6400-series Nova LFS - Updates & Retirements

[Shannoncvpi]

On 10/12/2022 at 8:36 AM, ajay said:

Just gonna drop this photo. This was the last 2002 Nova I rode in CTA passenger service. This bus was kinda sluggish but the driver tried her best. But who knows what the future may hold up for a few of these? 

I most def miss seeing them run the streets 

[Bus1883]

36 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said:

I most def miss seeing them run the streets 

Same here, I haven’t rode one in almost ten years but I still got to at least got to see them shoot by 

[Shannoncvpi]

5 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Same here, I haven’t rode one in almost ten years but I still got to at least got to see them shoot by 

Yea last time I was on one was when we was running them out of K

[Busjack]

Looks like some of the junk will be moving to a scrapper.

[Shannoncvpi]

1 hour ago, Busjack said:

Looks like some of the junk will be moving to a scrapper.

Dam some novas getting scrapped 

[Bus1883]

4 hours ago, Busjack said:

Looks like some of the junk will be moving to a scrapper.

Bye bye to those #800’s as well with the #6400’s it sure does takes a long time to get them hauled away.

[Bus1883]

4 hours ago, Busjack said:

Looks like some of the junk will be moving to a scrapper.

Isn’t Sims still in contract for the 6400s?

[Busjack]

2 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

Isn’t Sims still in contract for the 6400s?

Apparently not, if CTA is soliciting.

[Bus1883]

44 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Apparently not, if CTA is soliciting.

I guess it’s a random scrapper now if sims closed the contract I could be wrong.

[andrethebusman]

Rebid from time to time - Sims just keeps winning.

[Bus1883]

22 hours ago, andrethebusman said:

Rebid from time to time - Sims just keeps winning.

So I assume November is when they’ll come and pick up these #6400’s what are they going to do with the ones at the other garages leave them there and have them get hauled away from there instead of the boneyard?

[Shannoncvpi]

44 minutes ago, Bus1883 said:

So I assume November is when they’ll come and pick up these #6400’s what are they going to do with the ones at the other garages leave them there and have them get hauled away from there instead of the boneyard?

Man I had to see the 6400's getting hauled off

[Bus1883]

On 10/27/2022 at 10:39 PM, Shannoncvpi said:

Man I had to see the 6400's getting hauled off

Yeah especially with the 800’s I can imagine seeing a bunch of the DE40LFs hauled away on the expressway I’m definitely would have recorded. 

[Shannoncvpi]

13 minutes ago, Bus1883 said:

Yeah especially with the 800’s I can imagine seeing a bunch of the DE40LFs hauled away on the expressway I’m definitely would have recorded. 

Yea it's hard seeing good buses leave 

[YoungBusLover]

Almost all of the remaining #6400s from other garages outside of FG have popped up in the boneyard, some were driven under there own power and I assume others were towed. A few I saw at quick glance were #6678,#6679,#6681,#6776 and #6794.

[William Miles]

Do anyone knows what is the update on the old  cta nova bus 6400 series 

[Bus1883]

On 12/3/2022 at 10:14 PM, William Miles said:

Do anyone knows what is the update on the old  cta nova bus 6400 series 

No as far as I know the next step real soon is we expect them to get hauled away once all buses are ready. A few may still are getting their fluids drained. All buses are retired.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

2 hours ago, William Miles said:

Do anyone knows what is the update on the old  cta nova bus 6400 series 

retired

[William Miles]

Do anyone knows what happen to the cta old Nova 6400 series. And do anyone has any idea when the cta going to update the cta bus garage pages. Because it's said that the 6400 series still in service 

[YoungBusLover]

23 hours ago, William Miles said:

Do anyone knows what happen to the cta old Nova 6400 series. And do anyone has any idea when the cta going to update the cta bus garage pages. Because it's said that the 6400 series still in service 

The last remaining 12 or 13 were all retired before September. Regardless if roster that you're viewing haven't been updated to showcase that they are indeed retired. The retiring process began in 2014 and lasted up until 2022. #6472 may be the only bus left active for time being since it is apart of the historic fleet. 

[Jackson232]

I have a question. what is a block ID and what does it do.

[Bus1883]

15 hours ago, William Miles said:

Do anyone knows what happen to the cta old Nova 6400 series. And do anyone has any idea when the cta going to update the cta bus garage pages. Because it's said that the 6400 series still in service 

From my knowledge what is going on is that I’m pretty sure that the fluids have been drained from all buses by now. The could of been instruction novas will be hauled away along with the regular 6400’s for scrap soon.

[Busjack]

18 hours ago, William Miles said:

And do anyone has any idea when the cta going to update the cta bus garage pages.

If you mean on this site, that isn't CTA property, and you should PM @garmon757 (the administrator), who is busy with his real job on the rails. The only way to get the official roster is to FOIA it.

[NovaBusFan]

Anyone know what happened to 6539 and 6728? Have they been given back to CTA? 

[Shannoncvpi]

1 hour ago, NovaBusFan said:

Anyone know what happened to 6539 and 6728? Have they been given back to CTA? 

Last time I was in the boneyard I didn't see them so I would say no but if they was they maybe stored elsewhere or they might have been sold to someone else