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Fresh Pond

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  1. It could be a simultaneous test and have both run at the same time.
  2. If they really are in that need of the bus and are frugal about it, they can take the back half of 5299 (the one that went head-first into a building) and mate it to the front half of 1205 and make a "new" bus, like what they did to 5656/5658. But since we have artics coming in, there's really no need for either bus and they'll be written off.
  3. No one knows yet. I mean they can fuse the front half of 1205 with the back half of 5299 (see 5656) and make a new bus from that, but it's the MTA we're talking about here.
  4. I like how they updated the FIND on the to reflect the (announcing it at Bway Jct, shuttle bus at Myrtle-Wyckoff), but they still never fixed Atlantic Av.. still showing that the station has an elevator lol
  5. Logically they wouldn't since it has thousands of less miles under it's belt, but knowing them they'll still scrap it with the others when the time comes. Way too early to tell, they barely reached half their useful lifespan
  6. The NovaBus plant upstate is where the bus itself was built. The Prevost service center in Jersey is where incoming Prevost/NovaBus buses to before they get shipped to Zerega. After going up in a blaze of glory, it got towed back to Castleton for investigation. After getting the all-clear it went upstate to get fixed, then shipped to the service center for the final go-around, then to Zerega to get re-registered (still had the old plates) and finally shipped to QV to hit service.
  7. A combination of the Prevost plant upstate, the Prevost service center in Jersey and Zerega.
  8. Like this... Photo sent to me from a friend in QV ...click link https://flic.kr/p/WeydiK
  9. The shuttle (Queensboro to Vernon-Jackson) used to be under Q99. Maybe the will be too since it's a big 24/7 shuttle Generally 5-10, sometimes longer just to fill the bus up
  10. It's been like that for years going back to when the 62As dominated the line Green circle = local Red diamond = express
  11. It's at Grand Av still pending investigation
  12. With our (local) buses, the interlock is intertwined with the back door and the kneeler. You can drive off with the front door open (given the kneeler is up and the interlock released), but an alarm will sound, and with the Novas, the doors will automatically close. Same thing in reverse. If you're going at speed and open the front doors, an alarm will sound until you stop then the doors open.
  13. As you exit, please be careful of the gap between the platform and the train. lol
  14. Being angled in the bus stop is highly frowned upon since that leaves the back of your bus open to accidents, especially when pulling out of stops. They rather you pull up parallel to the stop instead of being angled into it.
  15. The H series is a little taller than the X series I got the measurements for the MCI and the Prevost directly off of their respective websites.
  16. The XDE40 is actually 4 inches taller than the XD40 at 10' 10"
  17. 677 was part of a 5 bus test (673-677). The others all failed while 677 passed and kept on in service. It ran out of Gleason at first, now it's in the Bronx
  18. The 65 St transverse has a height limit of about 9' 6" if you hug the curb, but anywhere from 11' 4" to 12' feet if you ride near the centerline. Going by the spec sheets of whatever we have running, our buses height ranges: XD40: 10' 6" XN40: 11' 1" C40LF: barely touching 11' LFS/A: 10' 6" RTS: somewhere in the 9' 6" range MCI: about 11'5 or so, give or take Prevost: just a tad bit shorter than the MCI
  19. It should've never gotten that bad in the first place. There was nothing wrong with he posted, then you had to come off as a know-it-all tool about things. Us mods here are pretty lax about things here because this place basically runs itself and we all have other things to worry about, be it jobs, raising kids, or just adulthood in general; no one is disrespectful, everything is civil, and it's been ages since someone was banned, let alone given warning points about anything. It's been calm and peaceful here. Now if you want us to not "wait for it to get too far" we could gladly handle that There was nothing wrong with ATH posted at all You're preaching to the choir there bruh lol
  20. If I had a dollar someone threw out Nassau as an alternative, I would fund phase 2 of SAS myself lol
  21. It was (and still internally) called the The was nothing but a short-turn from 168 St to World Trade Center.
  22. Most of then were repowered to a Cummins ISL engine after being overhauled, and they have wide exhaust pipes
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