cta1060 Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Which CTA bus caught on fire recently. I know that one is done and would like to know the fleet number, so I can pass it on to my buddies. At least no one was hurt. Milwaukee lost a bus this year due to fire. It would be greatly appreciated. Happy Holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 The bus was on Lake Shore Drive, so I cannot tell you the exact type, as several use this "expressway". But these are the types most often seen on LSD. NABI 60-LFW Flxible Metro(5300) TMC RTS(4400) The TMC's have been turning into roasted buses lately. Hopetunnel has pictures of 4784 and 4692 after fires burned them up. I think these buses will be gone before 2009(their estimated retirement year). :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 It was a NABI, but I don't know the exact number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 WOW!!! I wonder if it has something to do with the problems with these buses. I guess will know more if the CTA releases a report on what caused it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 From the picture on the CBS2 site (following the link; see the smoke coming from below the second window from the rear and the soot over it, and no soot on the back), it looks like a brake fire, and thus no different than the RTSs, 6510, and the one Pace Orion VI mentioned elsewhere in this forum. Also, I doubt that there will be any report, unless CTA decides that there is something systemically wrong with its brakes. There are tons of junk in the 77th & Perry yard, and apparently no accounting of it (at least to the public). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Transitalk has a picture; apparently 7545. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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