Busjack Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 27 minutes ago, BusHunter said: I checked it. It's still the same as what garmon showed with the number decals on the wrong side. I took a picture of it i'll upload later tonight. You'll also have to depict if the license plate is still upside down. Or maybe we'll have to send CPD detective Garmon out. 2 Quote
BusHunter Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 I didn't even look the picture should show it though. Quote
BusHunter Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 Well at least #8255- 57 have the new seats. Someone must have been out to lunch on #8252!! Quote
sw4400 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 1 hour ago, BusHunter said: Well at least #8255- 57 have the new seats. Someone must have been out to lunch on #8252!! @garmon757 needs to investigate this and ask the tough questions to get this case solved..... music!!! 1 Quote
XE NewFlyer Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 the higher 8200s and 8300s should have blue cloth the blue looks the best Quote
BusHunter Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 4 hours ago, Busjack said: You'll also have to depict if the license plate is still upside down. Or maybe we'll have to send CPD detective Garmon out. Here's the pic of #8252, in a few minutes I'll upload #8255-57, I took shots of all of them. Due to a failure by the website to allow any photo upload, I uploaded the pics to flickr here is the link. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96574239@N08/ 2 Quote
BusHunter Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 You'll be happy to hear that all the #8250 buses have the new seats except #8252 which seems to be the only anomoly. #8264 briefly appeared on the #77 this afternoon but it seemed to be only out for one trip. Quote
BusHunter Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 Hmm #8262 is currently on the #78. Looks like another episode of fg getting 15 buses in a few days. Strange here we were talking a few months ago about 125 by next spring and here we are half delivered. Quote
garmon757 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 2 hours ago, BusHunter said: Hmm #8262 is currently on the #78. Looks like another episode of fg getting 15 buses in a few days. Strange here we were talking a few months ago about 125 by next spring and here we are half delivered. Here it is! 2 Quote
BusHunter Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 I need to see what's at the glen. Sounds like at least up to #8264. Wonder what happened to #8249 or #8258? Quote
BusHunter Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 Here's a bunch of shots of #8250's and #8260's #8258: #8260: #8261: And there was also a ghost bus on the #90 #8265: Damn how many buses did FG get? I count 15 in 3 or 4 days. I wonder what has showed up at SS, the way they are sending buses to FG maybe they are up to the #8280's. In case SS didn't get the memo on new #8200's: 1 Quote
garmon757 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, BusHunter said: Here's a bunch of shots of #8250's and #8260's #8258: #8260: #8261: And there was also a ghost bus on the #90 #8265: Damn how many buses did FG get? I count 15 in 3 or 4 days. I wonder what has showed up at SS, the way they are sending buses to FG maybe they are up to the #8280's. In case SS didn't get the memo on new #8200's: Thank God you didn't capture these on #77!!! Now I can start publishing some of them including mine. Quote
BusHunter Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 6 hours ago, garmon757 said: Thank God you didn't capture these on #77!!! Now I can start publishing some of them including mine. No they are getting more spread around on the weekends. Now as far as weekdays..... Quote
dann Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 Just rode on 8262 on #56 this morning. New bus smell, a/c is ice cold, and it does have the cloth insert seating (just like on the 8100s) which, IMO, isn't any more comfortable than the all-plastic seats on the other 8200s I've been on. Quote
BusHunter Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 We'll see how they perform this weekend. The temp is supposed to push 100. One thing I can say about the old junk. Alot of the ac works better than the new buses. Kind of hate to see them go. Hopefully fg can pull a rabbit out of it's hat and solve this ac issue once and for all. The new seats are alot better on the rump and as far as sliding off. When you start riding more of the newer ones and come back to the plastics ones you're like what a letdown. Quote
artthouwill Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 Air conditioning works great when the temperature is in the 60 to 80○ area. With high temps, high humidity and heavier passenger loads, the A/C on any bus will struggle to keep cool, especially in sunlight. Also with frequently opening of doors and sometimes hopper windows, outside heat enters making the A/C work that much harder. Quote
artthouwill Posted July 18, 2016 Report Posted July 18, 2016 Currently on bus 8168 on the 53 Pulaski. I abandoned the Blue Line shuttle. The A/C is okay. Not hot but certainly not cold. I'm sitting directly across from the rear doors. Even the Blue Line train was cooler, much cooler. Quote
BusHunter Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 i remember when the #5000's were new on the green line, those were like ice machines. Now that's an air conditioner. The only place I have successfully felt an ac breeze on the #7900's is if you hang out in the rear door and put your body close to the door you will feel a cool stream of air. I don't know now about the design of that. Do we want our cold air blowing outside when the door opens? Sometimes you will feel a breeze in the galley area (above the stairs) but I haven't really felt any lately. Could be what circulates the air through the system. like a fan is not so great. Strange I'm feeling more air the more closer I get to the front. I can't put my finger on it, but something's off. Well anyway I got us some pics of #8263 #8263: Quote
sw4400 Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 Real test for the Novas will be Thursday and Friday..... @garmon757 and @BusHunter, if you're willing to take a small ride on some FG 8200's, let us know how they hold up. Maybe even the C 8100's, 74th 8000's and 77th 7900's if you want to go to the older ones. Stay hydrated if you do!!! Quote
andrethebusman Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 A small note - CTA considers 7900-8199 one group, 8200 and up a separate group in their computer. Anybody know what is up with bus 7900? Is it being modified or something? Quote
XE NewFlyer Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 where is 8249 will it have cloth seats? Quote
BusHunter Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 4 minutes ago, XE NewFlyer said: where is 8249 will it have cloth seats? Maybe that's why #8252 has plastic because #8249 will. The last of a manufacture block is always slow. Quote
Busjack Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, BusHunter said: Maybe that's why #8252 has plastic because #8249 will. The last of a manufacture block is always slow. But if 8249 is a test bed (especially for something that was on the first 300 buses), it is at least 20 late. Quote
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