MTA Bus Posted December 3, 2015 Share #16701 Posted December 3, 2015 For some reason, 1059 (Fishbowl) was on display in Downtown Brooklyn today and it deadheaded to ENY too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16702 Posted December 4, 2015 I caught it in Brooklyn is that XN40 or XDE40 I can't from the roof and tailpipe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16703 Posted December 4, 2015 I caught it in Brooklyn is that XN40 or XDE40 I can't from the roof and tailpipe my guess is the NYU bus near polytech maybe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16704 Posted December 4, 2015 I caught it in Brooklyn is that XN40 or XDE40 I can't from the roof and tailpipe It was the XN40 demo that's being tested for the upcoming CNG order. It was parked in front of my house earlier today while I wasn't home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16705 Posted December 4, 2015 It was the XN40 demo that's being tested for the upcoming CNG order. It was parked in front of my house earlier today while I wasn't home Wow do you got the pic of the bus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer504 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16706 Posted December 4, 2015 It was the XN40 demo that's being tested for the upcoming CNG order. It was parked in front of my house earlier today while I wasn't home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16707 Posted December 4, 2015 Oh okay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16708 Posted December 4, 2015 It was the XN40 demo that's being tested for the upcoming CNG order. It was parked in front of my house earlier today while I wasn't homeSo is this unit going to be tested on other routes or just be like the XDE40 demo and see test drives? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16709 Posted December 4, 2015 So is this unit going to be tested on other routes or just be like the XDE40 demo and see test drives? Most likely just test drives. It doesn't seem to be a unit that would go into revenue service testing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16710 Posted December 4, 2015 There was a New Flyer bus tested out of JFK last year. I don't know what kind it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16711 Posted December 4, 2015 Wow do you got the pic of the bus Not my photo (someone else caught it and posted it on facebook), but here it is in Brownsville this afternoon. Safe to assume it shadowed the B35 since the photo was taken on New Lots Av & Mother Gaston Blvd... ...my building right there to the left of the bus, I was downtown around the time this was taken 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16712 Posted December 4, 2015 Not my photo (someone else caught it and posted it on facebook), but here it is in Brownsville this afternoon. Safe to assume it shadowed the B35 since the photo was taken on New Lots Av & Mother Gaston Blvd... ...my building right there to the left of the bus, I was downtown around the time this was taken I see that they're getting to the secondary roads with the installation of the LED street lights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16713 Posted December 4, 2015 There was a New Flyer bus tested out of JFK last year. I don't know what kind it was.XDE40. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDNQ2345 Posted December 4, 2015 Share #16714 Posted December 4, 2015 Not my photo (someone else caught it and posted it on facebook), but here it is in Brownsville this afternoon. Safe to assume it shadowed the B35 since the photo was taken on New Lots Av & Mother Gaston Blvd... ...my building right there to the left of the bus, I was downtown around the time this was taken Yes that it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted December 6, 2015 Share #16715 Posted December 6, 2015 It's being said that the XN40 pictured is actually an XD40 being tested with added weight. There's sandbags on the bus along with other things. That same bus is in Baltimore right now. Why it has a CNG tank, I don't know. Probably for more pressure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted December 6, 2015 Share #16716 Posted December 6, 2015 It's being said that the XN40 pictured is actually an XD40 being tested with added weight. There's sandbags on the bus along with other things. That same bus is in Baltimore right now. Why it has a CNG tank, I don't know. Probably for more pressure. can you source it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted December 6, 2015 Share #16717 Posted December 6, 2015 7368 has that "Please pay before boarding" notice on the farebox like the other SBS buses do. So while I checked MTA tracker out of randomness just now, I saw that 7368 on the Q44 SBS. Is this bus regularly being used in SBS service? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted December 6, 2015 Share #16718 Posted December 6, 2015 So while I checked MTA tracker out of randomness just now, I saw that 7368 on the Q44 SBS. Is this bus regularly being used in SBS service? could be the shorty that they are going to use cause I have never seen the Q44 100% artic untill they started stealing buses from other depos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted December 6, 2015 Share #16719 Posted December 6, 2015 So while I checked MTA tracker out of randomness just now, I saw that 7368 on the Q44 SBS. Is this bus regularly being used in SBS service? It was in service today. Not regularly used, just for the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted December 7, 2015 Share #16720 Posted December 7, 2015 can you source it? Sources in Baltimore confirmed it is in fact an XD40. The same bus that was running around here is down in Baltimore. Thought it was a little farfetched myself, but after I looked over the photo I caught of it the other day, there's no CNG sticker anywhere on the bus. All CNG vehicles must have that blue CNG diamond on the vehicle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted December 7, 2015 Share #16721 Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) The XD40s do have the program for the Q44. Saw one this morning with the blue sign. Wonder how it would look like on an Orion 7. Edited December 7, 2015 by R188 7857 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted December 7, 2015 Share #16722 Posted December 7, 2015 There was a Orion V on the BX9 today, pretty cool to see considering they are on Borrowed time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted December 8, 2015 Share #16723 Posted December 8, 2015 The XD40s do have the program for the Q44. Saw one this morning with the blue sign. Wonder how it would look like on an Orion 7. On an Orion 7, or any other non-Multicolored sign (not such about the Axions but I think they'll still have the blue background) the sign will just read Q44 +Select Bus Service+ as apposed to Q44 +Select Bus on the Luminator Spectrums. I know this to be a fact, as I coded those programs several times on the XD40s and Orion 7s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted December 8, 2015 Share #16724 Posted December 8, 2015 So what's good with this Prevost order? Will the buses just be scattered among the depots? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted December 8, 2015 Share #16725 Posted December 8, 2015 So what's good with this Prevost order? Will the buses just be scattered among the depots? What do you mean? The Prevosts are all being allocated to the Staten Island Depots (Yukon, Castleton, Meredith & Charleston). Yukon will get the most of them, and the remainder will be split between the other three depots, but with 300 of them coming total, each depot will get a sizable portion to replace the older MCIs, so there shouldn't be tons of old MCI's left on Staten Island once this order is totally complete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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