jajuan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #6558 and #6559 are operating on the #77. Not an unusual or out of place sighting this time. Both of those are Forest Glen assigned buses currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleTransit1 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Not an unusual or out of place sighting this time. Both of those are Forest Glen assigned buses currently. Could be just loans from Chicago Garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #6642 on #54B. Most likely a loan but it's making me wonder about 74th's Novas infiltrating Chicago's routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #1368 on #62 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #4092 on #30??? That's really odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Why is the #94 running all novas? Is the excessive turning too bothersome for a nf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #4053?, #4065, #4069?, #4078, #4100, #4105. #4110, #4137, #4170?, #4194, and a couple more idled in the back yard. I have a bad feeling about some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Why is the #94 running all novas? Is the excessive turning too bothersome for a nf? When C had it, it was running NFs, but apparently it became all Nova after 74th took over. One, of course, could verify that sitting around for jury duty, as this is only slightly less boring than having The View on the TVs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleTransit1 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Why is the #94 running all novas? Is the excessive turning too bothersome for a nf? It was all Novas. Now I see a couple of 1500s and 1100s on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Why is the #94 running all novas? Is the excessive turning too bothersome for a nf? That's been the case on the 94 for months now on weekdays especially since 74th took on more Novas during the period 77th was shedding Novas. They run either all Novas or almost all Novas except up to two or three Novas on this route on weekdays and just about all NFs on weekends. It's a similar situation on the 44, 48 and 75 on weekdays. I've reported this particular deployment pattern several times since February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Could be just loans from Chicago Garage. No, check the roster thread. They're listed as assigned as Forest Glen buses. Those two don't belong to Chicago according to BusHunter's roster. He has the cutoff of 6500s at Chicago Garage being 6557, so they're not loans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 #4053?, #4065, #4069?, #4078, #4100, #4105. #4110, #4137, #4170?, #4194, and a couple more idled in the back yard. I have a bad feeling about some of them. You might be reading too much into that. They're probably there waiting for their turn at some needed heavy maintenance at the South Shops and nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 You might be reading too much into that. They're probably there waiting for their turn at some needed heavy maintenance at the South Shops and nothing more.That may be true but #4078 and #4137 has been out there for a while dating back this past Fall when I started going out the consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 That may be true but #4078 and #4137 has been out there for a while dating back this past Fall when I started going out the consistently. Ok, that's 4078 and 4137. That doesn't mean there's anything going on with the others you saw outside of possibly waiting to get worked on in the South Shops. Think about it. The current rehab project of the 1000s might be coming into play considering that rehab project does have South Shops pretty busy I'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ok, that's 4078 and 4137. That doesn't mean there's anything going on with the others you saw outside of possibly waiting to get worked on in the South Shops. Think about it. The current rehab project of the 1000s might be coming into play considering that rehab project does have South Shops pretty busy I'd imagine. I stand by your side about it. There are a couple of 4000s getting fixed up along with some Novas inside the garage on the Vincennes side. Also, it is indeed very busy with the 1000s and I got a chance to see some getting worked on while the garage doors were open (#1702, #1804, and a few more that aren't numbered). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete6125 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 4170 is on route 147 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 4170 is on route 147 today.Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 #4092 on #30??? That's really odd. Yea it is but that does happen from time to time if it was heading northbound it was probably going to turn into either a J14 if it was dead heading downtown, a 169, or a 192. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 #1414 is on the #53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordguy Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hmm! Normally the NP roster gets beefed up a little as summer approaches. Makes me wonder if some of the most decrepit 6400s aren't already history, even though the first 7900s haven't hit the street yet. So Chicago Ave. may have needed some relief --- assuming that 1414 is a reassignment, not a loaner. 74th Street just received a few NFs, probably overnight: 1109-1112 from 77th, and 1541-1544 from 103rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 #1540 was out west earlier on I believe the #63w. I thought maybe #1414 was a rehabbed bus that came to the wrong garage. I'll be finding that out in a few minutes., plus I can see if #1350 is rehabbed. It is that buses leader on the #53. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 No neither bus is rehabbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hmm! Normally the NP roster gets beefed up a little as summer approaches. Makes me wonder if some of the most decrepit 6400s aren't already history, even though the first 7900s haven't hit the street yet. So Chicago Ave. may have needed some relief --- assuming that 1414 is a reassignment, not a loaner. 74th Street just received a few NFs, probably overnight: 1109-1112 from 77th, and 1541-1544 from 103rd. That explains why I managed to get 1111 on the #9 this morning. I kept thinking "I could have sworn this bus was reassigned to 77th, but maybe I was mistaken." Turns out my inkling was correct and it returned to 74th. 1414 is probably another trade related to tomorrow's start of the summer pick. The north side's population density is too high for them to trade something out of NP without NP having gotten something back in return. So it probably either a like number of other NF 1000s or a like number of artics for what may have left out to go to Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordguy Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 You're probably right about 1414 being a summer pick-related reassignment. But over the past few weeks the roster of 40-footers at NP seems to have shrunken a little. 1417-19 were recently sent to Chicago Ave. without NP receiving anything in return from anywhere --- at least as far as I know. Maybe it's assumed that NP, with a relatively young fleet, can make do with a slimmer spare ratio than Chicago Ave. with its 84 Novas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 #1415 is on #57 and #1416 is on #72 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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