TripleTransit1 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Speaking of Chicago Garage, I rode #1998 on the #49 earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Speaking of Chicago Garage, I rode #1998 on the #49 earlier. I still think 1997 & 1998 are some sort of temporary loaners to North Park. It wouldn't make sense to have a different fleet of just two buses assigned there(by different, I mean with transmission; all New Flyers assigned to North Park have the ZF Transmission except these two, which have the Allison Transmission). I don't think parts would be stocked for two different buses on a permanent basis unless they were getting more of these buses in the future(not like transmissions go out as frequently as say, a starter or a hose, but there are certain parts that may go out more frequently than the entire transmission). And as far as I know, besides transmission, 1930-2029 are the exact same bus otherwise as 1630-1929 are, but there might be changes in other ways(other than the bowling alley-style seating), more mechincally speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Oh didn't know he had prior offenses. It's easy to get in that situation if one stands by the door. It's happened to me but it was all unintentional. Red line seems like a hot spot. When you have trains like the china trains there is not alot you can do as there's no space. I'm surprised someone doesn't pass out though due to cloustrophobia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Halloween must be close when you start seeing Ninja Turtles waiting for 'L' trains. Well Halloween is next Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Well then Chicago may be getting some #1900's after all. On another observation I haven't really seen #907 since the #905 retirement/storage. In fact not too many #800's are out either, only saw about 3 this morning. Also 74th is really segregating the #6600's this morning. #75, #94, #48, #62 is practically all #6600's. So no 6400s on those routes at all today? 74th has already been segregating Novas in general to those four routes during weekday service for the longest now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I still think 1997 & 1998 are some sort of temporary loaners to North Park. It wouldn't make sense to have a different fleet of just two buses assigned there(by different, I mean with transmission; all New Flyers assigned to North Park have the ZF Transmission except these two, which have the Allison Transmission). I don't think parts would be stocked for two different buses on a permanent basis unless they were getting more of these buses in the future(not like transmissions go out as frequently as say, a starter or a hose, but there are certain parts that may go out more frequently than the entire transmission). And as far as I know, besides transmission, 1930-2029 are the exact same bus otherwise as 1630-1929 are, but there might be changes in other ways(other than the bowling alley-style seating), more mechincally speaking. The small number of from a certain block didn't stop NP from having 1541-1544 earlier this year. And outside of the transmissions, those two are in fact no different mechanically than the 1700s and 1800s on NPs roster. So maintaining them shouldn't be an issue for the time that they are at NP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I just saw 1924 on Rogers Ave heading to the Howard L station to start a route (bus had NOT IN SERVICE sign on). The bus had a "C" decal on the window but the run # indicator was "P". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I just saw 1924 on Rogers Ave heading to the Howard L station to start a route (bus had NOT IN SERVICE sign on). The bus had a "C" decal on the window but the run # indicator was "P". Yeah Gene, there's been a jumble here and there with the NF 1000s among the garages for the past few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Based on that clarification, I think Andre indeed might be speaking of something different in that he said the sticker has "Chicago Transit Authority" with a number underneath while the barcodes on the buses and rail cars simply show that vehicle's fleet number and a barcode underneath. Actually, I was referring to the tags that are on anything OTHER than a bus or railcar. Such as fareboxes, etc. Bus and railcar asset number is indeed the fleet number, but other things that don't have fleet numbers still have asset numbers. For instance, the prototype 1000 now at 89th/Greenwood as a training aid is 3211001000T. The Nova with 7200 on it at same location is also asset 7200. Why they picked that number? Who knows??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Looks like they switched around the bus bays at Halsted Orange line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 #1968's on the #72, #1344 and #1082 is on the #53. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Looks like they switched around the bus bays at Halsted Orange line. switcheroo 8 halsted orange line.PNG switcheroo 44 halsted orange line.PNG switcheroo 62 halsted orange line.PNG I wonder what brought that on. I remember 44's assigned spot being somewhat behind where they currently assigned the 8 in the terminal for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 #1968's on the #72, #1344 and #1082 is on the #53. Hmmm so 77th returned more buses it snatched from Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nflyer22 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I wonder what brought that on. I remember 44's assigned spot being somewhat behind where they currently assigned the 8 in the terminal for instance. It was that way as far as I can remember (when the 44's new terminus was the Orange Line). The southbound 62 used to stop on the side of the street, where the current Kiss n' Ride is at, but got relocated to where the current 44 now stops in late 2007. I too wonder what prompted the current setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I wonder what brought that on. I remember 44's assigned spot being somewhat behind where they currently assigned the 8 in the terminal for instance. I was there day that they changed it, I asked and was told that the #8 can hold more busses at the new location (3 40fts in the northern bay). This would prevent the blocking that occurred before with #44 or the #62 who are trying to get around the 8 (center bay) either to leave terminal (#44-northern bay) or get into the correct spot (#62 southern bay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 1230 is on #54. I still don't know why they wouldn't return 1982-1993 as those came recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Future rail operators??? :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 #1419 is on the #62. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Future rail operators??? Awwww how cute! All they need are little CTA caps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 1928 is on the 70 right now and 1230 is still at Chicago. 1968 is not on any C or 77 routes as of right now. update: 1968 is back at 77th 10-24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Awwww how cute! All they need are little CTA caps!That would've been a Kodak moment for the rest of my life and theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcherRider Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Today riding the bus the bus drivers I ride with on #62 told me that all bus drivers now have to put a 4 digits PIN when log into Clever Device and they got rid of the key in the bus when you put the bus in neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Today riding the bus the bus drivers I ride with on #62 told me that all bus drivers now have to put a 4 digits PIN when log into Clever Device and they got rid of the key in the bus when you put the bus in neutral. Last week, several drivers had problems entering their PINs into the system. It was obvious that the server wasn't responding properly to the bus. I don't understand why the drivers can't use a special driver only Ventra card to log in. That would certainly save them time & aggravation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 1230 is on #54. I still don't know why they wouldn't return 1982-1993 as those came recently. It's also interesting how they're placing buses they got from C and FG earlier this year at 74th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Today riding the bus the bus drivers I ride with on #62 told me that all bus drivers now have to put a 4 digits PIN when log into Clever Device and they got rid of the key in the bus when you put the bus in neutral. That is a good idea in some ways, I think they get a random pin every day to enter into the clever device. The new system can detect when a driver leaveshe seat, because it logs the driver out (after about 1-2 minutes ). On the rehabbed busses, the monitor will make a noise at you constantly to notify driver to log in again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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