BusHunter Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Just watched 103rd's #4096 pass by on the #146 Inner Drive Michigan Express I hope it wasn't wrapped for Jeffery Jump or that would have been something!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 1120 is back at 103rd, I saw it parked in the garage as I was pulling in. So you can add that bus back on the roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 damn so it does sound like Kedzie got #1336-42 btw, I put #1215 at np because it and #1264 were out at np last night. Notice they are all unrehabbed. It's starting to show at 77th. I think they only have 73 buses now that need to be rehabbed. I'm going to keep my roster as it is until the changes are consistent enough for me to swap some to the respective garages. The garage code windshield stickers can really help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm going to keep my roster as it is until the changes are consistent enough for me to swap some to the respective garages. The garage code windshield stickers can really help. I know #1962 still has the "7" on the windshield cause I saw it but that's newly arrived to C. But all these #1200's are probably transfers cause like I said #1231 has a "P" windshield sticker and they have now been gone from their home garages for a week. I think the #1400's are loans so I'm not so quick to jump ship on that. Some of these transfers are weird though. why send #1330's to Kedzie when they could've easily sent them #1200's and send the #1330's to NP? Numerically this doesn't make sense. #1339 is on the #63 so all those #1330's didn't transfer, but then Kedzie would have to get something or be short, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcherRider Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 1429 is on #36 and 1724 is on #151 out of Kedzie this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Looks like FG's Nova #6761 is currently running on the #155 Devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 #1099 is back at 77th currently on route #79 and #1601 is on route #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoNova Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 I hope it wasn't wrapped for Jeffery Jump or that would have been something!! It was wrapped as a Jeffery Jump bus. I saw it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 #1952 is on the #155. #1427 is on the #22. Damn maybe these #1400's are transfers after all!! WTH #1642 is on the #50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cta5658 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 103rd's #1805 is on the #125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 1080 and 1099 are back at 77th as well as 1202. I saw 1080 and 1202 yesterday while doing the 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 FG's #6845 is on the #11 Lincoln this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 6529 on the #147 Outer Drive Express Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 FG's #6845 is on the #11 Lincoln this morning. Lincoln.... the route I used to know that ran between Fullerton and Western.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 6529 on the #147 Outer Drive Express This is a surprise... there's no snow/icy conditions outdoors that I know of, so artics should be operating today, and North Park has an abundance of them(minus 4333). I wonder what's up with this FG bus/loan being on a NP route ran by artics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 This is a surprise... there's no snow/icy conditions outdoors that I know of, so artics should be operating today, and North Park has an abundance of them(minus 4333). I wonder what's up with this FG bus/loan being on a NP route ran by artics. Its not all runned by artics. I be seeing some 1000's running on it during the evenings and mid mornings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8itall4u Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 With 10 car trains on the far horizon, when did 8 car trains begin running here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 With 10 car trains on the far horizon, when did 8 car trains begin running here? I don't think anyone can pin that down. Undoubtedly first on the North-South. Lake-Dan Ryan in early 1970s, and obviously Brown Line around 2008. A constraint on long trains before the CTA era is that there wasn't multiple car door control, so every other car had to have a conductor, so there wasn't an advantage to running longer trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 1804 is on #12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete6125 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 6724 is on route 151 this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm522 Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 I think Kedzie got some 1800's 1805 on #12 roosevelt right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think Kedzie got some 1800's 1805 on #12 roosevelt right now I wish they would've got 1800 that bus has thee slowest take off ever even for a NF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cta5658 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 77th's #1228 and #1092 is on the #103, #1601 is on the #112 and #1057 is on the #119 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cta5658 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Also, #1946 is on the #28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Alright Jajuan check this out, if you go to page 60 it says and I'll quote it. "Bus Fleet – The CTA continues to improve its bus fleet by purchasing and replacing aging buses. CTA is to complete the delivery of 300 new clean diesel buses in 2015 and through the spring of 2016. CTA also plans to issue a contract to purchase up to 150 additional buses in 2015. These buses will be low floor, fully accessible, air conditioned, and conventional clean diesel transit buses." So they are saying that the 300 will not be done before spring 2016 right? To be fair they didn't say how many short they would be, maybe it's 50 not 100 but that's what I'm comprehending here. If that is correct that would be on par with what they wanted to do with the #6400's, they wanted to order 150 buses each year over three years to get within 450 or 484 as the order was for that amount of buses. I wonder if Novabus itself can't handle that big of an order that fast especially doing multiple cities and now 60 foot artics. Maybe they should expand because how would they ever fill an order for 1000 buses like what is coming with the #1000's. It seems only NF has the capability to manufacture that amount that fast. (they delivered within 3 years 2006-09, 1,050 buses) This may be the reason why in 1991, CTA ordered through two manufacturers because TMC or Flxible could not deliver 1000 buses either that fast. Methinks we have a slight miscommunication here. You didn't mention that it was Spring 2016 in your original post. You only said 2016. So I took you to mean all of 2016 when I responded. #1952 is on the #155. #1427 is on the #22. Damn maybe these #1400's are transfers after all!! WTH #1642 is on the #50 From the looks of it NP is getting back what was sent down to Chicago months ago on the 1400s front. And the reports of different 1800s on Kedzie routes seems to answer your early thoughts on what Kedzie got in what was sent down to 103rd out of the 1600s from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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