Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Today I got #6826 and #6835. 6826 makes some loud hissing sound when we are accelerating and this hissing sound is real loud it blocks the engine a little bit. The number inside the bus is placed a bit lower than usual on the right side (where many 66 and 67's have/had) rather than right above the mirror. This bus is actually faster than 6835. 6835 was a slow bus and sounded strange when braking. The bus operator didn't get to 4th gear at all while he did a lot in 6826. This was the same bus operator by the way too lol on the 90 harlem. I haven't seen a nova with a broken non-functional interior display since 2019 in 6710 lol. 6835's number is placed normally above the mirror where many other 68 buses have it placed. Yea the novas numbers be all over the place now & some be actually spuldnt messed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Yea the novas numbers be all over the place now & some be actually spuldnt messed up Yeah I been keeping a list of the ones that were on the right and the ones above the middle. Yes some are chipping off like 6871's, 6793's 6792's, and 6681 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Yeah I been keeping a list of the ones that were on the right and the ones above the middle. Yes some are chipping off like 6871's, 6793's 6792's, and 6681 Yea some just hanging on by a thread if they blow a motor or trans they are done with boneyard they go like 6699 did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Yea some just hanging on by a thread if they blow a motor or trans they are done with boneyard they go like 6699 did Lol true. Some other ones were knocked this summer too like 6764 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Lol true. Some other ones were knocked this summer too like 6764 Dam didnt know that what got wacked off thoght that was still in service cux I remember that was running on the 85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Dam didnt know that what got wacked off thoght that was still in service cux I remember that was running on the 85 Ah ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Ah ok Yea some I didn't know they was gone like I ainy know 6699 was gone till YoungBusLover said it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Yea some I didn't know they was gone like I ainy know 6699 was gone till YoungBusLover said it Yep that's true it sad 6699 died a few hours after i left it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Yep that's true it sad 6699 died a few hours after i left it What happened to it like did it blow a motor or trans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Shannoncvpi said: What happened to it like did it blow a motor or trans Suspension issues after 600k+ miles of operation since 2001 and the trans didn't sound that good neither it wouldn't shift as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Ok and also 6826 has a dead front sign again so it's back in the non-operable front sign fleet of the Nova LFS's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Suspension issues after 600k+ miles of operation since 2001 and the trans didn't sound that good neither it wouldn't shift as much Aw dam yea it was time for her to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Ok and also 6826 has a dead front sign again so it's back in the non-operable front sign fleet of the Nova LFS's Yea its alot of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTown Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 Why ever since late 2015 or early 2016 Forest Glen been the last garage run the 6400 series buses but 5 years later they still around? Why didn’t they stayed at 74th, 77th, and Chicago Ave garages for a lil while? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 54 minutes ago, ChiTown said: Why ever since late 2015 or early 2016 Forest Glen been the last garage run the 6400 series buses but 5 years later they still around? Why didn’t they stayed at 74th, 77th, and Chicago Ave garages for a lil while? lol Cuz all of the other garages got new buses so they sent them north FG was the last to get the new buses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 4 hours ago, ChiTown said: Why ever since late 2015 or early 2016 Forest Glen been the last garage run the 6400 series buses but 5 years later they still around? Why didn’t they stayed at 74th, 77th, and Chicago Ave garages for a lil while? lol You know research is key to answering your question..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 Departures 2020 6424 4/2 6431 4/7 6443 4/2 6457 3/23 6462 3/25 6484 3/20 6519 4/2 6672 4/2 6725 3/23 6757 3/30 6768 3/20 6832 4/8 6432 11/23 6453 11/12 6460 11/12 6497 12/11 6559 12/17 6614 11/25 6680 11/24 6702 12/11 6704 11/30 6742 11/17 6748 11/11 6778 12/16 6782 12/10 6829 12/18 6841 12/10 6844 12/3 6845 11/23 6866 12/16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, andrethebusman said: Departures 2020 6424 4/2 6431 4/7 6443 4/2 6457 3/23 6462 3/25 6484 3/20 6519 4/2 6672 4/2 6725 3/23 6757 3/30 6768 3/20 6832 4/8 6432 11/23 6453 11/12 6460 11/12 6497 12/11 6559 12/17 6614 11/25 6680 11/24 6702 12/11 6704 11/30 6742 11/17 6748 11/11 6778 12/16 6782 12/10 6829 12/18 6841 12/10 6844 12/3 6845 11/23 6866 12/16 Do those novas go to sims for scrap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Sims is the scrapper, correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 7 hours ago, andrethebusman said: Sims is the scrapper, correct. Yea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackathan Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 The remaining 100 units will retire next year as new NovaBus LFS's will be replacing them. CTA recently ordered a contract of 100 new buses, with options to purchase an additional 500 buses. https://www.transitchicago.com/chicago-transit-board-approves-contract-to-purchase-new-clean-diesel-buses/ if you're interested in reading this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, jackathan said: The remaining 100 units will retire next year as new NovaBus LFS's will be replacing them. CTA recently ordered a contract of 100 new buses, with options to purchase an additional 500 buses. https://www.transitchicago.com/chicago-transit-board-approves-contract-to-purchase-new-clean-diesel-buses/ if you're interested in reading this article. There's only about 70 Novas left, the other 30 are all retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1051 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: There's only about 70 Novas left, the other 30 are all retired. pretty sure this gives a perspective on which garage the first maybe 80 or like 75 new buses will go to or maybe all 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackathan Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said: pretty sure this gives a perspective on which garage the first maybe 80 or like 75 new buses will go to or maybe all 100 All of the 6400-series NovaBus LFS units are assigned to the Forest Glen Garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, jackathan said: All of the 6400-series NovaBus LFS units are assigned to the Forest Glen Garage. Yeah, we know that but the bigger elephant in the room is where will CTA decide to send those first 100 buses, when the first #7900's started rolling in between 2014-2015 77th and 74th received the first 200 after the #1000's rehabs were all but complete, then after the massive bus swaps the remaining #6400's were sent further north to Chicago and FG. FG eventually had the majority until the #8200's started rolling in around 2016. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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