Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted December 29, 2020 55 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said: Yea when the hoods are up thats a sign bus brokedown Yep. And here are the pictures I got from his video as proof they broke down with the engine covers up. I also rode 1166 in June which kind of makes this a little sad too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted December 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Yep. And here are the pictures I got from his video as proof they broke down with the engine covers up. I also rode 1166 in June which kind of makes this a little sad too. Yea sometimes control tell you if you can make it to your layover spot or they will break doen at layover then they will bring you a new bus it aint like back in the day when the driver just stayed with the bus & be towed back a garage worker now brings you another bus to continue your run 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artthouwill 776 Report post Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Shannoncvpi said: Yea sometimes control tell you if you can make it to your layover spot or they will break doen at layover then they will bring you a new bus it aint like back in the day when the driver just stayed with the bus & be towed back a garage worker now brings you another bus to continue your run In the case of the 28 at Union Station, 103rd is a mighty long way to bring a bus. If its a.m. rush, should be easier to get a bus deadheading back to 193rd or a bus that would be stored downtown to swap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted December 29, 2020 58 minutes ago, artthouwill said: In the case of the 28 at Union Station, 103rd is a mighty long way to bring a bus. If its a.m. rush, should be easier to get a bus deadheading back to 103rd or a bus that would be stored downtown to swap. Just corrected bro you had said 193rd when you ment 103rd but yea it is a long way I a decent drive also just not as long as 3 is but yea it may have been 1 stored down there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted Friday at 07:12 PM 1029 has been delayed at Central and Altgeld facing NB for minutes now. it's follower bus 6869 has just passed it and the next bus behind (1024) will pass it too. It just went off the tracker and that probably means it's broken down when follow buses pass it when it's stuck for a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 8 hours ago Flip dot nova 6684 broke down on Harlem around 1:40 pm today. I saw it at 2:20 pm while riding 6826. Rear Engine door closed but there were two vans around it probably fixing up the bus. As of now there’s no replacement bus for that run and that bus’s block is before 6826 so passengers has to wait in the cold for 30 minutes. Luckily the 6826 driver was fast and we didn’t pick up too much people. 6684 is also a unit with the unusual transmission like 6710 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artthouwill 776 Report post Posted 8 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Flip dot nova 6684 broke down on Harlem around 1:40 pm today. I saw it at 2:20 pm while riding 6826. Rear Engine door closed but there were two vans around it probably fixing up the bus. As of now there’s no replacement bus for that run and that bus’s block is before 6826 so passengers has to wait in the cold for 30 minutes. Luckily the 6826 driver was fast and we didn’t pick up too much people. 6684 is also a unit with the unusual transmission like 6710 Harlem seems to get a lot of the 6400s with an occasional New Flyer or 7900. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 8 hours ago 5 minutes ago, artthouwill said: Harlem seems to get a lot of the 6400s with an occasional New Flyer or 7900. Today we have 3 6400s and 3 1000s no newer novas. The old novas are getting more and more common on saturdays and last Saturday at 5pm there were 5 of them active and the only other bus was 8257. One of the novas (6724) replaced 1043 as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 7 hours ago 23 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Flip dot nova 6684 broke down on Harlem around 1:40 pm today. I saw it at 2:20 pm while riding 6826. Rear Engine door closed but there were two vans around it probably fixing up the bus. As of now there’s no replacement bus for that run and that bus’s block is before 6826 so passengers has to wait in the cold for 30 minutes. Luckily the 6826 driver was fast and we didn’t pick up too much people. 6684 is also a unit with the unusual transmission like 6710 Ok they fixed it it’s operating again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Ok they fixed it it’s operating again What kinda trans they got to be unusual bro? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 5 hours ago 28 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said: What kinda trans they got to be unusual bro? Check out one of the 6710 videos posted on YouTube that’s what 6684 sounds like as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Check out one of the 6710 videos posted on YouTube that’s what 6684 sounds like as well Aw ok I aint notice I even drove 6710 & 6862 when they was at K before they went back in service they both felt different with the trans 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 2 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said: Aw ok I aint notice I even drove 6710 & 6862 when they was at K before they went back in service they both felt different with the trans Yep 6862 has normal and 6710 has the interesting sounding one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted 2 hours ago Just now, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Yep 6862 has normal and 6710 has the interesting sounding one Thinking about it they do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted 2 hours ago Just now, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Yep 6862 has normal and 6710 has the interesting sounding one Cuz I had both on the 18 & the 52 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 2 hours ago Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Cuz I had both on the 18 & the 52 Just now, Shannoncvpi said: Thinking about it they do Oh cool. Any other novas with the trans like in 6710 and 6684 I didn't heard yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannoncvpi 73 Report post Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Oh cool. Any other novas with the trans like in 6710 and 6684 I didn't heard yet Those was the few I did drive that many we had like 10 at the garage until they went back to FG & the last of the 64's & 65's never came back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erin Mishkin Jr. 69 Report post Posted 2 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said: Those was the few I did drive that many we had like 10 at the garage until they went back to FG & the last of the 64's & 65's never came back Oh ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites