Lawrence St Posted February 3, 2019 Share #51 Posted February 3, 2019 31 minutes ago, GojiMet86 said: The Southern Cal Transit Fans FB group. To be used for a WMATA Metro closure in the summer. (Photo by K. Sanchez) What in the world happened to that thing, it seems like it got smoke damage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted February 3, 2019 Share #52 Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Lawrence St said: What in the world happened to that thing, it seems like it got smoke damage. .....smoke damage? It's just dirty. Edited February 3, 2019 by Cait Sith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 3, 2019 Share #53 Posted February 3, 2019 5 hours ago, Cait Sith said: .....smoke damage? It's just dirty. Oh sorry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junjun441 Posted February 4, 2019 Share #54 Posted February 4, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 7:40 PM, GojiMet86 said: The Southern Cal Transit Fans FB group. To be used for a WMATA Metro closure in the summer. (Photo by K. Sanchez) I wish I can tell what bus # that is before they repaint it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 5, 2019 Share #55 Posted February 5, 2019 21 hours ago, junjun441 said: I wish I can tell what bus # that is before they repaint it. 556. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 5, 2019 Share #56 Posted February 5, 2019 Also according to the bee line wiki page, 555 is private owned, and 556-557 are no owned by DashBUS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 6, 2019 Share #57 Posted February 6, 2019 Make that two more Neoplans to DashBus... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted February 6, 2019 Share #58 Posted February 6, 2019 I've been meaning to say this for a while now, and I have to ask, which bonehead decided to order such small side LEDs for these buses? I get they aren't the primary means of conveying the route information, but I feel there's no reason why these new LED screens are just as restrictive as the older flipdots on the outgoing artics. I've noticed on several standard routes like the 42 to 241 Street or the 7 to Yonkers RR, the text has to be in thin weight in order for the message to fit on those tiny signs. Mind you, both of those routes fit normally on all of the LEDs for the 40-foot buses, either with regular weight text or with a smaller font size. With the small size, I'm not even sure if they could program the signs to use a smaller font. Not without being completely illegible from anywhere not directly on top of the bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 6, 2019 Share #59 Posted February 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Lance said: I've been meaning to say this for a while now, and I have to ask, which bonehead decided to order such small side LEDs for these buses? I get they aren't the primary means of conveying the route information, but I feel there's no reason why these new LED screens are just as restrictive as the older flipdots on the outgoing artics. I've noticed on several standard routes like the 42 to 241 Street or the 7 to Yonkers RR, the text has to be in thin weight in order for the message to fit on those tiny signs. Mind you, both of those routes fit normally on all of the LEDs for the 40-foot buses, either with regular weight text or with a smaller font size. With the small size, I'm not even sure if they could program the signs to use a smaller font. Not without being completely illegible from anywhere not directly on top of the bus. I dont understand why they didnt order the same side sign like NYC has. Prob the dumbest decision theyve done on their part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nramacciato Posted February 7, 2019 Share #60 Posted February 7, 2019 Anyone know which # went to the WMTA? Where are the rest going? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 7, 2019 Share #61 Posted February 7, 2019 50 minutes ago, nramacciato said: Anyone know which # went to the WMTA? Where are the rest going? According to the Bee Line Group, this is the status: 555 - Private Owned. 512-556-557-573 - WMTA/DASHBus. Everything else that was auctioned off is scrapped/destroyed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 8, 2019 Share #62 Posted February 8, 2019 Which neoplans in particular have been retired? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 8, 2019 Share #63 Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Orion6025 said: Which neoplans in particular have been retired? 501 - First Neoplan, 2001 model. PARTS. 508 509 511 512 - DASHBus. 519 523 - PARTS. 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 547 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 - Private Owned. 556 - DASHBus. 557 - DASHBus. 558 559 561 563 565 566 567 569 570 572 - PARTS. Had experimental orange LED's. Involved in accident in November that took it out of service indefinitely. 573 - DASHBus. 574 576 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted February 8, 2019 Share #64 Posted February 8, 2019 I rode 502 a couple of weeks, I was surprised that was one of the first Neoplans Bee line ever bought, it was an great shape for its age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6025 Posted February 8, 2019 Share #65 Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Lawrence St said: [the list] Thanks so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 8, 2019 Share #66 Posted February 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, trainfan22 said: I rode 502 a couple of weeks, I was surprised that was one of the first Neoplans Bee line ever bought, it was an great shape for its age. Some of them are in excellent shape, even the already retired ones. I don't know why they're going at random retiring them instead of retiring the ones that are in worse condition first, but what can you do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 8, 2019 Share #67 Posted February 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, Orion6025 said: Thanks so much! I'll keep posting updates here if you guys want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney Island Av Posted February 9, 2019 Share #68 Posted February 9, 2019 Yeah I'd really appreciate the updates on the Neoplans. They remind me of the D60HFs we currently have and I want to catch them myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nramacciato Posted February 15, 2019 Share #69 Posted February 15, 2019 Today I saw 357 on the 60 and 359 on the 42. They're coming in quick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted February 15, 2019 Share #70 Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/6/2019 at 12:42 PM, Lance said: I've been meaning to say this for a while now, and I have to ask, which bonehead decided to order such small side LEDs for these buses? I get they aren't the primary means of conveying the route information, but I feel there's no reason why these new LED screens are just as restrictive as the older flipdots on the outgoing artics. I've noticed on several standard routes like the 42 to 241 Street or the 7 to Yonkers RR, the text has to be in thin weight in order for the message to fit on those tiny signs. Mind you, both of those routes fit normally on all of the LEDs for the 40-foot buses, either with regular weight text or with a smaller font size. With the small size, I'm not even sure if they could program the signs to use a smaller font. Not without being completely illegible from anywhere not directly on top of the bus. Probably the same guy that decided to put the USB ports in such an awkward spot. Heaven forbid if someone is mistakenly trying to plug in something backwards and a fellow rider thinks that you’re pleasuring yourself instead of struggling to charge your phone... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 15, 2019 Share #71 Posted February 15, 2019 6 hours ago, paulrivera said: Probably the same guy that decided to put the USB ports in such an awkward spot. Heaven forbid if someone is mistakenly trying to plug in something backwards and a fellow rider thinks that you’re pleasuring yourself instead of struggling to charge your phone... You had me hollering on the Bx9... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelinefan Posted March 28, 2019 Share #72 Posted March 28, 2019 578 was on the 5 in Harrison this afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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