MTABusTransitFanner Posted October 12, 2021 Share #126 Posted October 12, 2021 NICE update as of 10/12/2021: 1700-1707, 1710-1711, 1717-1718, 1720, 1726-1727, 1731-1732, 1735-1736, 1738, 1743, 1745-1747, 1749-1752, 1758-1759, 1760, 1774, 1780, 1796 are all confirmed retired 2000-2039 all present at Mitchel Field, 2047 is now delivered to Mitchel Field 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted October 26, 2021 Share #127 Posted October 26, 2021 1700-1707, 1709-1711, 1713, 1715, 1717-1718, 1720, 1726-1727, 1731-1732, 1735-1736, 1738, 1740, 1742-1743, 1745-1747, 1749-1752, 1754-1755, 1758-1760, 1774-1775, 1780, 1785, 1793, 1796(044) are all confirmed retired as of 10/26/2021 2000-2055(056) are all delivered to Mitchel Field 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS 5124 Posted November 18, 2021 Share #128 Posted November 18, 2021 Well all of you guys criticizing NICE and Gillig, You guys want more Nova's and New Flyers already sprawling all over the whole transit Network or just appreciate the Gilligs. They have been around for over 100 years. So. Obviously they are doing something right. Also at least NICE got the BRT model which is the best looking one out of all of the other Gilligs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS 5124 Posted November 18, 2021 Share #129 Posted November 18, 2021 Rode the N4 a few months ago. Those Orion's sound very bad and they arebt able to pick up speed any more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted November 20, 2021 Share #130 Posted November 20, 2021 On 11/18/2021 at 11:39 AM, RTS 5124 said: Rode the N4 a few months ago. Those Orion's sound very bad and they arebt able to pick up speed any more I don't know about all that now.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted November 20, 2021 Share #131 Posted November 20, 2021 1700 update: 1719, 1722, 1728-1729, 1737, 1741, 1756-1757, 1764, 1766, 1769-1770, 1773, 1776-1777, 1782, 1784, 1786-1792, 1795, 1798(026) all remain active, 1700-1718, 1720-1721, 1723-1727, 1730-1736, 1738-1740, 1742-1755, 1758-1761, 1763, 1765, 1767-1768, 1771-1772, 1774-1775, 1778-1779, 1780-1781, 1783, 1785, 1793-1794, 1796-1797, 1799(074) confirmed to be retired. However 1785 and 1797 have been sitting in the Mitchel Field staff parking lot for some time, they still have their fareboxes, radios, license plates and no missing parts(all the retired units besides 1785 and 1797 have their license plates taken off, missing fareboxes, and some have missing parts) Gillig update: NICE now has Gilligs 2000-2055 & 2057(057) 2056, 2058-2060 are currently on the way. 2000-2036, 2038-2041 & 2043-2046 have already hit service while 2037, 2042, 2047-2055 are awaiting inspections, receiving their license plates, fareboxes and all that stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted November 27, 2021 Share #132 Posted November 27, 2021 2061 delivered to MItchel, units 2000-2061 on property. 2070-2071 are on the way from California. 1722, 1741, 1757, 1773, 1784, 1786 all retired. 1785 and 1797 are now system reserve units. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted December 5, 2021 Share #133 Posted December 5, 2021 As of 12/5/2021: 1728-1729, 1737, 1756, 1764, 1766, 1769-1770, 1776, 1782, 1787-1789, 1795(014) remain active 1800 officially retired 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted December 6, 2021 Share #134 Posted December 6, 2021 On 11/18/2021 at 11:37 AM, RTS 5124 said: Well all of you guys criticizing NICE and Gillig, You guys want more Nova's and New Flyers already sprawling all over the whole transit Network or just appreciate the Gilligs. They have been around for over 100 years. So. Obviously they are doing something right. Also at least NICE got the BRT model which is the best looking one out of all of the other Gilligs There are no good-looking Gilligs, There just aren't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted December 13, 2021 Share #135 Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 12:58 PM, Missabassie said: There are no good-looking Gilligs, There just aren't. I mean I won’t lie here, I really like the BRTs and so far they have been preforming really well under NICE and no issues were reported. I rode on 14 units and I experienced no issues at all. Speaking of Gilligs… All Gilligs 2000-2079 have all been delivered as of 12/13/2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted December 23, 2021 Share #136 Posted December 23, 2021 1728-1729, 1756, 1769 and 1782 officially retired As of 12/23/2021, all of the NICE Bus(ex-MTA Long Island Bus) 2008-2009 Orion VII NG CNGs(aka 1700s) are OFFICIALLY retired, the last unit to run in revenue service was on 12/16/2021 and it was 1729 on the n70. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted December 23, 2021 Share #137 Posted December 23, 2021 4 hours ago, MTABusTransitFanner said: 1728-1729, 1756, 1769 and 1782 officially retired As of 12/23/2021, all of the NICE Bus(ex-MTA Long Island Bus) 2008-2009 Orion VII NG CNGs(aka 1700s) are OFFICIALLY retired, the last unit to run in revenue service was on 12/16/2021 and it was 1729 on the n70. That was a lot faster than I thought, damn.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted December 24, 2021 Share #138 Posted December 24, 2021 21 hours ago, Cait Sith said: That was a lot faster than I thought, damn.... Yep, i have mixed feelings about their retirement. I don’t miss them because of now NICE mistreated them from 2012-2019, and I miss them only because they are ex-MTA Long Island Bus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted December 25, 2021 Share #139 Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 1:44 PM, Cait Sith said: That was a lot faster than I thought, damn.... At least for the last few 1700s, the inspections were up this December and NICE was not going to have those renewed so the scheduling worked out this way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion 7 Posted January 12, 2022 Share #140 Posted January 12, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 1:55 AM, User said: At least for the last few 1700s, the inspections were up this December and NICE was not going to have those renewed so the scheduling worked out this way. That makes since as NICE didn't want to spend money on doing that, just to retire them soon after. However with that being said, I do wonder why do NICE even retire these so soon?They could have made it til 2023-2024 in all honesty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion 7 Posted January 12, 2022 Share #141 Posted January 12, 2022 I know for a fact that the CNG tanks were good til 2024-25. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemackey Posted January 13, 2022 Share #142 Posted January 13, 2022 I think the option buses are on the way. 15GGD3017M31996965 - plate B/E 8645 15GGD3019M31996966 - plate B/E 8643 anyone know for sure? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfanner Jake Posted January 13, 2022 Share #143 Posted January 13, 2022 9 hours ago, davemackey said: I think the option buses are on the way. 15GGD3017M31996965 - plate B/E 8645 15GGD3019M31996966 - plate B/E 8643 anyone know for sure? I haven't heard official word from Nice nor other sources. My understanding was option 1 couldn't be accepted till the start of 2022 anyways. However, we have seen 1800 and 1801 retire, they could very well have taken it quietly into their own hands 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted January 13, 2022 Share #144 Posted January 13, 2022 18 hours ago, davemackey said: I think the option buses are on the way. 15GGD3017M31996965 - plate B/E 8645 15GGD3019M31996966 - plate B/E 8643 anyone know for sure? Nobody take my word on this but I predict those units are 2080-2081 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted January 25, 2022 Share #145 Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 8:25 AM, Orion 7 said: That makes since as NICE didn't want to spend money on doing that, just to retire them soon after. However with that being said, I do wonder why do NICE even retire these so soon?They could have made it til 2023-2024 in all honesty. Those Orion’s had crazy high mileage on them. It was cost effective to get rid of them now especially since they were 12 which is the retirement age for transit buses anyways. Of course in many cases buses can last longer but why not get rid of them if you can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted February 19, 2022 Share #146 Posted February 19, 2022 On 12/5/2021 at 10:18 AM, MTABusTransitFanner said: 1800 officially retired 1800 is not retired at this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted March 3, 2022 Share #147 Posted March 3, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 9:21 PM, User said: 1800 is not retired at this time. That was actually my mistake so my apologies on that one, however it was spotted sitting next to a retired 1700 at the depot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtatransit Posted March 3, 2022 Share #148 Posted March 3, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 8:25 AM, Orion 7 said: That makes since as NICE didn't want to spend money on doing that, just to retire them soon after. However with that being said, I do wonder why do NICE even retire these so soon?They could have made it til 2023-2024 in all honesty. All the Orion 7s are honestly shot at this point, and that is including the 3G's. I doubt they can make it another summer. They been through a really dark period of deferred maintenance of the final days of LIB as well as the dark days of NICE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted March 19, 2022 Share #149 Posted March 19, 2022 The inspections for many of the 2010-2011 1800s are up in May/June of this year. NICE can choose to forego their renewal and retire them, or renew the inspection to keep them around a little longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTABusTransitFanner Posted March 21, 2022 Share #150 Posted March 21, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 11:10 PM, User said: The inspections for many of the 2010-2011 1800s are up in May/June of this year. NICE can choose to forego their renewal and retire them, or renew the inspection to keep them around a little longer. From my POV It’s likely that NICE will begin to retire the 1800s, 1807 is broken and left the depot like a month ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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