More Bus Moves

[NewFlyerMCI]

3 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

I'm 21 but I have an old school vibe to my personality and pov of things but in terms of kedzie possibly getting novas that will be interesting to see which garage or garages will be giving up there's in exhange for NFs.

 

2 hours ago, Mr.cta85 said:

I understand your point and my apologies for jumping the gun. I'm 33 and I been a member on here since I was 23 lol so now I feel old considering you're 21 ???.

I'm 20 (first time I've typed that since my birthday, wow), can I join the crowd? 

 

That aside, I'm remembering that 8342 is at Kedzie for training, but they're presumably getting lower series novas? Why not use 7901-7904 as the training bus instead? Or are the differences between 7900-8324 and 8325-8349 cosmetic only?

[Pace831]

5 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Yeah a name I made when I was young in my teenage years a long time ago but that's nor here or there. When I mean over shared info I'm referring to useless stuff that to me isn't relevant. I've stayed quiet about it up to this point but I'd rather be informed on major changes going on throughout the system rather than seeing random posts about one or two buses moving for a day then to be informed of them returning back to there home garage the,next day or later in the week. Not to rub anyone the wrong way about it just saying keep things relevant and not over speculate things that aren't major. 

If you feel someone is oversharing, take that up with them directly. Your message would have been a lot clearer than the comment you made about "youngsters"; a group which you then tried to exclude yourself from. Someone's perceived age is much less "relevant" than information on temporary bus moves could possibly be.

[Mr.cta85]

1 hour ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

 

I'm 20 (first time I've typed that since my birthday, wow), can I join the crowd? 

 

That aside, I'm remembering that 8342 is at Kedzie for training, but they're presumably getting lower series novas? Why not use 7901-7904 as the training bus instead? Or are the differences between 7900-8324 and 8325-8349 cosmetic only?

That's a really good question,  besides the exterior difference it is in fact a difference between 7900-8324 and 8325-42. The difference is the braking which is different from the older 7900's. 7900's breaking are more sensitive and take some getting used to while 8325's are more like the new flyers articulated buses as far as breaking is concerned a great improvement of the newer Novas. I wouldn't be surprised if cta were to get more novas in the near future to replace the new flyers 1000 series. Probably half novas and half flyers. 

[NewFlyerMCI]

52 minutes ago, Mr.cta85 said:

That's a really good question,  besides the exterior difference it is in fact a difference between 7900-8324 and 8325-42. The difference is the braking which is different from the older 7900's. 7900's breaking are more sensitive and take some getting used to while 8325's are more like the new flyers articulated buses as far as breaking is concerned a great improvement of the newer Novas. I wouldn't be surprised if cta were to get more novas in the near future to replace the new flyers 1000 series. Probably half novas and half flyers. 

Wow, that is significant. The leading assumption now becomes that if 8342 is the training bus, they'll be coming from 3 or FG, because (and I'm not a bus driver, so several grains of salt) why train on 1 type of bus just to utilize another? I might have phrased that wrong.

[YoungBusLover]

1 hour ago, Pace831 said:

If you feel someone is oversharing, take that up with them directly. Your message would have been a lot clearer than the comment you made about "youngsters"; a group which you then tried to exclude yourself from. Someone's perceived age is much less "relevant" than information on temporary bus moves could possibly be.

Apples to oranges at this point but its done with now.....

[BusHunter]

Interesting about novas at kedzie. I was told they couldnt fit through the wash rack there. That's why they have never had any. Could be cta wants to put a few new buses at each garage so the mechanics and operators can get familiar with the buses. Probably if kedzie did get novas it might get a few new 8325s but would have to get a majority of 7900s. Maybe 3-6 new buses at a garage could be a reality. 

[sht6131]

Has anybody actually seen drivers  training on the Nova at Kedzie?

[Aiden Tabucic]

1 hour ago, sht6131 said:

Has anybody actually seen drivers  training on the Nova at Kedzie?

This is a more bus moves topic talk about Kedzie garage and their novas in the 7900 deliveries and assignments or the 8325’s topic 

[chicagocubs6323]

2 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

This is a more bus moves topic talk about Kedzie garage and their novas in the 7900 deliveries and assignments or the 8325’s topic 

He's in the correct topic.  Training drivers on Novas is relevant to bus moves.

[sht6131]

Thank you 6323

[chicagocubs6323]

No problem and to answer your question, #8342 if I'm not mistaken is currently at Kedzie to train drivers.  Bus moves will probably begin the next couple weeks.  I'm not too sure, though.

[sht6131]

1 hour ago, chicagocubs6323 said:

No problem and to answer your question, #8342 if I'm not mistaken is currently at Kedzie to train drivers.  Bus moves will probably begin the next couple weeks.  I'm not too sure, though.

Either am I. When I hear that operators from Kedzie are actually training on 8342, I will believe it. As a former knowledgeable contributor would say, all hearsay and irrelevant. I miss his input and hope he is OK.

[NewFlyerMCI]

When the 50 gets assigned artics (presumably for United Center events), do they just start/end them at Damen/Madison, or do they just do a scheduled run that coincides with the start/end time of the event?

[Shannon CVPI]

1380 been assigned as a training bus at Chicago it got papers taped to the windows saying don't move this bus 

[Aiden Tabucic]

6 hours ago, Shannon CVPI said:

1380 been assigned as a training bus at Chicago it got papers taped to the windows saying don't move this bus 

Why in the world is a flyer assigned as a training bus are you sure? I think there’s something wrong with it probably brakes 

[Shannon CVPI]

4 hours ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

Why in the world is a flyer assigned as a training bus are you sure? I think there’s something wrong with it probably brakes 

I'm gone get a pic of it next time I cut through there but it got papers on it saying do not move instructions bus & it sits on there training not when not being used 

[Aiden Tabucic]

12 minutes ago, Shannon CVPI said:

I'm gone get a pic of it next time I cut through there but it got papers on it saying do not move instructions bus & it sits on there training not when not being used 

Yea North Park has a Flyer sitting on the side on the street that leads straight into the garage has 2 papers on the windshield 1 on the right and 1 on the left but question is why are they using a flyer that came out in 2006-2009 as a training vehicle it’s probably training new drivers that got assigned to C

[chicagocubs6323]

37 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

Yea North Park has a Flyer sitting on the side on the street that leads straight into the garage has 2 papers on the windshield 1 on the right and 1 on the left but question is why are they using a flyer that came out in 2006-2009 as a training vehicle it’s probably training new drivers that got assigned to C

Flyers from Kedzie going to Chicago, perhaps...

[Aiden Tabucic]

58 minutes ago, chicagocubs6323 said:

Flyers from Kedzie going to Chicago, perhaps...

Your Wrong!! 1380 belongs to Chicago 

[chicagocubs6323]

My bad, I misread what was mentioned earlier.

[chicagocubs6323]

7 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

Your Wrong!! 1380 belongs to Chicago 

Also, it's **you're wrong.  Not "your" lol

[NewFlyerMCI]

13 minutes ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

Your Wrong!! 1380 belongs to Chicago 

It's not that serious.

[chicagocubs6323]

3 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

It's not that serious.

Honest mistake that's all lmao

[Shannon CVPI]

8 hours ago, Aiden Tabucic said:

Yea North Park has a Flyer sitting on the side on the street that leads straight into the garage has 2 papers on the windshield 1 on the right and 1 on the left but question is why are they using a flyer that came out in 2006-2009 as a training vehicle it’s probably training new drivers that got assigned to C

Yea might be new drivers but then again they fleet is mostly made up of flyers that could be another reason why lol

[Aiden Tabucic]

36 minutes ago, Shannon CVPI said:

Yea might be new drivers but then again they fleet is mostly made up of flyers that could be another reason why lol

Oh well if you swing by tomorrow morning post a nice clean shot of it