MTA bus fire on Junction Blvd & 35 St.

[jgood6195 216]

As stated on subchat, a bus had caught fire while serving the Q72. Looks like LGA had just lost an RTS....

[Turbo19 2,509]

In the future a link would be most helpful. Thanks.

[CDTA 724]

Funny, an op once told me "Bus fires? Yeah they happen once every few months. They're not that rare."

[4P3607 1,108]

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.

[Turbo19 2,509]

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.

[jgood6195 216]

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 #.

Edited January 31, 2013 by jgood6195

[jgood6195 216]

So, assuming this bus is retired, that takes us to about 245 1996 RTS's left in service/ on property.

Edited January 31, 2013 by jgood6195

[Turbo19 2,509]

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?

[jgood6195 216]

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.

[-CT1660- 759]

RTS #9317 was the bus that burned down..

[jgood6195 216]

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.

Edited January 31, 2013 by jgood6195

[CDTA 724]

Just took a look at the picture, HOLY SHIT.

[transit bx 52]

RTS #9317 was the bus that burned down..

Holy shit i had that bus on monday, that was a good RTS.

[NewFlyer 230 1,101]

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.

[jgood6195 216]

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?

[-CT1660- 759]

A shot of the aftermath...NOT MY PHOTO!!

 

[jgood6195 216]

A shot of the aftermath...NOT MY PHOTO!!

 

Looks like it's been striped already  .

[T J Trainman 594]

Damnit!! Why couldn't it have been a hybrid??? Ugh!!! That was a real good bus (9317)

[jgood6195 216]

Damnit!! Why couldn't it have been a hybrid??? Ugh!!! That was a real good bus (9317)

Idiot....

[T J Trainman 594]

Uh excuse you???

[jgood6195 216]

Uh excuse you???

Things happen. That was an EOL bus anyway...

[jgood6195 216]

And now, we can possibly add #5102 as yet another RTS scrapped due to fire.

[NewFlyer 230 1,101]

No 9290-9349 were delivered in 1997 they were the unit with the soft express bus seating.

[jgood6195 216]

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.

[MHV9218 5,212]

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.