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  1. What a day! Started my birthday off (I turned 22!) with and Orion 5 on the S74 at 6:30 in the morning and then remained in Staten Island until 11:00. Took the M15 Select to 42nd Street and searched for a vintage bus on the M42. I caught GM Old Look 9098 and rode it for a trip and a half. Went to Queens to see if any Orion 5 CNGs were running, but unfortunately I did not see any. Went back to Staten Island via LIRR and the X17J, met up with some friends at the mall and caught my driver friend on the S61 (he had a hybrid, ugh! Totally killed the day lol). Then I finally ended the day with 6276 on the S53 and took the trains home. So yeah, today was a good day as well as a good birthday. (y)

     

    Well I'm 22 now. 

    So am I ! Happy birthday man.

  2. What if express buses were not closed door, meaning they charge only 2.5 if traveling within the same borough

     

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    If you're lucky, that happens in Staten Island from time to time. There was an MCI and a Prevost on the S89 Limited on Monday during the a.m. rush. I caught an MCI on the S78 two weeks ago doing a school tripper to Tottenville High School and over the summer I caught a Prevost on the S62 and an MCI on the S89.

  3. 6311 is definitely retired. No purpose for it to be fixed. Was it really the maintance that cause it to burst into flames?

    I would have to say most likely. If the mechanics don't put some things back correctly there is definitely room for mishap which could cause something like this to happen.

  4. So 6311 burst into flames earlier on the S59...1385390_10153490205640347_588834286_n.jp

    ...not my picture

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Poor 5...oh well, another one bites the dust....

     

    So how many buses have we lost to fire damage this year? I know two RTS' went up in smoke earlier this year.

     

    And yeah this was an engine fire the funny thing is I saw this bus yesterday in the S57. Now it's gone. Damn.

  5. As you get older, you realize that popularity is no longer as important as you thought it would be. The smaller the circle of close friends you have that you know for certain will be there for you and can do the same in return (without even expecting it), the better. Less drama, less BS. Two of which I don't need.

     

    @Around the Horn, power to you for standing that girl up. Normally I would be like "wtf you choosing a train over a girl for?", but in that case, it's justified.

  6. So I had a score to settle on Facebook yesterday...I'll give a run-down of what happened:

    My Instagram consists mostly of transit-related pictures. However, I do upload other photos of stuff such as sunrises/sunsets, random things in the street, and so on. Plenty of my pictures are shared on Facebook. One of my friends has the nerve to ask me "If I'm in love with trains"...then she has the nerve to come out of her face when I address people's behavior towards me and my hobby in a status I made telling others if they have a problem with my pictures, then just delete me off Facebook and unfollow me on Instagram. I don't need the headache of people downing me and my work just because it's unusual to see photos of trains and buses. These people are acting like they've never seen or rode a bus or train in their life before. I don't look down on others' hobbies or interests, so why look down on mine?

    The way I see it, I consider my transit photography as an art form, and I take my work very seriously. People tell me every day my pictures are awesome, no matter what they are. So I think I do a damn good job when it comes to my work. My status got 50+ hits because I defended myself and my work. I'm not going to be put down by a whole bunch of ignorant f***tards who'd rather "turn up" or "get lit" every day in the week. Do something productive with your life. And before you criticize someone else, check yourself and see if what you are doing is any better than what anyone else is doing.

     

    Does anyone else think I was wrong to back myself up? It's one thing to be criticized, but if you're going to talk out of your ass and spew out a blatant disrespectful comment then I'm not just going to stand there with my tail in between my legs...I'm going to address it in the best way that I see fit!

  7. Back on topic though, I've been noticing more SBS wrapped NGs on Yukon routes.

     

    And another thing I've been noticing is the borrowing of Charleston buses for use on Yukon lines on weekends. I guess they don't want to run express buses on local routes anymore.

  8. Rode 9836 on the Q19 and 9889 on the Q65 and Q25 LTD yesterday, and rode 9836 again on the Q19 and 9905 on the Q100 LTD today.

     

    And I have some good news for the Orion 5 CNG fans on the site: I spoke to a College Point driver who said he spoke to a superintendent at the depot and they're going to try to keep the remaining 5s that they have for as long as they can. This means that they may hold onto them for the rest of the summer, maybe for the rest of the year. But they're only five left, so good luck if you go hunting for one!

     

    Hopefully Jackie Gleason will hold on to their seven 1999/2000 New Flyer C40LFs that they have for a little longer too.

  9. Rode the R for the last time thru the tunnel. They sure wasted no time to put up the new signs leaving only a paper sign showing manhattan/queens at Court st.

    Caught an R32 J at Fulton. A few days ago I caught an R160 C, but did see some in the opposite direction today (mix of 8500s and 9900s).

    On the way back I caught all 3 A trains (lefferts, long wait for the Far Rock, and a little more waiting for the Rock park A).

     

    I rode the last northbound (R) from Bay Ridge to Whitehall Street and the last southbound (R) from Whitehall Street to Jay Street. At Jay Street I witnessed the last (N) train leaving the station heading to Coney Island.

  10. So I caught three Orion 5 CNGs in a row today: 9849 on the Q19, 9899 on the Q39 going to Ridgewood, and 9836 on the Q39 going back to Long Island City. (y) Looks like July ended well for me.

     

    I'll post a photo thread sometime before the week is over, I haven't posted photos in a long time.

     

     

    This question is not directly related to the MTA but more so buses in general. I was watching a video last night of a wheelchair lift cycling (

    ) and I am puzzled about the location of the wheelchair lift in relation to the rest of the door way.

     

    Last night it looked to me like the main section of the lift (the non folding part) slides underneath the step from the pavement to the bus itself, but after rewatching the video it seems now like the lift actually forms the first step of the bus itself. Is this correct?

     

    If so, I can only imagine how long it would take to retrofit a non lift equipped vehicle with one (there were some ex-Edmonton BBCs in Daytona that received such a modification, for example.)

     

    Odd question I know, but I havent really given wheelchair lifts any thought before now, and now Im really confused.

     

    The RTS' wheelchair lift are the back steps collapsing and folding to form the lift. For the Orion 5s the lift forms the first step and goes under the bus. (Ex-Bee Line Orions are in the front, MTA and ex-PBL Orions are in the back). The New Flyer D60HF's wheelchair lift is in front of the bus as well, and goes under the bus too.

  11. So anyways, I spotted 983 on the B16 heading to Prospect Park yesterday morning around 7:30. I had to go to work so I took a quick photo before getting on the S93.

    I'm going to Queens later this afternoon for some Orion 5 CNG action. There's a handful left and I figured I'd close the month of July by letting my ears listen to some sound effects (lol). Anyone know where I can go? Are they still running on LaGuardia lines?

  12. 7007 was on the S44/94 yesterday. I caught it at Victory/Richmond going to the mall as an S94 Limited then rode it back from Yukon to Saint George as an S44 and it went OOS there. Good ride in my opinion, but my friend who was driving the bus wasn't a fan of them so much.

  13. 2404 and 2405 were on the S62 this past Saturday. An MCI was in the S79 Monday and another on the S57 on Tuesday.

     

    Yeah I'm a little late with this, but I haven't had the time on my hands to post as much as I used to.

  14. DAFUQ happened in middle Staten Island today around 6-7 PM? S79 SBS (and far as I can tell, the X1) was FUBAR'd beyong belief. Forty-five minutes I waited for a damn bus. First a half-an-hour wait of nothing, then some showed up and didn't stop/let people on. At least one deadheaded empty to Brooklyn (late I guess), one was a "NEXT BUS PLEASE" sardine can, and one was either empty or packed "NEXT BUS PLEASE" that tried to drive behind an X1 so we wouldn't notice. The fourth one finally stopped.

     

    I probably just missed whatever happened because I was on the S79 this afternoon at 5:45 from Yukon/Richmond to Brooklyn. Looks like I dodged something huge then.

  15. Apparently 6298 got a rear-end paint job, but now it sports the impact-font numbers and a horrendous and rather huge MTA logo as well.

     

    If I see it again I'll take a picture.

     

    MTA express routes do allow standees, I SEEN MTA express buses with people standing in the isle way and posters on this board have even ridden express buses where people were standing in the isle way.

     

    I agree with your last point as well.

     

    I think the rule is that no standees are allowed on express buses via New Jersey. I've seen people stand on express buses other than the NJ routes, but aren't too happy.

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