Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34051 Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, danielhg121 said: They didn't, everyone knew it was gonna be retired soon based off the last few retirements so everyone tried to get their last few pictures/videos of it before it would be retired. It just happened to have a very nice and accommodating operator as well. People know where the operators usually layover too (particularly along that stretch down FDR). There's also trackers online that can track the actual vehicle if it's on a route (pulled from MTA BusTime). That's right. It was posted here before. What's the name of that tracker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34052 Posted April 26, 2021 4 hours ago, B35 via Church said: What you're speaking of isn't an official scenario.... On the Brownsville end of the route, the official last dropoff stop is still at Hegeman/Mother Gaston... To answer your question though, how the b/o's that make that last EB dropoff stop on New Lots at Mother Gaston go about turning around, is by simply continuing EB on New Lots av, to hang a left on Christopher, a left on Lott, a left on Mother Gaston, a right back on New Lots av, to proceed WB towards the first pickup stop at Hegeman/Watkins in front the daycare center.... * You also have some b/o's that avert making that left turn off Mother Gaston to New Lots av. (after having made the last dropoff stop at Hegeman/Mother Gaston) by continuing NB on Mother Gaston to Lott, and then hanging a right onto Lott, a right onto Sackman, a right onto New Lots av., to proceed WB towards the first pickup stop at Hegeman/Watkins.... He's definitely correct. And yes, I've also made the last stop at New Lots (we actually aren't supposed to even layover there because of the B15) and made the turnaround using Lott. It's amazing how well those artics handle those backstreets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34053 Posted April 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, SoSpectacular said: He's definitely correct. And yes, I've also made the last stop at New Lots (we actually aren't supposed to even layover there because of the B15) and made the turnaround using Lott. It's amazing how well those artics handle those backstreets. So every EB B35 makes their last dropoffs at that B15 stop in question? Since when? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34054 Posted April 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Via Garibaldi 8 said: That's right. It was posted here before. What's the name of that tracker? https://www.transsee.ca/routelist?a=mta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34055 Posted April 26, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 10:01 PM, danielhg121 said: So #2910 will most likely be making a final trip on the QM6 (10:30 PM) to North Shore Towers and it's unlikely that it'll see service again. The last MTA-operated D4500 with the green flipdot signs and Detroit Diesel engine. Apparently, the operator had to practically beg to pull it out for the afternoon run. I'm sure VG8 will be happy about this haha. Well I guess that wasn't its final trip... it's currently in service and running on the QM1 into the city as we speak 🤣 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34056 Posted April 26, 2021 …And 2910 is still kicking. Heh. The thing has a hole near the rear, weird how depot supervision told the operator it was gonna be pulled and now it's back out. lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34057 Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, danielhg121 said: …And 2910 is still kicking. Heh. The thing has a hole near the rear, weird how depot supervision told the operator it was gonna be pulled and now it's back out. lol From what ik, 2910 will be retired once 4 new Prevosts will be delivered to College Point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34058 Posted April 26, 2021 3 hours ago, 4P3607 said: This is why I was going to put a post on here yesterday asking if anyone knew if this unit was confirmed as legitimately retired or not as the wording of the previous posts only suggested it was heading to scrap, not confirming it was. There's been quite a few situations in the past with one or two units left of a retiring series that sticks around for a while longer. (174 & 180, 6333 & 6025, 9849, 6432, 6600 etc) I knew I should have asked but waited to see if anyone was going to confirm, my gut feeling pushing me. Would have been out there this morning lol. If you want to chase it, it's out right now doing the same run as Friday. Outbound on the QM8 (5:35-7:28), then he'll do the inbound QM6 (8:30-9:40) and finishing off with the 10:30 QM6 outbound trip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34059 Posted April 26, 2021 2910 is out right now on the QM6. Rasputin! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 26, 2021 Share #34060 Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, B35 via Church said: So every EB B35 makes their last dropoffs at that B15 stop in question? Since when? update on this... or whatever you wanna call it.... Just came from off the not too long ago & walked over to catch a B35.... I won't give bus numbers (I do have them jotted down), but this all happened b/w 5:38-5:47pm.... I went in, expecting to see most, if not every bus dropping folks off at the EB New Lots/Mother Gaston stop (which is in-fact now a shared stop, in terms of what's shown on the bus stop pole)... Didn't happen. Out of the 4 arriving EB buses on that end of the route between the aforementioned timeframe, a grand total of none of them stopped at that New Lots/Mother Gaston stop... Oh well.... 1st arriving bus I saw, came in on Hegeman, and did (what I suppose is now) the old turnaround scenario - that is, left on Mother Gaston & left onto New Lots... Took a brief 3 min. layover in from the daycare, then off he went. 2nd arriving bus came in on Hegeman, continued to Mother Gaston, but made a right on Mother Gaston.... That means OOS. 3rd arriving bus stopped dead (as in, took the layover) on the hatch stripe - in the middle of the area where Hegeman & New Lots diverge) 4th arriving bus came in on Hegeman, but stopped dead on the right-most lane at the far corner of Hegeman/Watkins When I'm out & about from here on out, I'm going to take a mental note of the rate of incoming EB B35's stopping at the (now shared) New Lots/Mother Gaston with the B15.... For as frequent as the B35 is, I don't see this move being a viable one.... 10 hours ago, LegoBrickBreaker101 said: Well I guess that wasn't its final trip... it's currently in service and running on the QM1 into the city as we speak 🤣 Edited April 26, 2021 by B35 via Church 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34061 Posted April 27, 2021 4 hours ago, danielhg121 said: If you want to chase it, it's out right now doing the same run as Friday. Outbound on the QM8 (5:35-7:28), then he'll do the inbound QM6 (8:30-9:40) and finishing off with the 10:30 QM6 outbound trip. So the B/O gets about 1 hour layover time between runs? Not bad...I wish I had breaks that long at my job lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielhg121 Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34062 Posted April 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, QM1to6Ave said: So the B/O gets about 1 hour layover time between runs? Not bad...I wish I had breaks that long at my job lol Yea, he gets around 50 mins of layover time after every trip. In fact, on that inbound QM6 trip, he sometimes doesn't pick anyone up so he gets even more layover time because there isn't any drop-off loop to do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santana04 Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34063 Posted April 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, danielhg121 said: Yea, he gets around 50 mins of layover time after every trip. In fact, on that inbound QM6 trip, he sometimes doesn't pick anyone up so he gets even more layover time because there isn't any drop-off loop to do. He gets 50 mins layover time if he dont have to do any drop-off you get 20 min to go from the last stop back to your first stop 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34064 Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, danielhg121 said: Yea, he gets around 50 mins of layover time after every trip. In fact, on that inbound QM6 trip, he sometimes doesn't pick anyone up so he gets even more layover time because there isn't any drop-off loop to do. 27 minutes ago, Santana04 said: He gets 50 mins layover time if he dont have to do any drop-off you get 20 min to go from the last stop back to your first stop Going off the schedule, if the operator goes all the way to 57th Street, then it's actually less (since the B/O has to go back down to 36th Street). However if no one is left past 36th Street, then that's 1 hour of layover (approximately). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34065 Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, QM1to6Ave said: So the B/O gets about 1 hour layover time between runs? Not bad...I wish I had breaks that long at my job lol Not all of them. It's usually more like 30 minutes. Depends on the run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSpectacular Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34066 Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, B35 via Church said: So every EB B35 makes their last dropoffs at that B15 stop in question? Since when? No, I was referring to your comment. We're technically supposed to use the Hegeman stop and turn around right there. Edited April 27, 2021 by SoSpectacular 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 27, 2021 Share #34067 Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, SoSpectacular said: No, I was referring to your comment. We're technically supposed to use the Hegeman stop and turn around right there. You framed it like you were saying @SubBus was definitely correct, hence my reaction. In that case, if you guys are technically supposed to use the Hegeman stop, then the DOT needs to put that bus stop back (on Hegeman/Mother Gaston), since construction is done on that apartment bldg.... Now this makes me question why they have the B35 as stopping with the B15 on New Lots/Mother Gaston.... Even when said construction was going on, buses weren't (primarily) stopping there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34068 Posted April 28, 2021 7674 got road called today Caught one of the three ECH Prevosts the other day, I botched the photo cause I was caught off guard and trying to avoid people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeeP15-9112 Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34069 Posted April 28, 2021 What were these things used for? I vaguely remember seeing them on NYCT buses (and never any BusCo buses), and they were removed from almost all of the fleet (ik 2910 has one still). Anything that NYCT had that was built before the Orion VII Gen 2+ seems to have had these installed. http://web.mta.info/nyct/materiel/collectsales/pdfs/mc12072.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34070 Posted April 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, MeeP15-9112 said: What were these things used for? I vaguely remember seeing them on NYCT buses (and never any BusCo buses), and they were removed from almost all of the fleet (ik 2910 has one still). Anything that NYCT had that was built before the Orion VII Gen 2+ seems to have had these installed. http://web.mta.info/nyct/materiel/collectsales/pdfs/mc12072.pdf Used to tell any inspectors on the bus if the person paid the fare. They were removed after one of them fell on a passenger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34071 Posted April 28, 2021 It appears that 2589 is doing a local trip.. It's on the S55 to Staten Island Mall. Is there an interline between the S55 and any of the express buses near the mall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34072 Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Future ENY OP said: It appears that 2589 is doing a local trip.. It's on the S55 to Staten Island Mall. Is there an interline between the S55 and any of the express buses near the mall. Well it's on the SIM5 now, on Hylan Boulevard in the Oakwood Heights area, so perhaps it may have been a SIM5 run. Edited April 28, 2021 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted April 28, 2021 Share #34073 Posted April 28, 2021 49 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said: Well it's on the SIM5 now, on Hylan Boulevard in the Oakwood Heights area, so perhaps it may have been a SIM5 run. Copy that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted April 29, 2021 Share #34074 Posted April 29, 2021 If any transit photographer out and about today. 9648 just started service at Kingsbridge. Working on the M100. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted April 29, 2021 Share #34075 Posted April 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, Future ENY OP said: If any transit photographer out and about today. 9648 just started service at Kingsbridge. Working on the M100. #9652 was also out on the Bx7 earlier, it should've pulled into KB a few minutes ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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