Guest Lance Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1676 Posted May 25, 2012 Pick a code, any code, I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngblaze Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1677 Posted May 25, 2012 I've seen Next Bus Please on buses that were not in service. Some ops use it interchangeably but the bulletin states that when operating a bus that is in non-revenue service only , "Not In Service" may be displayed on the destination sign...If some superintendents feel like breaking balls they could hand out violations for those "code breaking" on pull-in trips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1678 Posted May 25, 2012 I've seen Next Bus Please on buses that were not in service. Well, that's what you have to do, don't you? Wait for the next bus because that one won't be stopping. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheTransitMan Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1679 Posted May 25, 2012 I got some news for you guys: the MTA took out the clever devices out of 3800-3830. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1680 Posted May 25, 2012 I got some news for you guys: the MTA took out the clever devices out of 3800-3830. Which clever devices?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngblaze Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1681 Posted May 25, 2012 hmmm, might be cause they're gonna be retro fitted with the automated announcements? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheTransitMan Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1682 Posted May 25, 2012 Which clever devices?? Whoops I ment the automated announcements on some of the 38xx's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted May 25, 2012 Share #1683 Posted May 25, 2012 Just saw an MTA car by Morningstar & Forest, but I didn't see any dispatchers at the stop (unless they were at one of the stops on Forest Avenue, because I wasn't paying attention) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted May 26, 2012 Share #1684 Posted May 26, 2012 I rode 8843 yesterday (JFK Depot) and the A/C didn't work period. Bus was a steam bath, on the plus side at least one was able to hear the engine sounds without the A/C drowning it out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 26, 2012 Share #1685 Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) That used to happen on the MHV 1996 RTSes over the summers, I remember burning up on an RTS all too often. -- On that note, just had 9461 out the 62. Couldn't have cared less about the performance cause it had one thing going for it: air conditioning! Edited May 26, 2012 by MHV9218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1686 Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) Took a visit to 2 years ago and dug up a few clips The only few runs 1306 ever had, this was on its first day. 1304 on the M104 Dug a lil deeper to when the 8600s & Ex-PBL TMCs were still around.... And I got more, but that's all for now. Edited May 27, 2012 by Cait Sith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1687 Posted May 27, 2012 Good stuff to see, makes me really miss those TMCs. Those buses ran hard! 1306 had a bunch of runs though, some day I'll get the pictures up but around November 2010 it and 1304 ran basically every day on a rush hour M1 (think it had something to do with the shortage, there were loaner RTSes at the same time). If I ever dig up the shots, there was one day in November that year where 9633 and 1306 were something like leader and follower on the M1, perfect combination if you ask me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1688 Posted May 27, 2012 Good stuff to see, makes me really miss those TMCs. Those buses ran hard! 1306 had a bunch of runs though, some day I'll get the pictures up but around November 2010 it and 1304 ran basically every day on a rush hour M1 (think it had something to do with the shortage, there were loaner RTSes at the same time). If I ever dig up the shots, there was one day in November that year where 9633 and 1306 were something like leader and follower on the M1, perfect combination if you ask me! Yeah 1306 had a good number of runs, but it was shortlived. A week or two after, the Designline program was cancelled. I would've loved to have caught 1304 at South Ferry on the M5, but that didn't happen. ugh! Man, now that you mention the M1 and loaners....this was quite the oddball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1689 Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) Yeah 1306 had a good number of runs, but it was shortlived. A week or two after, the Designline program was cancelled. I would've loved to have caught 1304 at South Ferry on the M5, but that didn't happen. ugh! Man, now that you mention the M1 and loaners....this was quite the oddball. video Don't remind me...for some reason I have absolutely zero shots of any of the RTS loaners, and they were good ones too. 8881, 8896 (only one I rode), 4907, 4912, 5017, 9633, 4407, etc. Joined the forum right about that time, those were some real oddballs. I think they stayed about a week if I remember right, first time they I saw them I was down in the Village and I see 8881 and I'm thinking well that's odd, then 8896 turns up and then 4912 all the same night. Odd stuff. Edited May 27, 2012 by MHV9218 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1690 Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) I've always wondered....did this bus get its repaint when it was at 126 or when it was at 100th Street/Tuskegee Airmen? I'm sure it probably got the job done at Zerega but I always wondered which depot had it when the paint job was done? Edited May 27, 2012 by Cait Sith 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1691 Posted May 28, 2012 I don't get Q111 service. Can someone help me? @Cait Sith what happened to 1306? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1692 Posted May 28, 2012 The buses at castleton are becoming a mess! 8005 seats ripped 8013 tagged all over 8023 lagging back door The 3GS are not bad just garbage etc 4870 pull cord broken 4886 pull cord broken 4887 back door doesn't open when u touch tape... 4896 pull cord broken About 20 xd40s are tagged Every lfs is has some drawing or marker mess on it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1693 Posted May 28, 2012 I don't get Q111 service. Can someone help me? It's essentially the local variant of the Q113. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1635 Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1694 Posted May 28, 2012 Why do people see the Q111 as a local variant of the Q113? I see the Q111 as a route to Jamaica for people who don't live close the the Q85. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1695 Posted May 28, 2012 Why do people see the Q111 as a local variant of the Q113? I see the Q111 as a route to Jamaica for people who don't live close the the Q85. The Q113 local is less frequent than the LTD, so people just tend to see the very frequent Q111 as a local variant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1696 Posted May 28, 2012 The buses at castleton are becoming a mess! 8005 seats ripped 8013 tagged all over 8023 lagging back door The 3GS are not bad just garbage etc 4870 pull cord broken 4886 pull cord broken 4887 back door doesn't open when u touch tape... 4896 pull cord broken About 20 xd40s are tagged Every lfs is has some drawing or marker mess on it I'm shocked... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1697 Posted May 28, 2012 The buses at castleton are becoming a mess! 8005 seats ripped 8013 tagged all over 8023 lagging back door The 3GS are not bad just garbage etc 4870 pull cord broken 4886 pull cord broken 4887 back door doesn't open when u touch tape... 4896 pull cord broken About 20 xd40s are tagged Every lfs is has some drawing or marker mess on it It's system-wide, 5844 at Quill is newer than all of those and its pull cords are kaput too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1698 Posted May 28, 2012 I'll keep stating this because it is true: "this is why we can't have nice things". Damn ppl and f'ing things up for the rest of us.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astoria Line Posted May 28, 2012 Share #1699 Posted May 28, 2012 Why do people see the Q111 as a local variant of the Q113? I see the Q111 as a route to Jamaica for people who don't live close the the Q85. It is because although they have different terminuses, although they run down Guy R Brewer together and also probly because there are more 113 exp's than 113 locals, which does make sense in a way to think that. I always did see the 111 as a local version to the 113 until I moved to Springfield Gardens myself. The 111 could be seen as an alternative for Springfield Gardens & Rosedale residents to the 85 because the 85 serves a more northern part of the neighborhoods while the 111 serves a southern part. I live in between the two buses but I prefer the 85 because its safer and not as crowded but it is less frequent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3 Via Av U Posted May 29, 2012 Share #1700 Posted May 29, 2012 5883 on the M103 has a broken back sign. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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