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Detroit Diesel sounds better. They sing sweet music under power. The Cummins may be powerful but don't sounds nearly as good. I remember riding the 600 Bee-Line Orions and I was like WTF, expecting to hear Detroit Diesel 50 series.

 

I love Detroit. I remember when the Orion 5 CNGs out at Jackie Gleason had Cummins several years back but now they have Detroit...FTW!

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Cummins M11E FTW :rock: and guess where they at lol :P

 

How can you tell which buses has what engines? Do anyone have a chart of some sort?

 

DD50 or DD50 DDEC or DD50 EGR

-All RTS (except for the 8 at Fresh Pond (whoo lol))

-All Orion V NON CNG Powered

-All D60HF (artics)

 

DD60 or DD60 DDEC

-D45HF "Vikings"

-All MCI's built before 2004

 

DD50G or DD50G EGR

-All CNG Orion V & VII

-All C40LF

 

Cummins M11E

-The 8 buses at Fresh Pond 9140, 9142-9144, 9146-9149

 

Deere 6081H

-The 2 Orion V's at College Point 9835 & 9868

 

Caterpillar C13 ACERT

-All MCI's built after 2004 (2210-2250, 3000-3474, 4300-4329)

 

Cummins ISB L

-All NG CNG

 

Cummins EPA 02 ISB

-Orion VII OG 6365-6489

 

Cummins EPA 04 ISB

-Orion VII OG 6490-6689

 

Cummins EPA 07 ISB

-Orion VII OG 3500-3783, 6690-6905

-Orion VII NG 3800-4278, 4330-4630

 

Cummins EPA 2010 ISB6.7

-Orion VII NG 4631-4700

 

Cummins EPA 2010 ISL9

-The Nova Bus artic

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Cummins M11E FTW :rock: and guess where they at lol :P

 

 

 

DD50 or DD50 DDEC or DD50 EGR

-All RTS (except for the 8 at Fresh Pond (whoo lol))

-All Orion V NON CNG Powered

-All D60HF (artics)

 

DD60 or DD60 DDEC

-D45HF "Vikings"

-All MCI's built before 2004

 

DD50G or DD50G EGR

-All CNG Orion V & VII

-All C40LF

 

Cummins M11E

-The 8 buses at Fresh Pond 9140, 9142-9144, 9146-9149

 

Deere 6081H

-The 2 Orion V's at College Point 9835 & 9868

 

Caterpillar C13 ACERT

-All MCI's built after 2004 (2210-2250, 3000-3474, 4300-4329)

 

Cummins ISB L

-All NG CNG

 

Cummins EPA 02 ISB

-Orion VII OG 6365-6489

 

Cummins EPA 04 ISB

-Orion VII OG 6490-6689

 

Cummins EPA 07 ISB

-Orion VII OG 3500-3783, 6690-6905

-Orion VII NG 3800-4278, 4330-4630

 

Cummins EPA 2010 ISB6.7

-Orion VII NG 4631-4700

 

Cummins EPA 2010 ISL9

-The Nova Bus artic

Cool.I`ll write this down and study it.:tup:
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Detroit Diesels Series 92 hands down. Don't know why they discontinued this workhorse in transit applications. Was a great motor that got good mileage before overhauls.

 

Detroit Diesel, which is a division of Daimler discontinued their line of engines for buses so there would be no competition with Cummins, as they are the exclusive provider for all Orion hybrids.

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Well now it's only 1 John Deere in NYC, Lib's 1636...the other 2 were retired from service!

 

What that College point Bus is Retired wow now it is gonna be hard to find 1636.

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Out of the 9 months I have been riding the bus around LI, I have NEVER seen or been on 1636. Spectacular and JohnQPine have clips of them on it (and John found one running the N35 heading to Baldwin Harbor, one of my favorite routes) on their YouTube channels.

 

I have found 1492, 1591 (I remember this bus because the back door never closed right and one day I found this on the N16 early February - another MTA employee was on the bus and the B/O complained about the brake, and the first time I was on it the B/O asked for a passenger to pull them closed EVERY time someone exited through the back door), and 1776...

 

But never that John Deere engined one. I'll see what happens come September.

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Out of the 9 months I have been riding the bus around LI, I have NEVER seen or been on 1636. Spectacular and JohnQPine have clips of them on it (and John found one running the N35 heading to Baldwin Harbor, one of my favorite routes) on their YouTube channels.

 

I have found 1492, 1591 (I remember this bus because the back door never closed right and one day I found this on the N16 early February - another MTA employee was on the bus and the B/O complained about the brake, and the first time I was on it the B/O asked for a passenger to pull them closed EVERY time someone exited through the back door), and 1776...

 

But never that John Deere engined one. I'll see what happens come September.

 

I never heard or found it myself...and I'm mad the age of the M11E engine is comming to an end...there's only 3 left (9140, 9143 & 9148)

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I never heard or found it myself...and I'm mad the age of the M11E engine is comming to an end...there's only 3 left (9140, 9143 & 9148)

 

I've been on that 1636...although I HATE John Deeres, it does sound good!!! I was also on 9868 before they retired it

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