Princeton University Tiger Transit gets New Flyer D40LF

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At least 8 1997 New Flyer D40LFs have entered service at Princeton University, after First Transit left and their ElDorados retired. They've been running cutaways for a few weeks, but now they have the D40LFs as part of their interim fleet that will run until tentatively Fall 2022 when they receive electric buses.

Edited February 27 by JLiu15

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Here's some photos of them I took today.

 

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More info on these buses:

Confirmed units: 37001-37014. 1995-98 models. Ex-OCTA units. Cummins ISC engine (repowered from Detroit Diesel series 50 in 2002-03 back at OCTA). Operated at Washington State after retiring from OCTA before coming to Princeton under the operator WeDriveU.

Most units in the series are December 1997 models. 37005 ex-OCTA 5378; 37009 ex-OCTA 5329; 37011 ex-OCTA 5315; 37013 ex-OCTA 5322.

37001 is a 1995 model. Ex-OCTA 5214. 37014 is 1998. Ex-OCTA 5379.

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Looks like 37002-37004, 37007, and 37012 have finally entered service. There's a couple more 1995 models in this batch (e.g. 37004).

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On 4/7/2021 at 8:16 PM, JLiu15 said:

Looks like 37002-37004, 37007, and 37012 have finally entered service. There's a couple more 1995 models in this batch (e.g. 37004).

Correction: only 37004 and 37012 entered service lately. 37002, 37003, and 37007 are still yet to go into service.

37004 is a 1995 model. Ex-OCTA 5247. 37012 is a 1997 model. Ex-OCTA 5337.

Here are some photos I took of 37004 and 37012:

Additionally, 37013 is still completely white, but it's in service with Tiger Transit logos taped to the window. I wonder when it'll get painted...