to see the larger pic, and you will see the holes. The 6000 series are the quietest buses in KB. The artics are loud also. This includes the 5600-5700series.
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You will have to take the road test in a bus. Since you have the passenger endorsement you can transport people, but 7 or less (N2 restriction). That is because you didn't take a road test in a bus. Once you take the road test in a bus, then you can transport by bus. I doubt they will let you start training until you get that done. Get it done. All you need is a road test in a bus, so the passenger endorsement is one where you can carry 16 or more people.
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are there any girls who appreciate MS Trainsim players
DOB2RTO replied to tramrunner's topic in Transit Modeling & Simulators
Then play another game called BDSM, and let her poppy your coc........ -
You can have em'. Those are the culprits of having to be shut off after being knelt down, with a full load. Good riddance to them..........
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Almost every maker is getting out of the HF market. LF is the future of buses. Bee-Line has their last batch of HF for local buses. They want LFs to replace the 400series Orion V, which are increasingly showing up on short haul southern routes now (2, 42, 25, 30, etc). Orion just needs to do something about the shocks and air bellows, for NYCTA. Bee-Lines Orion VII rides unbelievably smooth. NYCTAs Orion VII ride like crap, due to the abuse they take on the streets of NYC. I drove the CNGs on the Bx6, and I might have gotten 2 that rode smooth. Most go bang in the craters of NYC. Also the cheap rims NYCTA puts on them buses needs to change. Hopefully these problems were addressed and taken care of in the new model.
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I love that sound. Sounds like mice getting caught and ground up in the belts. I'm tired of the rattling, and the high steps. HF are better, but the majority of our customers seem to have step climbing problems. As for the artics, we do need plenty more. The Bx9, Bx1/2, and sometimes Bx55 and Bx41, has to run 40fters due to lack of artic buses. The M100 suppose to become artic, and now they can be found there, including Sundays, when plenty of 40fter buses are available for Sundays. We need more 60fters, and new 40fters. We have taken too much of others crap, and need to be rewarded for this. The maintenance guys here need a break. The drivers need a break also. You know it's bad when the shifters complain about the buses, and they only drive them on the lot.....
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Before I leave out of there, I would love to drive a new bus. The newest thing I ever drove was the Orion VII CNG, and that was out of West Farms. If KB gets the NG buses (I'm hoping they do), I think alot of artic lines would open up. The senior cats will want to drive the new buses. The Orion VII does have the most comfortable area for the driver. Steering wheel isn't massive, seats goes back far, and has a huge drivers storage bin. But as the depot union chair said, "800 new buses are due to come in, and most likely they will go to Manhattan, while we get their crap". I'm hoping to pick on a 40ft line Thursday. Since the KB RTS's are gone, I don't mind going to a 40ft line now. .25 cents extra per hour ain't worth, 120 people and a 60ft bus.
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I am a former coach driver (5.6 years). Do you drive coaches (charter buses), or the horse and buggy coaches?
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Which is less than TTC standards, lol.
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NYC already tested this model, before it was sent back to Orion. They use these terms (approve), but fact is these buses are here to stay. This will be the future of MTA.
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Not if the MTA can get comfortable features taken out. If they could get away with putting in cinder blocks for operators seats they would. It actually might be more comfortable.
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That means all the new amenities will be stripped.......
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I need to shoot the darn thing already. Haven't found the time to get to the range yet. Besides it's been to cold. As for me, I'm hanging in this job. As you might of read, I was suppose to be out of the DOB this month, but that won't happen for several more for now. At least I have my foot farther in the door for now. As for you, you did disappear, and I wondered what happened to you. Alot on the mind, huh?
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For those 5600-5700series artics, they can fly due to diesel power. Some will roll up hill without the accelerator being touched.........
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That's why I say, "I'm catching the train".......You can't get on the subway, or be hit by the subway, but the train you can get on and be hit by.
