artthouwill Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'll disagree with that statement in that usually bus assignments are set up in the morning before anybody shows up. If the newer buses are not out there it is probably because someone in charge doesn't want them out there. Actually that proves my point. Certainly (at least at Pace), the dispatcher or whoever asssigns the buses knows the drivers. If they don't put out any new buses, the point is moot. If they do, a rookie driver certainly won't get one, at least not until they have been trained on it and have gotten some experience under their belt/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 #6402 is on the #290 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Note to self: make better use of uploading pictures here from my phone. Guess what showed up at APTA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I saw 6400 on the #226 Oakton route just the other day at Central/Bryn Mawr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Guess what showed up at APTA. .... Do you have a link to the picture source? All I can find on the APTA home page is a gallery of pictures of stinking politicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Do you have a link to the picture source? All I can find on the APTA home page is a gallery of pictures of stinking politicians. That was just a random shot from a friend who was at the show. It's not a press shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesi2282 Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 6404 on #208 and 6406 on #270 today... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 New (I guess) ones on Webwatch are 6405, 6407, and 6410. I didn't note that I personally saw 6402 and 6403 a week ago. Only one was a result of tracking it down on Webwatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman8119 Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I did see 6407 on the 208 in Des Plaines, this afternoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Guess what showed up at APTA. Pace bus at APTA.jpg From the Novabus site, apparently it was parked next to the Nova electric bus (photo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 From the Novabus site, apparently it was parked next to the Nova electric bus (photo). Ahh. I see you've been looking at the Nova bus presentation at APTA on there site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 6414 (personal sighting) on 423. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 6414 (personal sighting) on 423. Do you think it was only a 100 bus option? The cutoff would be at #6422. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Do you think it was only a 100 bus option? The cutoff would be at #6422. The contract said base order of 9 with options to up to 416. The current deliveries seem independent from 6323-6391. And, of course, there won't be 6413. At one time I guessed there would be enough to replace the base order of Orion Is (up to about 6087, which would get one to about 6480), but with budget being so cryptic the last 3 years and not corresponding to anything, no way for me to know. And if you look at my observation about Pace bus shuffle, apparently they displaced 4 2700s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The contract said base order of 9 with options to up to 416. The current deliveries seem independent from 6323-6391. And, of course, there won't be 6413. At one time I guessed there would be enough to replace the base order of Orion Is (up to about 6087, which would get one to about 6480), but with budget being so cryptic the last 3 years and not corresponding to anything, no way for me to know. And if you look at my observation about Pace bus shuffle, apparently they displaced 4 2700s. Understandable. If they do extend a couple more options, I'm wondering if they are going to have some with regular seating and some with coach-like seating (#6377-91). Southwest and North DESPERATELY need some of them. They need to stop with that superstitious bs. Next, they'll banned future buses with XX66 and/or X666..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Understandable. If they do extend a couple more options, I'm wondering if they are going to have some with regular seating and some with coach-like seating (#6377-91). Southwest and North DESPERATELY need some of them. They need to stop with that superstitious bs. Next, they'll banned future buses with XX66 and/or X666..... The last they didn't do (2666 and 6666 exist). I thought about, and then retracted things spinning in my head about express buses for 895. However, the only other logical place for them is when the I-90 project ramps up further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The last they didn't do (2666 and 6666 exist). I thought about, and then retracted things spinning in my head about express buses for 895. However, the only other logical place for them is when the I-90 project ramps up further.Absolutely! A very valid point indeed! I was thinking about them replacing the old MCI's but that wouldn't make sense because the newer ones (6950-99 (I don't know what's going on about the second option)) should replace them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Absolutely! A very valid point indeed! I was thinking about them replacing the old MCI's but that wouldn't make sense because the newer ones (6950-99 (I don't know what's going on about the second option)) should replace them. They still have options for up to 50; exercised only 13 (boo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 They still have options for up to 50; exercised only 13 (boo). Isn't the current batch 6400-6412,6414? This makes 14. Previous was 6392-6399 for 8, am I not correct? This makes total of 22. That is one SMALL order considering how many oldies need to go to the great scrapyard in the sky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Isn't the current batch 6400-6412,6414? This makes 14. Previous was 6392-6399 for 8, am I not correct? This makes total of 22. That is one SMALL order considering how many oldies need to go to the great scrapyard in the sky! You confused the Axess order with my prior response regarding MCIs. With regard to Eldordos, 6415 has shown up on WebWatch, so there is no indication that this shipment is over yet, not to mention how much of the option was exercised, which Pace has not publicly stated. All I said is that I personally saw 6414. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twyztdmynd Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 6414 (personal sighting) on 423. Was this the run operated by Pace Northwest.... (as you pointed out to me in an earlier post) ? Actually that's NW. There is a NW run northbound at the Glen Town Center at about 5:10 p.m. that used to be 2700s, but now is either the 6392s or a 6000. However, I have only seen a 6392 series bus once (southbound trip on the same run at about 6:45 p.m.) and it was too dark to pick up its number, but WebWatch said it was 6394. In the afternoon (after school), 423 is run with 3 NW and 2 NS. The NS buses used to be 2600s, but now are pretty consistently 6600s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroShadow Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Was this the run operated by Pace Northwest.... (as you pointed out to me in an earlier post) ? I'm riding 6414 on the 208, which means it's out of NW, complete with new bus smell. As for how high this set goes, I'm going to argue through the 6420's range, coming in slowly but surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Was this the run operated by Pace Northwest.... (as you pointed out to me in an earlier post) ? Yes. As I noted, at least 60% of 423 (at that time of day) is. Usually a 6000 is on that run (about 5:40 on Patriot Dr. southbound), but not on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bflomike Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 6414 (personal sighting) on 423. I'm a little late on this I know. I almost created my account that night to report 6414. I'm curious as to where and when you saw it? I was on 6414 on the 5:05p departure from Linden. From Linden to somewhere after Kraft I was the only passenger. So if that's when you saw it and if you happened to look inside and saw a single passenger that was me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I'm a little late on this I know. I almost created my account that night to report 6414. I'm curious as to where and when you saw it? I was on 6414 on the 5:05p departure from Linden. From Linden to somewhere after Kraft I was the only passenger. So if that's when you saw it and if you happened to look inside and saw a single passenger that was me. Bus was coming at me while I was stopped at Patriot and Willow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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