6400-series Nova LFS - Updates & Retirements

[Shannoncvpi]

14 hours ago, Busjack said:

I think you misread the $275K. CTA expects to be paid $275K. The ordinance says "revenue-generating contract."

On the rest, probably. Since the scrap is sold by weight, it depends if some parts are worth more as salvage or scrap. Clearly, most of the weight is in the engine, and after CTA decommissions it, there's nothing left salvagable.

IIRC, CTA only leases the tires.

No I understood that cta wants 275k but I'm just saying the things I know the junkyard will want & for starters they going after the cats on the buses

[Busjack]

3 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said:

No I understood that cta wants 275k but I'm just saying the things I know the junkyard will want & for starters they going after the cats on the buses

Makes sense, as worth more than scrap steel.

[Shannoncvpi]

3 hours ago, Busjack said:

Makes sense, as worth more than scrap steel.

Yea that's how junkyards works all of them they get cars buses etc they just get the cats toss the rest for parts then smash em 

[YoungBusLover]

I've seen this wrecker coming in and out of 77th the past week or so and I decided to see where they're towing these #6400s to and it may just be one of several locations but #6820 ended up in a Lynwood  scrapyard near the state line. 

[alphabetlore1044]

17 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said:

I've seen this wrecker coming in and out of 77th the past week or so and I decided to see where they're towing these #6400s to and it may just be one of several locations but #6820 ended up in a Lynwood  scrapyard near the state line. 

as of June 2023. 6820 and other 6700s and 6800s will scrapped Morning or Afternoon. 

6820 was retired since 2020 or 2021

[Bus1883]

1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

I've seen this wrecker coming in and out of 77th the past week or so and I decided to see where they're towing these #6400s to and it may just be one of several locations but #6820 ended up in a Lynwood  scrapyard near the state line. 

It’s another scrapper as well?

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, Bus1883 said:

It’s another scrapper as well?

The contact went to Scrap Metal Services LLC, not Sims. SMS has locations in East Chicago and Blue Island.

There is a recycling center and auto wrecker in Lynwood. Maybe some of the work was subcontracted.

[YoungBusLover]

3 hours ago, Busjack said:

The contact went to Scrap Metal Services LLC, not Sims. SMS has locations in East Chicago and Blue Island.

There is a recycling center and auto wrecker in Lynwood. Maybe some of the work was subcontracted.

I thought so, I could have sworn most of the scrap was going to Blue Island initially but not East Chicago. I guess distance doesn't matter as long as the bus gets there. 

[Bus1883]

3 hours ago, Busjack said:

The contact went to Scrap Metal Services LLC, not Sims. SMS has locations in East Chicago and Blue Island.

There is a recycling center and auto wrecker in Lynwood. Maybe some of the work was subcontracted.

 

29 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said:

I thought so, I could have sworn most of the scrap was going to Blue Island initially but not East Chicago. I guess distance doesn't matter as long as the bus gets there. 

I know they may be planning to sell the 800s as well. More than likely it’ll be the 6400s that was retired not too long ago because there are lines of them blocking the areas where the 800s and the 6400s that retired years ago. The contract says 101 buses that means that’ll leave a few 6400s still around.

[Shannoncvpi]

16 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

It’s another scrapper as well?

Dam the 6400's on the way to the scrapper I most definitely miss them glad I had a chance to drive a few when they was at K

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

18 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

I've seen this wrecker coming in and out of 77th the past week or so and I decided to see where they're towing these #6400s to and it may just be one of several locations but #6820 ended up in a Lynwood  scrapyard near the state line. 

What other #’s have recently disappeared from the yard where they went to somewhere scrap

[NovaBusFan]

Any updates about the scrappings?  

[NovaBusFan]

Can you get a update which buses are gone from the boneyard along with 6820?

[NovaBusFan]

Any more 6400s gone?

[Busjack]

In the world of the bizarre, I just came upon a captcha obviously of a CTA 6400:

[artthouwill]

25 minutes ago, Busjack said:

In the world of the bizarre, I just came upon a captcha obviously of a CTA 6400:

That's what you get for clicking "I'm not a robot "! ?

[Busjack]

6 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

That's what you get for clicking "I'm not a robot "! ?

Yes, but then I couldn't post a comment on Pooch Cafe.?

[Sam92]

1 hour ago, Busjack said:

In the world of the bizarre, I just came upon a captcha obviously of a CTA 6400:

I've ran across a few with a 7900 as well lol

[Rhys Pate]

These pictures were taken at Forest Glen Garage on Thursday (November 23rd, 2023; Thanksgiving). 6770 is still there. Also, WB-2 is there. What does Forest Glen Garage do with 6770? I took a picture that includes 6770 at Forest Glen Garage last December (which was a few months after the retirement of the 6400-Series; August 16th, 2022 was the final day of operation for the 6400-Series).

[BusOps]

9 hours ago, Rhys Pate said:

These pictures were taken at Forest Glen Garage on Thursday (November 23rd, 2023; Thanksgiving). 6770 is still there. Also, WB-2 is there. What does Forest Glen Garage do with 6770? I took a picture that includes 6770 at Forest Glen Garage last December (which was a few months after the retirement of the 6400-Series; August 16th, 2022 was the final day of operation for the 6400-Series).

 

6770 is used as a yard bus by mechanics/servicers at FG. 

[Rhys Pate]

What is a yard bus?

[Shannoncvpi]

On 11/26/2023 at 9:25 AM, Rhys Pate said:

What is a yard bus?

A bus that only moves around the yard to take parts somewhere on the property 

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

Many 6400s still remain at 77th awaiting disposal. Here are novas seen from public sidewalk view still in the CTA boneyard

6836 6756 6681 6854 6573 6456 M119823(prototype) 6466 6574 6553 6758 6488 6474 6581 6564 6577 6585 6724 6755 6639 6705.

More novas are still in property but the ones I listed are ones that are seen out of public view still waiting to be disposed of.

[Bus1883]

1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

Many 6400s still remain at 77th awaiting disposal. Here are novas seen from public sidewalk view still in the CTA boneyard

6836 6756 6681 6854 6573 6456 M119823(prototype) 6466 6574 6553 6758 6488 6474 6581 6564 6577 6585 6724 6755 6639 6705.

More novas are still in property but the ones I listed are ones that are seen out of public view still waiting to be disposed of.

6401,6406,6408,6418,6425,6435,6500,6503,6563,6579,6455,6470,6544,6651,6694,6715,6848,6863. All of the 800s including 804 should be long gone by now credits to @YoungBusLover.

[Shannoncvpi]

16 hours ago, Bus1883 said:

6401,6406,6408,6418,6425,6435,6500,6503,6563,6579,6455,6470,6544,6651,6694,6715,6848,6863. All of the 800s including 804 should be long gone by now credits to @YoungBusLover.

You know CTA is slow with selling buses they use them for parts first get as much as they can off of them then scrap them years later he'll it's still 60's 5300's & 4901 still on the lot 14-16  years after retirement