cta6085 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 One Time,I Saw bus #6077 on the 119 michigan/119th and it had a painting i did not even know of. the colors are red,yellow and blue and the bus number was on the right side of the bus
trainman8119 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 It is possible the bus was not painted odd, but ad wrapped.
RIPTA42 Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 It still would have been something out of the ordinary; I've never seen a wrapped Flxible.
Busjack Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Bus Explorer has a picture of a 6000 which looks like it has the paint job in question.
busfan4022 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Posted May 2, 2006 6077 is from 103rd garage. I need to know, since this is a ad wrapped bus;does it get rehabbed? Since all the 6000's from 103rd are getting rehabbed what about this one? Will the ad get repainted or painted over? Or will it just get the new destination sign? Or will CTA just leave the old ad rap on,and not rehab the bus?
cta6085 Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 The Ad Wrap On The Bus Is Black Pearl Workshop
trainman8119 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Ad wraps will not affect maintenance of a bus. It is big bucks for CTA and Pace to do this as opposed to the old ad sign on the side. It is more eye catching and because of that, they can charge more for the ad. I think on of the first ad wraps around was the old Stewarts Coffee ad wrapped on a Pace bus (either a 2000 series or 8700 series) out of Northwest Division back in the 90's. CTA has a few around now, and in fact, have taken it up on many L cars (as in the Illinois Lottery and Target, for example.).
Busjack Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 It looks as though CTA let some art class paint the bus, as cta6085 indicated. For information about Little Black Pearl workshop, click here. Since Little Black Pearl is in Kenwood-Oakland, having the bus on 4 made more sense. It undoubtedly isn't a wrap. The paint job shouldn't affect its mechanicals. (It is like when I thought as a kid that clowns couldn't be real people anymore.) The pictures that were subsequently posted as attachments indicate that it got the new destination sign. Also, comparing the attachment to the Bus Explorer picture indicates that it has a new front panel. Letting students paint buses isn't unusual; some 4000s, and many Pace 8873 series buses were painted.
jajuan Posted June 1, 2006 Report Posted June 1, 2006 Letting students paint buses isn't unusual; some 4000s, and many Pace 8873 series buses were painted. One example I can remember was back during the Green line rehabilitaition project and some months before 74th garage replaced the old 63rd garage, bus 4217 was painted by students from a school on the south side for Black History celebrations and was dubbed the "Freedom Bus." This bus ran almost daily on the 38 Michigan Express Green line replacement route. Shortly after that, the same bus was repainted (again by public school students if I remember correctly) with a clean environment theme in time for Chicago Earth Day celebrations. It was dubbed (surprise) the "Earth Day Bus."
busfan4022 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 I saw 6077 today. It was on X28, sad to see that on its rehab that it only got the destination sign fixed and didnt get painted over. EDIT: Maybe you should give some of thoses pics to Mr. Zolkiewicz, Cta6085 :cool:
cta5658 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Posted May 16, 2007 6077 is from 103rd garage. I need to know, since this is a ad wrapped bus;does it get rehabbed? Since all the 6000's from 103rd are getting rehabbed what about this one? Will the ad get repainted or painted over? Or will it just get the new destination sign? Or will CTA just leave the old ad rap on,and not rehab the bus? It Got Painted Over With The New Logo!
Kevin Posted May 16, 2007 Report Posted May 16, 2007 It Got Painted Over With The New Logo! You already mentioned this in another thread. Please do not bring up year-old topics. Thanks.
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