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Here's the deal.. Coming from the chairman of the union. 20 Orion V's to GA for service & 20 Next gens to be swapped around from GA - another garage.

9633, a 5xxx, 9402, 9643 GPS installed tonight, 3 guys do the job per bus. Installed in less than an hour this evening at 8:30-9:30pm.

I see how this is working... they giving staten island buses that are decent in age and not ready for retirement... then all the depots that have the staten island Orion Vs and RTS (NYCT only) will get a share of the 690 order.

Well kinda .. Yes. But Staten Island is in bad shape ATM so they're gonna send the good ones over there and the bad ones down here or another reason could be for mileage reasons.. They wanna balance everything out.

Ok and what is JAM getting in return?

I don't think they're getting anything..

4041 to MV (if not reported yet.) on the M4 right now..

4936 JA - UP.

4938 JA - UP

There is no way that GA would be left with an average fleet age of 15 years.

 

As for GH losing its NGs, its fleet age would go up enormously, as the 6000-series O5s are 14 years old.

I have a fam at GA he called & told me that GA is losing their NG's. well at least some of them..

They really don't need more hybrids on the island, they weren't built for that kind of suburban environment!

 

MTA should really convert all the island's hybrids to diesel in addition to the MTA Bus fleet.

Not happening.. They hybrids can run on any environment .. Just not with staten island drivers...

I'll be so pissed if Jamaica loses RTSs for next junks!

It's just a bus.

To me this seems similar to what happened with the XD40's. 45 split between two depots so the might be happy with both the XD40's and LFS's.

Well the reason those XD40's went to EN were because the union guy at UP lost the election and that's what caused those buses to go over there. If you think about it it's kinda obvious.. If all 90 models went to 1 garage except the xcelsiors.. EN weren't suppose to get those but I brought this up when they first did the swap between EN & UP with the xcelsiors but nobody believed me. I spoke to the union rep about what happened and he told me what happened, I mean I live across the street from the depot so I know what goes on but nobody believed me.

The ENY XD40s never went back...they stayed there this whole time...all 45 of them...

Well remember when they first got them they were going back and fourth to UP & EN then they finally got things set after a few weeks... Like 4815 went there for training then back to UP then back to EN for service then back to UP then back to EN for good, then 4862 was the same way.

325-328 JG - WF.. Don't know what the hell is going on here.. There's also 2 ZF 07's to JG don't know the #'s.

Isn't 4961 at ENY?

It was.. Now it's at FB.

 

Following buses back at FB: 4959 and 4961. Spotted respectively on the B46 on Eastern Parkway and Utica. FB decals on both buses. Looks like 4959 returned from quill. 4946?? May also be in Brooklyn also.

4959 came back from Quilll, 4946 came back also. 4961 went from EN - FB. FB lost 9670 & a couple others I heard to FP.

 

Any roster up dates?

If there was an update it would've been posted about a month ago lol for now everybody will have to keep their eyes & ears open.

2065 Storage (i believe) to UP.. With UP stickers sitting in one of the maintenance bays.

4705 in service at 126th.

I heard from my friend who works of out Yukon that SI, (specifically Yukon and Charleston) might be receiving somewhere around 40-50 some NGs. As for which depots, I'm not sure yet.

Probably from GA as I was told they're going to be leaving. Probably all from GA or half from GA.

Ok so what buses will GA transfer out?

They aren't transferring anything out at the moment.. They're just short & they're gonna use the 05's. But I did speak to a family member of mine who works there (not a driver).. He said they're gonna get rid of the next gens, no I don't know where they're going or what's gonna replace them.

Maybe the reason is IMO that since the RTSes r being loaned to YU and so GA probably sent out a few and they decided to put some Orion CS in service

No.. There's only 2-3 RTSs on loan to SI from GA & that's only week days.

I'm looking forward to seeing one on the B62.

Could be one on there now.. I never thought GA would use these again.

TA and OA buses don't usually go to MTAB facilities to get worked on. And being that it was going there from Zerega, I thought that there's nothing that they can do there that we can't do here. I was wrong...We don't have the correct stationary saftey stands or adapters to do heavy work on the bus. And since 1217 is the pilot bus for the 4 year overhaul program that the 12xx series LFSA's are going to be put through next year, it needs HSO work done to it. So, yes it went to MTAB CMF to be worked on.

Ahh, now I see...

 

6097, 6292 running on the B60 & 6338 on the B38 (Grand Avenue)

1217 headed towards ENY depot. Since they are renovating that depot to be able to handle artics, I would guess that they need 1217 for clearance testing...

Base shops is there as well.. It's probably heading there for work. I saw about 2 of them inside EN earlier this morning couldn't see the #'s though.

1217 headed towards ENY depot. Since they are renovating that depot to be able to handle artics, I would guess that they need 1217 for clearance testing...

Base shops is there as well.. It's probably heading there for work. I saw about 2 of them inside EN earlier this morning couldn't see the #'s though.

I admit, I was rude in the post I made, but please don't just jump to a conclusion about a person or anybody out there by one action. Damn.

 

Anyway, to put this back on topic, I'm noticing a lot of the Castleton rejects seeing service on the Kingsbridge routes. The got fixed and cleaned up pretty well.

 

BTW 4053 at Yukon.

What? I wasn't quoting a post you made, I was quoting another post but okay.

So if you was asked not to mention it, why would you bring it up here in the first place knowing that inquiring minds would like to know.

 

...that's like baking a cake for a child, putting it in their face then saying they can't eat it

He does things like that lol... Plus what is there to hide, it's buses "not top government secret shit".

327 JG - WF.

The shortages in Manhattan are not that big to constitute loaners to stay that long. Besides, the new pick IIRC starts on September 8th, so changes are possibly coming.

 

Luckily, Quill is not going through an artic shortage. I just hope they're ready once school season begins.

Ahh, and yeah the new pick is that Sunday.

Speaking of an artic shortage, what's the word with those 1999 buses over at 126th? Any chance that the elusive '1300' ever makes service?

Hmm.. Looks like someone will have to make a trip over there lol. I hope it would go into service. I'm surprised the brought that one back out of storage instead of using another #.

Damn, lol.

Lol I know.. That was quicker than I thought! And i commented on a post "caitsith" that they would return probably by the end of the year lol well that was quick! It didn't catch me at first though, I walked out my building and saw 2 buses coming and I said oh 5089 & 5115 & I forgot where they were & I'm like oh shit lol.

5089, 5115 back to UP from MQ.