553 Bridgeton

17080, 17086, 17088, 17097, 17113 at eht. 
 

18074 to Washington Twp, 16003 is a goner. 

On 9/19/2023 at 7:45 PM, MNR Beacon Line said:

Speaking of which Ive always been fascinated by the NJT routes that go into Warwick NY. Do they run up there because it's profitable? Does NY pay them any money for it?

Warwick was on the of njt lines from the start, mainly the working class use that line in the peak hours 196/197, outside of that the line is dead past Pompton Lakes. Ringwood P/R and Warwick P/R was power houses pre pandemic now, I can’t say the same.

7 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

18105 to Meadowlands.

Also, 21272, 21274, and 21276 have entered service for Wayne.

18115 to egg harbor 

5 hours ago, Gotham Bus Co. said:

Why does NJ need to subsidize Pennsylvania passengers?

If I remember correctly njt used to service that part of Pennsylvania but not that far deep.

1 hour ago, DCTransitFilms said:

17096 at Ironbound on the 102. For testing like 17076-17077 & 17084 I believe.

My boy has that bus. They are testing the a/c on them as a lot of them are failing with the ones we have. 

I currently have 18105 on the 552 and 315 today. This bus is leaving for meadowlands tomorrow.

Howell is chill garage, they do what they want. Just be prepared to not have weekends off, all the senior guys take all the combo work. If you do Atlantic City prepare for long deadheads. Howell and Egg Harbor are the only 2 garages that work the entire state. 
 

In terms of a senior garage most of the old heads are retired or on their way out. 

4 hours ago, nightmare402 said:

its heading back to elizabeth now

 

What bus tracker is this?

18 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said:

@553 Bridgeton i also have another question, do you guys get employee passes and are there rules like in a hypothetical you decide to take a ride into the city off duty would you be allowed to use it or do they want you to pay? 

Your ID is your riding pass. We don’t pay to ride the bus or train. Amtrak, Metro North, and LIRR honors us as well, although sometimes you get a nasty one that says no.

2 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Think I saw you guys have 18108 as well. 

18108-18110 been here for about a week.

18111 last night, and 18112 just came in tonight. 

So we have 18108-18112 now

Meadowlands 18098,18100-18102.

Meadowlands has 18098 now

Egg Harbor has 18111 now

7170&9050 has been retired.

8 hours ago, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:

So 18096 is tracking on the 313. Is that bus back at Egg Harbor or is it a loan from Meadowlands?

It’s supposed to be at meadowlands Idky it’s back here. 18111 has been transferred to egg harbor.

18110 now eht 

18101/18107 now meadowlands 

On 8/30/2023 at 6:48 AM, Gmansports said:

17078 @Oradell awaiting plates/reg 

Interesting 

14 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Are you guys also keeping 18120-18125?

I have no idea. But the way it looks those may be the last to go. 

1 hour ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Seems 18092 went up too. Both 18069 and 18092 are on the 126 right now.

18108-18118 Lavs getting sent to egg harbor 

18097-18107 Lavs to meadowlands 

18069(non lav), 18092(non lav), 18096(non lav) 18100(Lav) to meadowlands 

Apparently 18069 has been transferred to the Meadowlands.

17095 currently on its way from mci in Blackwood to Egg Harbor.

2 hours ago, 46Dover said:

….not the new ones??!!!

The way how njt specs their buses, more specifically the ISX12 and X12 caused these buses to live in the shop. Meadowlands has over 35 21000s out of service. It took 5 years to work out the bugs in the 18000s and they still breaking down. 18089 was in the shop 2/3 of the time and most times they just ran it to make service. 

The 17000s we got are not going to last at eht with the 24hr work we do and a 67mph gov; they are literally choking the buses to an early grave. They worked at decamp because they don’t do relentless driving. 

6 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Has been there for a little. Ironbound does have three 17000s rn

I’m going to say it once and once only. Those buses are not staying there. Ironbound has the ability to use anyone’s buses because of CMF being right there. That’s how 22056 got sent down here. Ironbound will not use the hybrids for a roadcall; as after 4pm since there are no 20000s or 21000s In the garage during the rush hour. Cmf will let Ironbound use foreign buses(as called in the garages) if they are down buses. Just how 22056 came down and been on the 313/315/316/319/552/553/559 we can use that bus and can keep it until they fix our bus(18102) that broke down. 
 

Howell will not let Meadowlands fix their buses and meadowlands has a poor maintenance issue. However they will let egg harbor use and fix their buses.

17 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

there a pic?

I have pics but I cannot post them. It doesn’t look bad however major damage the rear frame of the bus. That bus looks to be a write off. 
 

22056(Fairview Bus) tracking on the 552, came from Ironbound yesterday evening. 

22053 is a Ironbound now…

1 hour ago, DCTransitFilms said:

5869 and 6204 Egg Harbor to Meadowlands. Both on the 89.

When did Meadowlands some of the Egg Harbor NABIs?

6201-6203 should be en route as well. 5869&6204 went up Friday night. 

14 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

6465, 5921, and 6473 are also at the Meadowlands overflow lot I heard

17076, 17077, and 17084 are at Ironbound for rn 

Testing purposes 

17120 in service. 17077 was on one of Ironbounds lines earlier. 

17111 & 17120 at eht with 17111 being in service. 17085 had to go back to cmf.