jgood6195 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 31, 2013 As stated on subchat, a bus had caught fire while serving the Q72. Looks like LGA had just lost an RTS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 31, 2013 In the future a link would be most helpful. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted January 31, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 31, 2013 Funny, an op once told me "Bus fires? Yeah they happen once every few months. They're not that rare." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 31, 2013 Am I the only one who was expecting it to be an OG? Btw thats Junction & 35 Avenue, I live not too far from there so I should know. That propose used to be a video store . I wonder what the # was, could have ridden it that day for all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 31, 2013 Funny, an op once told me "Bus fires? Yeah they happen once every few months. They're not that rare." Usually they aren't as severe as this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted January 31, 2013 Am I the only one who was expecting it to be an OG? Btw thats Junction & 35 Avenue, I live not too far from there so I should know. That propose used to be a video store . I wonder what the # was, could have ridden it that day for all I know. Yes, you were. That's not funny. So far, no word on the bus #. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted January 31, 2013 So, assuming this bus is retired, that takes us to about 245 1996 RTS's left in service/ on property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 31, 2013 So, assuming this bus is retired, that takes us to about 245 1996 RTS's left in service. Isn't it more around the line of 200 system wide? Yor are referring specifically to the 96's, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted January 31, 2013 Isn't it more around the line of 200 system wide? Yor are referring specifically to the 96's, right? Yes to the first and second questions. However, I was also counting the buses in Eastchester storage, which has another 30 or so usable 1996's up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CT1660- Posted January 31, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 31, 2013 RTS #9317 was the bus that burned down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted January 31, 2013 RTS #9317 was the bus that burned down.. Good to know. Sad to see that one go though. That fire it had reminds me of when #9099 caught fire two years ago. Oh and BTW, this fire happened yesterday, my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted February 1, 2013 Share #12 Posted February 1, 2013 Just took a look at the picture, HOLY SHIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transit bx Posted February 1, 2013 Share #13 Posted February 1, 2013 RTS #9317 was the bus that burned down.. Holy shit i had that bus on monday, that was a good RTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted February 1, 2013 Share #14 Posted February 1, 2013 How did 9317 catch one fire? Is it because of LGA's bad care for buses? I believe that is a 1997 unit from the 1996 batch. 9290-9349 I believe are the 1997 units from that batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #15 Posted February 1, 2013 How did 9317 catch one fire? Is it because of LGA's bad care for buses? I believe that is a 1997 unit from the 1996 batch. 9290-9349 I believe are the 1997 units from that batch. No, those are/were 1996s. #9350 and up are 1997s. Holy shit i had that bus on monday, that was a good RTS. Driving it or riding it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CT1660- Posted February 1, 2013 Share #16 Posted February 1, 2013 A shot of the aftermath...NOT MY PHOTO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #17 Posted February 1, 2013 A shot of the aftermath...NOT MY PHOTO!! Looks like it's been striped already . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted February 1, 2013 Share #18 Posted February 1, 2013 Damnit!! Why couldn't it have been a hybrid??? Ugh!!! That was a real good bus (9317) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted February 1, 2013 Damnit!! Why couldn't it have been a hybrid??? Ugh!!! That was a real good bus (9317) Idiot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted February 1, 2013 Share #20 Posted February 1, 2013 Uh excuse you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #21 Posted February 1, 2013 Uh excuse you??? Things happen. That was an EOL bus anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #22 Posted February 1, 2013 And now, we can possibly add #5102 as yet another RTS scrapped due to fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted February 1, 2013 Share #23 Posted February 1, 2013 No 9290-9349 were delivered in 1997 they were the unit with the soft express bus seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share #24 Posted February 1, 2013 No 9290-9349 were delivered in 1997 they were the unit with the soft express bus seating. Probably arrived in 1997 but the rosters all say that #9349 is the last model year 1996 RTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted February 1, 2013 Share #25 Posted February 1, 2013 Idiot.... Let's try to avoid name-calling, but even from a practical standpoint and not just the fact that many of us love the RTSes, if an LGA hybrid had burned it would likely have been covered by warranty. This is just a bus completely lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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