MysteriousBtrain Posted February 9, 2023 Share #5926 Posted February 9, 2023 XE40 4965 has been built and is expected to be delivered to NYC soon 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLX9304 Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5927 Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said: XE40 4965 has been built and is expected to be delivered to NYC soon Can I say welcome back XEs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Valiant Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5928 Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, MysteriousBtrain said: XE40 4965 has been built and is expected to be delivered to NYC soon Do we know how many buses are on the order and which depots they’re going to? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMG106 Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5929 Posted February 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, Snorunts said: Do we know how many buses are on the order and which depots they’re going to? We are getting 60 XE40s (4965-5024). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5930 Posted February 10, 2023 Here she is in all her glory: Looks like the plug doors were a one time thing as that back door has the hinges to open inwards. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5931 Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) I wonder if these XE40s in the future are replacing some of the Nova 1200s in the future. Edited February 10, 2023 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5932 Posted February 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, Calvin said: I wonder if these XE40s in the future are removing entirely the Nova 1200s in the future. No. There's an RFP for 90-100 Electric Artics. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5933 Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Cait Sith said: No. There's an RFP for 90-100 Electric Artics. Probably will be more hand me downs from MJQ/FLA that’ll head to KB and GH. Edited February 10, 2023 by NBTA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5934 Posted February 10, 2023 They couldn’t buy out the lease from 0011-0015? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5935 Posted February 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: They couldn’t buy out the lease from 0011-0015? Even if they did, that's a grand total of five buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5936 Posted February 10, 2023 52 minutes ago, Lex said: Even if they did, that's a grand total of five buses. Yeah, five extra buses that they can use on top of this current order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted February 10, 2023 Share #5937 Posted February 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, Lawrence St said: Yeah, five extra buses that they can use on top of this current order. Those were pilot buses anyway. Better to buy buses apart of a new order than just to buy those 5, retire them 3-5 years earlier, and be short 5 buses for a time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted February 11, 2023 Share #5938 Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 8:11 PM, Around the Horn said: Looks like the plug doors were a one time thing as that back door has the hinges to open inwards. Honestly the plug doors don't seem to work well on local buses. Unlike the previous doors where you press the handle or tape and it swings open the couple times I ridden on these newer buses I'd have to press really hard on the door a couple times before it opens, and I'm not sure if it's the driver just noticing and opening it for me. I've seen a lot of other people struggle too. These might work better for SBS units since all doors open at every stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridgeviewer382 Posted February 11, 2023 Share #5939 Posted February 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, IAlam said: Honestly the plug doors don't seem to work well on local buses. Unlike the previous doors where you press the handle or tape and it swings open the couple times I ridden on these newer buses I'd have to press really hard on the door a couple times before it opens, and I'm not sure if it's the driver just noticing and opening it for me. I've seen a lot of other people struggle too. These might work better for SBS units since all doors open at every stop. It depends as in the wintertime, the doors don't seem to respond when pressed while using gloves (though I've seen people struggle with the doors like you mentioned). Most of the overall problems with the doors were coming from the Nova hybrids while the New Flyers were doing fine by comparison. Its a shame as I liked the spacious doors compared to the crammed ones on the older fleet (especially on the older Novas with crowds and farebeaters). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 11, 2023 Share #5940 Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) At Casey Stengel, XD-60 unit 5995 now has a bike rack installed. It'll be set on the XD-60s from 5987-6028. The other 10 that has the dark blue and gold wrap may or may not have but that's bc they have units shared on use for the Q12. Edited February 11, 2023 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 11, 2023 Share #5941 Posted February 11, 2023 17 hours ago, Lawrence St said: They couldn’t buy out the lease from 0011-0015? The batteries on those were more primitive. These buses will have a longer range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMTAEmprie Posted February 16, 2023 Share #5942 Posted February 16, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 8:11 PM, Around the Horn said: Here she is in all her glory: Looks like the plug doors were a one time thing as that back door has the hinges to open inwards. I'm assuming you're not talking about the bus..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted February 16, 2023 Share #5943 Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, TheMTAEmprie said: I'm assuming you're not talking about the bus..... They are? There would be no comment about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 16, 2023 Share #5944 Posted February 16, 2023 I was in fact talking about the bus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMG106 Posted February 16, 2023 Share #5945 Posted February 16, 2023 9790: Delivered to Manhattanville. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted February 16, 2023 Share #5946 Posted February 16, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 9:45 PM, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said: It depends as in the wintertime, the doors don't seem to respond when pressed while using gloves (though I've seen people struggle with the doors like you mentioned). Most of the overall problems with the doors were coming from the Nova hybrids while the New Flyers were doing fine by comparison. Its a shame as I liked the spacious doors compared to the crammed ones on the older fleet (especially on the older Novas with crowds and farebeaters). These seem like they're better equipped for SBS units rather than local buses. But it seems that the New Flyers and Nova's are using the exact same door this time around so I wonder why the Nova buses versions are having so many issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 17, 2023 Share #5947 Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) 7853 is the last 2022 XD-40 to be delivered. Its assigned depot will be Fresh Pond. After delivery, this will wrap up the entire order being that 7851 was first as the pilot and last being 7853, all out of the Pond. Edited February 17, 2023 by Calvin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMTAEmprie Posted February 17, 2023 Share #5948 Posted February 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Calvin said: 7853 is the last 2022 XD-40 to be delivered. Its assigned depot will be Fresh Pond. After delivery, this will wrap up the entire order being that 7851 was first as the pilot and last being 7853, all out of the Pond. This is a fairly small order of buses. You make it seem like this is the end of a 900+ bus order or something lol. The 1993 TMC RTS 06 order (the 4th smallest RTS order for the MTA) of #8401-8567 as bigger than this. Of course, not all of those were assigned to Brooklyn back in the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomRider0101 Posted February 17, 2023 Share #5949 Posted February 17, 2023 36 minutes ago, TheMTAEmprie said: This is a fairly small order of buses. You make it seem like this is the end of a 900+ bus order or something lol. The 1993 TMC RTS 06 order (the 4th smallest RTS order for the MTA) of #8401-8567 as bigger than this. Of course, not all of those were assigned to Brooklyn back in the day. What's your point? He was just giving a status update on the 2022 XD40 order's progress. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMTAEmprie Posted February 17, 2023 Share #5950 Posted February 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, RandomRider0101 said: What's your point? He was just giving a status update on the 2022 XD40 order's progress. I know, no shade at him, just that it's funny to me give a big grandiose closure of a 139 bus order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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