MTA Bus Operations: Deliveries, Moves & Transfers

[MHV9218]

6039 YU to EC. Presumably scrap, but who can say after the CS buses?

[JFK Depot]

 

Courtesy of r142a7436

He had the juice to get the picture of 8090 AT Zerega

[JFK Depot]

i world think that when the option order commences next spring qv will be first to recieve new busses.

You just might be right... Along with Depots in Manhattan with those 6300s and 6400s Hybrids just about due for retirement...

[Calvin]

That 8090 at Jamaica is brand new 

[JFK Depot]

 

Taken today... r142a7436 by Zerega... So yes people there ARE 2 8090s

Edited October 11, 2015 by JFK Depot

[MHV9218]

As I said, the day 8090' arrived: ENY's bus was sent to Zerega two days before Jamaica's hit service. And now we've got proof of exactly what I said. Question is, do we lose the first bus forever? 

[JFK Depot]

As I said, the day 8090' arrived: ENY's bus was sent to Zerega two days before Jamaica's hit service. And now we've got proof of exactly what I said. Question is, do we lose the first bus forever?

It's probably gonna go back to Nova...

I don't see them renumbering it to 8017 but then again this is the MTA so we will never know

[Calvin]

I don't know if this was answered but I wonder why Nova made another 8090 instead of moving the other one back to Jamaica?

[JFK Depot]

I don't know if this was answered but I wonder why Nova made another 8090 instead of moving the other one back to Jamaica?

My educated guess would be that the first 8090 was the demo model for what's being delivered now

[MHV9218]

3992, 3998, 4116, 4127 CS to QV.

6330 CS to ECH scrap.

 

No O5s in service today at CS.

[Calvin]

3992, 3998, 4116, 4127 CS to QV

6330 CS to ECH scrap.

they were at Queens Village previously before being at Stengel

and 6330 was at Stengel on the Q12 but I think after it pulled in, it was towed there

Edited October 12, 2015 by Calvin

[Cait Sith]

3992, 3998, 4116, 4127 CS to QV.

6330 CS to ECH scrap.

 

No O5s in service today at CS.

 

6330 was the only Orion V in service today. It was on the Q32. I was hoping to get it but it short turned at 57th Street. I got word from another op that it was called in by dispatcher and was told to pull in....so they can tow it to EC Scrap.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Cait Sith

[MHV9218]

6330 was the only Orion V in service today. It was on the Q32. I was hoping to get it but it short turned at 57th Street. I got word from another op that it was called in by dispatcher and was told to pull in....so they can tow it to EC Scrap.

 

Stand corrected -- no wonder there was no formal trip record! Reason I thought there were none out. Guess they really want those buses out, never heard of a short turn that drastic before.

[T J Trainman]

7416, 7418, and 7419 to CS.

[Q43LTD]

Seems like Jamaica was trying to hold out as long as they could for those Novas. That would have made some former member happy

[Cait Sith]

8945 en route to EC scrap. Saw it in tow on the van wyck.

[NewFlyer 230]

Why do buses get towed to ECH instead of driven there?

[MHV9218]

8945 en route to EC scrap. Saw it in tow on the van wyck.

 

Damn. That was a damn good bus, right up till the end. And it had been sent everywhere, too. 8864 was also scrapped today, I understand.

[Calvin]

8406 delivered to Jamaica depot

7416-17 delivered to Casey Stengel

Edited October 13, 2015 by Calvin

[Cait Sith]

8406 delivered to Jamaica depot

7416-17 delivered to Casey Stengel

 

Not yet.....

[Blitz]

Why do buses get towed to ECH instead of driven there?

Some of them need engine work and can not be driven. Others will be stripped of useful parts by the depot they are assigned to before being sent to scrap. Sometimes, those "useful parts" end up being things that the bus can not run without.

[Cait Sith]

8125 now at Charleston.

[T J Trainman]

Confirmed. 8404, and 8406 to JAM.

[MHV9218]

8855, 8857, 8932, 9052 JA to LG.

 

9216 scrapped from Jamaica. 9208 is now the last of those Manhattanville buses to stay alive, five and a half years since they left the depot.

 

8864 is not definitive for scrap. It was sent with 5167 to ECH yesterday, and given 5167 is still running, we'll have to make sure on that one. I think it's a goner, however.

[Calvin]

. It was sent with 5167 to ECH yesterday, and given 5167 is still running, we'll have to make sure on that one. 

5167 is still at Jamaica at this time

Edited October 13, 2015 by Calvin