Queens Surface

Well, let's see. You SHOULD already know BUT it's worth mentioning. JFK is replacing their Orion 05.501 buses by having (or in some cases BORROWING) Hybrids from other depots. When I was in the city this past Tuesday, every Orion 05.501 I saw from JFK was about to "drop-dead". Also, there's a shortage of buses since the D.O.B. is retiring buses too fast (in my opinion). Once these NEW bus orders start rolling in, you will start to see a major shake-up.

 

Besides, it's LaGuardia and I think the MTA would want to keep the Hybrids around MUCH longer than let's say a 1996 NovaBus?

I was on 5953 not too long ago and there was a hole in the flooring, you could see daylight out of it.

If anything LGA will be expecting more 1996s to arrive most likely to push out those beyond shot-to-shit Ex Bees. They are on life support at this point. Also, A friend of mine tried to take 122 it stalled 3 times on him and the check engine light came on all 3 times.....What does that tell you. Real sad.

Yeah LGA shot them to shit is no time!

9153(QV) was on tow yesterday heading westbound on Jamaica Ave.

Was it maybe heading to ECH?

Most likely!

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I saw an MJQ RTS on the Q1 on Hillside Ave. I didnt get to see the number since I was heading on the bus in the opposite direction. But it was definitely the MJQ logo on the side...

I'll take a guess that might have been 5017 from MJQ, that was running in Jamaica

i know, im pissed off, i mean come on, we need buses badly, but im glad its sc, not lga or jfk

At least at LGA we would have the chance to see a RTS on the Q8 again.

Woodhaven Blvd really needs to be an express station. Me & everybody else is getting tired of having to go to Forest Hills-71 & double back or wait for an train for about 10 minutes at the hot & crowded Roosevelt Avenue station & wind up not getting a seat on a crowded .

 

Also, i'd make a 188 Street station on the . There are existing tracks that go up there.

 

there are more places i'd like to put, but I just can't think of it now.

Oh yeah, & a 66 Street station on the .

The layup track only go up to 184th, so why can't people walk the 8 blocks to 179, better yet take the bus. Really doesn't justify an extension of only 4-5 blocks.

It would not surprise me if 9350-9699 series did start heading ot MTA Bus within the next few years. Right now, there are roughly 500 of the 8750-9349 series buses left. So those would replace the ex-Bee Line Orions.

 

Oh and speaking of those 8750-9349 series buses...thanks to "TJ Trainman", the following is now at LaGuardia:

 

8810, 8875, 8881, 9002, 9026 and 9073

 

These buses have arrived at LaGuardia Depot for service. Again, thank "TJ Trainman" who informed me of this.

8881 why? That was a good bus.

I find this move strange, aren't the 9800-9900s about the same as the 700s? Why not just leave the SC buses where they are?

Not really most of the 700s were built in 1998, only 751 is built in 1999 as the rest of the 9800s and lower 9900s. The first batch of buses that will most likely go down will be the 700s and a good chunk of the 7200s,8500s and the upper 9900s.

Here is video not by me of 112 on fire.

What happened at LGA?

From the looks of photos I have seen, a fire broke out in the engine.

Thats Casey Stengels loaner for crappy Queens Village's crappy RTS.

I will take one crappy RTS from crappy Queens Village over one of the roller coaster 600s of a bus.

Their crapping out. CS is doing a good job with them so leave them there. Their AC is doing fine.

QV is doing good with some RTS and CS is doing good with some 05s. Leave everything the way it is now.

So can I have a roster of loaners with the depots?

Yeah, excellent Casey Stengel is the first depot to burn a hybrid. Also, a Orion 5 too.

How come I just saw it earlier this evening on the Q-69?

It probably got new front panels from another scrapped RTS.

8036 is out of service due to transmission problems .

That was quick.

It adds style to the R160, but hmm, that is gonna leave some ugly buff marks.

9201 is being ripped apart at ECH and 5946,5982 and 3 other I couldn't see. Yeah better get your 5900s Orion Vs photos in. Oh and 176 from BP is there as well.

I saw RTS 9000 on the Q27 with Manhattanville stickers.

9000 left QV?

Wow, you're bad at counting. I count 62, just like most people here that counted it.

Um he did not count an exact amount of stations. He took a guess "50 something".

1 question: Arent 72xx CNGs MTA BUS company?

Yes, they are MTA Bus.

More information can be found here:

http://www.mta.info/capitaldashboard/10_14/agencies/l/l60101ma_all_data.htm

Which should replace only around half of the M3s when the time comes for them to bite the dust.

How much retrofitting has to be done on the R46s? The only thing I can see is giving the units couplers on both ends of the cars so they can be single units. Is there anything else I'm missing?

Yeah, they have to get cab signalling added and some other FRA stuff.

Is it something like the MJQ 8600s? God I miss those buses. NYCT retired them too soon. [At least they could've been sent to MTA Bus than just outright retired].

About 5 were sent out to MTA Bus, JFK & FR IIRC.

possibly 8940-8949 will be at West Farms while 8951 and 8956 will go to Fresh Pond Depot. I think RTS 8940-8949 is at West Farms bcause of the B43 at Grand Av wit an exchange of Orion V/VII CNGs.

 

After 8940-8949 is at West Farms, Grand Av only have 1 type of RTS and Orion VII NG

 

RTS:94xx and 95xx

Orion VII NG:4513-4570 wit 4701-4702

 

*total is 130-140 buses

 

Grand Av has got to have more buses

Without the B43, they don't need anymore buses than what they have.

The only place would be on the IRT Flushing Line east of Queensboro Plaza...which I was reading somewhere that it was built to BMT car lengths.