Orion6025 Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1776 Posted February 13, 2019 15 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: They don't even use 236 on holiday runs That's because they cannot have anyone on board since the thing was never rebuilt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q23 via 108 Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1777 Posted February 13, 2019 7 hours ago, trainfan22 said: The RTS are too new for the holiday runs, it will probably be 15-20 years before we see an RTS on one of those Holiday runs. They don't even use 236 on holiday runs and that was retired years before Blitz 5227 bus was lol. As for running a fan trip of sorts to bow out the RTS, that would only work if they used every RTS in the museum fleet so one bus wouldn't be overcrowded. But I doubt the TA would want to run the PBL RTS's on the M42. Plus all the buffs would flock to 1201 and 10001 due to their engines. I think the last Fishbowl got retired quietly without any fanfare. Yeah that's what I was thinking. Kinda like a Train of Many Colors, but using all types of RTSes. You've got the ex PBLs, and a variety of GMC, TMC, Novabuses. Maybe some day into the future, they can just run several RTSes on the M42 (Or some other route, most of MJQ routes are short) for a day. But regardless, atleast we know that we'll still have RTSes in our fleet in preservation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1778 Posted February 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Orion6025 said: That's because they cannot have anyone on board since the thing was never rebuilt It ran on a fan trip in the Rockaways a couple years ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1779 Posted February 13, 2019 9 hours ago, trainfan22 said: It ran on a fan trip in the Rockaways a couple years ago Well i don't know about then, but at least from what i'm told they won't bring it to misc museum events b/c of the rebuilding issue --- 134 scrapped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 14, 2019 Share #1780 Posted February 14, 2019 123 also scrapped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 15, 2019 Share #1781 Posted February 15, 2019 7794 scrap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 16, 2019 Share #1782 Posted February 16, 2019 5647 scrap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1783 Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) On 2/13/2019 at 8:35 AM, trainfan22 said: It ran on a fan trip in the Rockaways a couple years ago (Video removed for downloading ease) These days, however, with possibly one exception, no one runs the Grumman 870/Flxible Metro in service anymore and except for those in museums or otherwise preserved, all have been scrapped. In fact, for the RTS, the MTA fleet probably constitutes about 80 percent of remaining RTS buses still in service in all of the USA. One has to remember though that 1201, the first RTS the MTA received, is 38 years old. The story around 236, BTW: when the MTA retired the Grummans, most of them got sold (most to NJ Transit, which proceeded to run them into the ground, retiring them when the large batch of RTSs came in around 1999-2000 - 2089 is preserved under private ownership, and others to PVTA in Springfield/Amherst, MA), but 16 buses were held as evidence for the court case. After a settlement, the MTA took out the engines of the other 15 and scrapped the bodies. The other one was 236. As for 5227's retirement (from regular revenue service), that was not without fanfare as it was the last non-ADA compliant bus on the NYCTA roster. Some got sent to Nassau County to run for a few more years. Edited February 17, 2019 by aemoreira81 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTC Bus Roster Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1784 Posted February 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, aemoreira81 said: These days, however, with possibly one exception, no one runs the Grumman 870/Flxible Metro in service anymore and except for those in museums or otherwise preserved, all have been scrapped. In fact, for the RTS, the MTA fleet probably constitutes about 80 percent of remaining RTS buses still in service in all of the USA. One has to remember though that 1201, the first RTS the MTA received, is 38 years old. FYI, 1201 was NOT the first RTS delivered. 1201 was delivered in September 1981, while 2201 was delivered in August 1981. Also, 2201 was the only RTS delivered with 4 roof hatches instead of the normal 2 roof hatches. They really should have saved 2201 instead of 1201. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1785 Posted February 17, 2019 58 minutes ago, aemoreira81 said: These days, however, with possibly one exception, no one runs the Grumman 870/Flxible Metro in service anymore and except for those in museums or otherwise preserved, all have been scrapped. In fact, for the RTS, the MTA fleet probably constitutes about 80 percent of remaining RTS buses still in service in all of the USA. One has to remember though that 1201, the first RTS the MTA received, is 38 years old. The story around 236, BTW: when the MTA retired the Grummans, most of them got sold (most to NJ Transit, which proceeded to run them into the ground, retiring them when the large batch of RTSs came in around 1999-2000 - 2089 is preserved under private ownership, and others to PVTA in Springfield/Amherst, MA), but 16 buses were held as evidence for the court case. After a settlement, the MTA took out the engines of the other 15 and scrapped the bodies. The other one was 236. As for 5227's retirement (from regular revenue service), that was not without fanfare as it was the last non-ADA compliant bus on the NYCTA roster. Some got sent to Nassau County to run for a few more years. I know about 5227 being the last non ADA complaint bus. I meant fanfare like a last run catered to busfans. An RTS will most likely be the last HF LOCAL bus, however IDK if the MTA will celebrate its local fleet being 100% Low Floor... kind of an icky situation considering express buses will be HF for the foreseeable future. Never knew they ran in Nassau after their retirement from NYCT... just a few days ago I learned LIB briefly had hand me down GMC RTS from NYCT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitMan0251 Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1786 Posted February 17, 2019 115 GUNH to SCRAP 5073, 5091, 5114 ULPK to SCRAP 4910, 4912, 4973, 5021 JAM to SCRAP 5009 ENY to PARLOR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OIG119 Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1787 Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, TransitMan0251 said: 5009 ENY to PARLOR What's "PARLOR"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1788 Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, OIG119 said: What's "PARLOR"? that's used as a resting place (a bus without a farebox) for MTA operators to go on break during the time Edited February 17, 2019 by Calvin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted February 17, 2019 Share #1789 Posted February 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, OIG119 said: What's "PARLOR"? 14 minutes ago, Calvin said: that's used as a resting place (a bus without a farebox) for MTA operators to go on break during the time Basically another word for a swing bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The TransitMan Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share #1790 Posted February 21, 2019 Greetings! The FIRST page has been updated! Submitted for your approval! Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 22, 2019 Share #1791 Posted February 22, 2019 4946 has its farebox removed, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted February 23, 2019 Share #1792 Posted February 23, 2019 4946, 4983 retired 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novabus 5000 Posted February 23, 2019 Share #1793 Posted February 23, 2019 5199 & 5202 to scrap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitMan0251 Posted February 23, 2019 Share #1794 Posted February 23, 2019 7786 WFARM to SCRAP 4938, 4939 ENY to SCRAP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOGbrooklyn Posted February 24, 2019 Share #1795 Posted February 24, 2019 On 2/22/2019 at 8:14 PM, MysteriousBtrain said: 4946, 4983 retired Finally one more rts in that Depot.. tired of Grand Ave getting all of the new buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog14 Posted February 25, 2019 Share #1796 Posted February 25, 2019 5 hours ago, ABOGbrooklyn said: Finally one more rts in that Depot.. tired of Grand Ave getting all of the new buses. Its not like they got a fleet of 60 brand new buses... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted February 25, 2019 Share #1797 Posted February 25, 2019 5 hours ago, ABOGbrooklyn said: Finally one more rts in that Depot.. tired of Grand Ave getting all of the new buses. Wrong. 5 Protera leased electrics that have been out of service FOR MONTHS due to brake problems. 9500 series hybrids: they have only 4. Tell me what other new buses Grand has besides those that other depots don't have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted February 27, 2019 Share #1798 Posted February 27, 2019 5159 to scrap (according to MHV9218) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted February 28, 2019 Share #1799 Posted February 28, 2019 5716 to scrap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted March 1, 2019 Share #1800 Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) Never mind Edited March 1, 2019 by Orion6025 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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