Orion V 9441 Posted January 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2014 Some of the shots I have got over the past months on our new Nova LFS Artics on route 7 Bathurst: Toronto Transit Commission 9000 by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9001 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9001 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9003 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9004 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9005 and H6 trainset by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9006 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr Toronto Transit Commission 9008 on 7 Bathurst by Orion V, on Flickr I hope you enjoyed these pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted January 27, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2014 Cool pics! What are they supposed to replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted January 27, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 27, 2014 Radical shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted January 27, 2014 Cool pics! What are they supposed to replace? The Last Orion Vs (and maybe a few of the Nova RTS'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted January 27, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 27, 2014 Man the TTC has been trying to get the Nova LFS buses for years now. They finally got it, even though in the form of articulated units, they still got them. Nice shots Orion. How did they do in the snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted January 27, 2014 No jackknifes so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted January 27, 2014 Share #7 Posted January 27, 2014 No jackknifes so far! Good to hear. I did hear TTC's Orion IIIs didn't have that issue with jackknifing, due to the engine being in the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted January 27, 2014 Good to hear. I did hear TTC's Orion IIIs didn't have that issue with jackknifing, due to the engine being in the front. Yes, but they had corrosion issues (I guess the Soviets never heard of the story of "Ikarus"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted January 27, 2014 Share #9 Posted January 27, 2014 Yes, but they had corrosion issues (I guess the Soviets never heard of the story of "Ikarus"). That was the downside of those buses. Thankfully OC Transpo didn't go in the same direction and retire them early like they did with the D60LFs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted January 28, 2014 Share #10 Posted January 28, 2014 Cool. Like those LED headlamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted January 28, 2014 Share #11 Posted January 28, 2014 Yes, but they had corrosion issues (I guess the Soviets never heard of the story of "Ikarus"). Ikarus is a Hungarian company, not Soviet (you can argue that they were under Soviet influence at the time, but whatever.) Second, there's snow in Europe too, so I doubt that that was the only factor in the failure of the Orion IIIs. Bratislava used no less than 782 of the Ikarus 280/283, and I haven't heard of them encountering any significant problems. The last one was retired in 2008, having been built in 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted January 28, 2014 Share #12 Posted January 28, 2014 Ikarus is a Hungarian company, not Soviet (you can argue that they were under Soviet influence at the time, but whatever.) Second, there's snow in Europe too, so I doubt that that was the only factor in the failure of the Orion IIIs. Bratislava used no less than 782 of the Ikarus 280/283, and I haven't heard of them encountering any significant problems. The last one was retired in 2008, having been built in 1991. Pretty good. The US versions did have issues, but they were rectified and the buses had long careers afterward. OC Transpo, they remanufactured their 165 buses they bought new. They even bought 15 units from the TTC and ran them until 2001-2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynIRT Posted February 8, 2014 Share #13 Posted February 8, 2014 Love it if NYCT LFSAs had wider 2nd and 3rd doors like the TTC LFSAs. Also love it if we could get our SBS lights back (any color, steady or blinking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V 9441 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted February 8, 2014 Love it if NYCT LFSAs had wider 2nd and 3rd doors like the TTC LFSAs. Also love it if we could get our SBS lights back (any color, steady or blinking). The TTC always orders buses with large rear doors since at many stations, the bus bay is in the fare-paid area, allowing passengers to board through the rear door. On all of the TTC's high floor buses, with the exception of the RTS', they have gone for the double rear door arrangement (which I have never seen in the US). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted February 14, 2014 Share #15 Posted February 14, 2014 The TTC is gonna hold on to as much of the 1996 V's until after the Pan Am games in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted February 14, 2014 Share #16 Posted February 14, 2014 The TTC is gonna hold on to as much of the 1996 V's until after the Pan Am games in 2015. That's going to be interesting. Are most of the Orions in good enough shape to be kept up until 2015? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted February 14, 2014 Share #17 Posted February 14, 2014 That's going to be interesting. Are most of the Orions in good enough shape to be kept up until 2015? Some will make it some will not. Thats why I said they will try and hold on to as much as they can for the Pan Am games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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