Fresh Pond Posted July 30, 2015 Share #15601 Posted July 30, 2015 Who is "they"? If you mean Yonkers, they're known for better maintenance. CP however, I've heard horror stories. Send buses out in any old shape. Yonkers has far fewer express buses than CP anyway and is a small depot, so if anything I would expect Yonkers to be sending buses elsewhere to be maintained, not CP. You just contradicted yourself... Yonkers has a much smaller fleet compared to CP. Common sense would dictate that the larger depot (College Point) would send buses to the smaller depot (Yonkers) to pick up the slack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 30, 2015 Share #15602 Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) You just contradicted yourself... Yonkers has a much smaller fleet compared to CP. Common sense would dictate that the larger depot (College Point) would send buses to the smaller depot (Yonkers) to pick up the slack. Actually neither scenario makes sense to me at all. I'm speaking hypothetically, but my thinking is that Yonkers wouldn't have that much staff for maintenance being a small depot, thus needing to send their buses elsewhere on occasion (but not to CP). Maybe Eastchester or something... I don't understand why CP can't send their buses somewhere closer in Queens? Edited July 30, 2015 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted July 30, 2015 Share #15603 Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Who is "they"? If you mean Yonkers, they're known for better maintenance. CP however, I've heard horror stories. Send buses out in any old shape. Yonkers has far fewer express buses than CP anyway and is a small depot, so if anything I would expect Yonkers to be sending buses elsewhere to be maintained, not CP. Doesn't mean anything. They send buses to CP to get worked on every now and then. They may be known for better maintenance, but that doesn't mean they always stay on top of it, and over the past 7 years, it shows at times. And it doesn't matter where they send them, it's what depot has the availability and space and for the most part, it's College Point. Even Eastchester sends their buses to College Point for work. Eastchester is swamped with their own fleet, LaGuardia is already swamped with their own fleet being mostly local, they wouldn't send their buses to JFK or Far Rockaway and some of the Yonkers and CP buses do go to Spring Creek along with East New York CMF to get worked on as well. CP sends out buses to get worked on because their fleet is HUGE, they have hundreds of local CNG buses on top of hundreds of express buses. Yonkers only has like....80 buses at most compared to CP's 170 express buses and 160 or so local buses, so that's apples to oranges and pretty contradictory altogether. And yes, Yonkers has a lesser amount of buses than CP, in which CP has both local and express buses, way more than Yonkers has in total and then some, so yes, Yonkers has "better maintenance" primarily because they're fleet is incredibly small compared to CP's local and express fleet altogether.....if the cards were switched, Yonkers would have shitty maintenance and CP would have better maintenance just by the fleet amount alone. Edited July 30, 2015 by Cait Sith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted July 30, 2015 Share #15604 Posted July 30, 2015 Someone posted a rumor that the B15 is moving to FP effective fall pick citing a GA driver as his source? i doubt it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15605 Posted July 31, 2015 Someone posted a rumor that the B15 is moving to FP effective fall pick citing a GA driver as his source? i doubt it Lol I was reading that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15606 Posted July 31, 2015 Someone posted a rumor that the B15 is moving to FP effective fall pick citing a GA driver as his source? i doubt it Last time I checked. The B15 doesn't interline with any buses within Fresh Pond. That would be a strange deadhead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15607 Posted July 31, 2015 This happened... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15608 Posted July 31, 2015 This happened... I guess the LFSAs are too worked on the M60..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15609 Posted July 31, 2015 I guess the LFSAs are too worked on the M60..... Bus broke down so they gave him that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15610 Posted July 31, 2015 This happened... you can hold a lot more people this way... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15611 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Doesn't mean anything. They send buses to CP to get worked on every now and then. They may be known for better maintenance, but that doesn't mean they always stay on top of it, and over the past 7 years, it shows at times. And it doesn't matter where they send them, it's what depot has the availability and space and for the most part, it's College Point. Even Eastchester sends their buses to College Point for work. Eastchester is swamped with their own fleet, LaGuardia is already swamped with their own fleet being mostly local, they wouldn't send their buses to JFK or Far Rockaway and some of the Yonkers and CP buses do go to Spring Creek along with East New York CMF to get worked on as well. CP sends out buses to get worked on because their fleet is HUGE, they have hundreds of local CNG buses on top of hundreds of express buses. Yonkers only has like....80 buses at most compared to CP's 170 express buses and 160 or so local buses, so that's apples to oranges and pretty contradictory altogether. And yes, Yonkers has a lesser amount of buses than CP, in which CP has both local and express buses, way more than Yonkers has in total and then some, so yes, Yonkers has "better maintenance" primarily because they're fleet is incredibly small compared to CP's local and express fleet altogether.....if the cards were switched, Yonkers would have shitty maintenance and CP would have better maintenance just by the fleet amount alone. Yes but CP also defers maintenance, so that's another reason they're forced to send out buses elsewhere. I've been told by various B/O's that have worked there that buses are sent out in any old condition, and having rode several QM express buses, those claims appear to be true. On the same token, Yonkers having fewer fleet means their buses are on the road most of the time so I'd argue that they have to have good maintenance. I don't think that having fewer fleet is the sole reason, because we once had a bus from Baisley Depot that was the pits and they only have what 6 or 7 express buses to maintain? I get the impression that in some cases, it's an issue of a lack of maintenance workers. Each depot should be able to handle their own load, regardless of how many buses they have. I would think there would also be unnecessary mileage put on buses traveling back and forth for maintenance. Edited July 31, 2015 by Via Garibaldi 8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCtransitfan Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15612 Posted July 31, 2015 Wow, I always thought a D60 was gonna show up on the M60. That's awesome. I was on 7451 out of LGA and it's already got a graffiti sticker on the back seat, and the hatch on the back wall was open (which it should never be, thanks LGA) and kept swinging opem when the driver braked. I went against better judgment and looked inside. From the quick look I got, it seemed to be a storage compartment above the engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15613 Posted July 31, 2015 Wow, I always thought a D60 was gonna show up on the M60. That's awesome. I was on 7451 out of LGA and it's already got a graffiti sticker on the back seat, and the hatch on the back wall was open (which it should never be, thanks LGA) and kept swinging opem when the driver braked. I went against better judgment and looked inside. From the quick look I got, it seemed to be a storage compartment above the engine. The opening of the back wall happens from time to time... Not a big deal... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15614 Posted July 31, 2015 A D60 on the M60...nice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Bus Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15615 Posted July 31, 2015 There's an Xcelsior on the Q25. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15616 Posted July 31, 2015 There's an Xcelsior on the Q25.O_0 gotta go hunting guys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priincenene Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15617 Posted July 31, 2015 Yep. Saw it around there somewhere today! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15618 Posted July 31, 2015 Yep. Saw it around there somewhere today! I gotta ask... Is that a guy or a female as your avatar and who is it? Can't tell... lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15619 Posted July 31, 2015 So 4865, 4877, 4883, 4888, 4890 and 4891 are UP units with no LBSS. 4811, 4818-4820, 4831, 4836 and 4843 are ENY units with no LBSS. I don't understand whats the point of starting them with LBSS and then removing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15620 Posted July 31, 2015 So 4865, 4877, 4883, 4888, 4890 and 4891 are UP units with no LBSS. 4811, 4818-4820, 4831, 4836 and 4843 are ENY units with no LBSS. I don't understand whats the point of starting them with LBSS and then removing it. What in the hell is LBSS?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15621 Posted July 31, 2015 3583 was on the Q38 today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15622 Posted July 31, 2015 What in the hell is LBSS?? Modified shifting program with the bus transmissions. Wasn't performing up to standards so they are slowly modifying it again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15623 Posted July 31, 2015 I gotta ask... Is that a guy or a female as your avatar and who is it? Can't tell... lol Its Meek Mill the rapper, a guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15624 Posted July 31, 2015 Its Meek Mill the rapper, a guy. lol Never heard of him & lol that it's a guy... Looks like a tomboy if anything. Modified shifting program with the bus transmissions. Wasn't performing up to standards so they are slowly modifying it again I see... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted July 31, 2015 Share #15625 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Bruh, you never heard of Meek Mill? What in the world...anyway... 7056 repainted with MTA Bus decals and black doors. Coming home on the S79 today, a giant wasp got on the bus and no one realized until we got on the bridge, it was probably landed somewhere near the front because I didn't even notice it. About to past the first tower of the bridge (in traffic), the wasp comes out of nowhere. Some lady screams, then about 10 people start screaming at the same time. A man screams at the bus driver telling him theres a bee on the bus in a panicking voice. The bus driver kept on driving and told people to relax. Some lady tried to open the back door (like where the hell are u going?), and this literally happened throughout the whole bridge stretch. I was laughing but making sure that s**t didn't sting me. As soon as we got to Fingerboard Rd, 90% of the bus got off lmao (honestly, I got off too), and then someone saw the wasp fly out the bus. Everyone ran soo fast back in the bus through both doors and people were screaming "close the doors, close the doors fast, hurry, hurry, hurry". Driver closed both doors and when they saw the wasp wasn't on the bus, everyone clapped their hands. Funniest s**t on a bus ever. Edited July 31, 2015 by XcelsiorBoii4888 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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