Acela Express

Moves effective as today:

- 9391, 9602, 9616, and 9635 from Flatbush to Ulmer Park

Just got a text, 4716 and 4718 at/assigned to KB.

 

You can add 4722 to that list too.

Those were LFSAs from 126th - they have 2 pieces of the A shuttle during the week. It's not the first time they've operated SBS equipment on shuttles.

OKAY MAJOR MOVES GOING ON RIGHT NOW:

 

9601, 9610, 9633 and 9650 at Ulmer Park from Flatbush.

 

4946, 4949, 4952 and 4953 from East New York to Flatbush, delivered this evening (Friday night).

 

Also, 4829, 4839, 4857, 4864 at East New York from Ulmer Park. So ENY 35 Xcelsiors, Ulmer Park Gets The 9600's & Flatbush Gets The 4900's.

 

Nice copy/paste.

As for the 9600s going to UP and 4900s going to the Bush, I'll try to get confirmation as no one has said/claimed that 100% yet.

So it seems Ulmer Park will be losing about 35 Xcelsior's to ENY from what I understand.

The XD40s were slated for ENY originally but lacked the sensor to shut off the regen system upon entering the depot, according to our Vice Chair - Willie Rivera.

Major moves:

9601, 9610, 9633 and 9650 at Ulmer Park from Flatbush.

4946, 4949, 4952 and 4953 from East New York to Flatbush, delivered this evening (Friday night).

Also, 4829, 4839, 4857, 4864 at East New York from Ulmer Park.

4974 from ENY to Flatbush - delivered last night at 7pm.

 

Error: I meant 4979 came last night; 4974 came earlier this week from ENY.

5138 is back at FB. Spotted on B44 last night.

 

5138 came back 2 weeks ago.

Check the roster before posting anything.

4974 from ENY to Flatbush - delivered last night at 7pm.

The B44 +SBS+ is long overdue and it should be happening as soon as possible. Some of those LFSA artics are also being used for operator training, not just for the shuttle.

 

All 19 LFSAs are used for the A shuttle and training - there's no specifics in which LFSAs get used for the shuttle or not; all of them are being used.

Speaking of xcelsiors 4811 was on the B82 a while ago & I didn't notice it i saw the sign go up & people got on it.

 

That's funny when 4811 is OOS at ENY along with the other 2 Xcelisiors they have. And 4811 hasn't been fueled since last week.

9568 at Ulmer Park from Flatbush, in service.

5304 delivered to Quill - hasn't gone into service yet though.

Actually 8902 did not come directly from QV, It was at ECH storage. It probably just got overhauled. However, before 8902 went to ECH storage, it was at QV.

 

8902 came from QV directly.

Thanks for your input though.

Updated as of 8:44PM on 12/10/12: http://www.ttmg.org/...ns_Depot_Roster

 

Changes

5138 & 9679 to FB from EN

 

Yeah, those two units were brought back Monday morning (12:30am), escorted by an OG O7 from ENY.

Trev, be sure to add 8902 into Flatbush's roster (from QV) - it's included in the 263 buses.

Though it's labeled as an out of service bus, it's still in our system.

It's currently in the maintenance bay, but yet to go into service though.

Those buses were on a school tripper. I'm guessing that the B25 has FLA doing school runs on the route just like the B12

 

No school trips are done from the Bush on the B25.

Lol, true. In the overall picture it doesn't matter I guess. But I consider them on loan since they haven't displaced any buses to run on any of the lines here.

I just hope the 40'ers in the parking annex aren't tagged being parked right by the fence...

 

The routes haven't been fully "converted" to handle artics yet - and what I mean is, expanding the length of bus stops to accept two artics instead of one, similar to bus stops on the M14. Basically everything hasn't been analyzed just yet.

The current batch of buses at FB, are NOT theirs! They are just for training/shuttle service. Depending on how long the shuttle is needed, they will be there. But they are not FB's buses. They haven't even set up the preparations for SBS service on Nostrand either. It'll be a while till an artic runs on a FB route.

 

They are at Flatbush, so yes they belong to us for the moment.

We have been operating, washing & maintaining (I've seen one in the bays already) them since they got moved to the depot.

The only thing is, they've yet to change the radios over to FLA network or the decals.

Whether they will do so or not, I will find out sometime this week whenever I remember to bring it up. lol

I felt a little cheap after going head-to-head with a QV 3G who whooped my ass clean on the Nassau Expwy from JFK to the Rock on the A Shuttle. My LFSA was capped at 45 mph while his shit did 50+ when all I heard was air go passed my left window. But two factors: 1. my bus is heavier than his; 2. I had more people onboard... but, still at 45, I felt cheap as that 3G aired my ass out... lmao!

We have a total of 19 LFSAs currently, no D60s will be moved to us.

Our shuttle work from Flatbush begins tomorrow as they are giving us enough time to train on it before throwing us out there. I'll be out there Tuesday & Wednesday.

8039 LFS is at Flatbush from QV. Not in service at the moment..

Speaking of missed buses, yesterday I just miss a B46, but I get the 2nd bus that pulls in. We end up skipping the B46 I just missed because it was picking up riders and it looked more crowded.

Sounds like you may've been on my bus. lol

Don't even bother, its like talking to wet toilet paper on a wall

 

How'd that work out for ya?

RANDOM: Out of all the bus depots represented during the shuttle. Did not spot any buses from SC.

Saw: College Point, Eastchester, LaGuardia.

 

SC was out there, at least on the WillyB shuttle.