Busjack Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 6 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: #6847 has found a strange and unfortunate way to retire. http://wgntv.com/2018/03/06/woman-hit-and-killed-by-cta-bus-on-south-side/ I guess your inference is based on that it was at 79th and Lafayette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Busjack said: I guess your inference is based on that it was at 79th and Lafayette. Yes indeed, It hasn't been in service for about a week now and I was shocked to see that it was the culprit of this accident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymc77 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 At least we know it won't be scrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 10 hours ago, mikeymc77 said: At least we know it won't be scrapped. Only in the sense that it may be on a litigation hold for a while. @YoungBusLover made the connections that it had been out of service, and instead of being on the northwest side, it was 1 block from the boneyard. But you won't be able to catch it at Jefferson Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoNova Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Real close to where I live. I live right by 79th & Perry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, ChicagoNova said: Real close to where I live. I live right by 79th & Perry. Then you owe us a complete inventory of all the junk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoNova Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 11 hours ago, Busjack said: Then you owe us a complete inventory of all the junk I'm gonna have to think about that one, counting I'm not allowed in the yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 23 hours ago, Busjack said: Only in the sense that it may be on a litigation hold for a while. @YoungBusLover made the connections that it had been out of service, and instead of being on the northwest side, it was 1 block from the boneyard. But you won't be able to catch it at Jefferson Park. Well then it might as well be retired. At least it wasn't a new bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwantae Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 5:11 PM, BusHunter said: Yeah but they look tired. They are 17 year old buses. That brings back flashbacks of chicago garage when they had some of the last #5300"s. No rehab was given to those either. It's really amazing the buses are still running. Probably everything imaginal has been replaced at least once. They could last just as long as 4400s and Old 4000s Americana when they reach about 18& half to 19 years old. Never know. It's odd that they did outlast Pace's Orion 6000s which they were same age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 16 minutes ago, qwantae said: They could last just as long as 4400s and Old 4000s Americana when they reach about 18& half to 19 years old. Never know. It's odd that they did outlast Pace's Orion 6000s which they were same age. CTA has the deeper pockets to keep them running. I don't get it. If they cost more than a new bus to fix why not get a new bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, qwantae said: They could last just as long as 4400s and Old 4000s Americana when they reach about 18& half to 19 years old. Never know. It's odd that they did outlast Pace's Orion 6000s which they were same age. There was a long time when just about all CTA buses lasted about 18-20 years (such as 9000 series 1976 buses until 1995).Pace had Orion Is lasting almost that long, but the only virtue Pace ever said about the Orion VIs was that they were $10,000 less each than the NABIs. CTA bus actual service life probably also depends on how many times they got overhauls, and the recent capital plans indicate that about 400 1000s are supposed to get another round. The unanswered question on when the last of the 6400s is to be replaced is whether that is supposed to be part of the 5 year contract for about 600 buses; we assumed that was only to replace 1000s, but with about 100 6400s because at least 100 articulateds are surplus, who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 1 minute ago, BusHunter said: If they cost more than a new bus to fix why not get a new bus. We don't know that, especially since a new CTA bus is now over $500K, while a rehab is not that. Obviously, though, those not worth fixing are not fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Does anyone know if #6712 is still WB-1? https://youtu.be/-G1mDxRmgjI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 8:54 PM, YoungBusLover said: Does anyone know if #6712 is still WB-1? https://youtu.be/-G1mDxRmgjI What do they use the work bus for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 6674’s Run Box Has 6 On It Stands For 74th Garage Good To Know it came from 74th cuz the last 2 numbers of the bus are 74 the run was (6994) Was Working Route 85 Central Yesterday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Aiden Tabucic said: 6674’s Run Box Has 6 On It Stands For 74th Garage Good To Know it came from 74th cuz the last 2 numbers of the bus are 74 the run was (6994) Was Working Route 85 Central Yesterday Probably just a busted box. Flip dots that don't flip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Busjack said: Probably just a busted box. Flip dots that don't flip. True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 5 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Is this the end of an era for all 6400 Series from service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete6125 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 For about a month now FG has not used the 6400's on Sundays. Since today is a holiday they use the Sunday schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE NewFlyer Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 4 hours ago, pete6125 said: For about a month now FG has not used the 6400's on Sundays. Since today is a holiday they use the Sunday schedule. yesterday i caught 6837 on the 152 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, XE NewFlyer said: yesterday i caught 6837 on the 152 @pete6125 might have overgeneralized, but his point is well taken that one can't make assumptions based on a holiday reading when maybe 2/3 of the buses are in the yard. @Johnny 5 : Take a reading off the archive during some recent weekday rush hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Tabucic Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 7 hours ago, Johnny 5 said: Is this the end of an era for all 6400 Series from service? They will never work on sundays cuz they will have flyers and new novas out idk why but it’s been like that for the past 2-3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 That's usually a sign that the buses are getting too old and putting an unnecessary burden on the operations budget. They probably don't have the buses to restrict service any further like Saturday operations. The buses are just getting too old, you can't expect them to run like new. I'll be really shocked if they make 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Well #6713 was supposed to be on Addison a few days ago, but was sitting at Lake Shore marked "Delayed" and then disappeared off the tracker. The driver of the next bus #1013, said the bus broke down at Lake Shore. It was his leader bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Actually according to the maths22 bustracker archive no cta buses at all were out on Monday between 10am and 8pm! At 8pm 6836 and 6849 were out. On Sunday 5/27 6835, 6836, 6837, 6842 and 6860 were out at various times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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