7900-series Nova LFS - Updates

[BusHunter]

But you said the #8290's are here.

[garmon757]

1 hour ago, BusHunter said:

But you said the #8290's are here.

Nah, I took a wild guess. 

[sw4400]

2 hours ago, garmon757 said:

Nah, I took a wild guess. 

You're not getting paid to make wild guesses..... as a matter of fact, you aren't getting paid at all anymore, @garmon757, because......  

 

[Busjack]

15 hours ago, sw4400 said:

You're not getting paid to make wild guesses..... as a matter of fact, you aren't getting paid at all anymore,

Unless you are sending your dues to Garmon Two Wheel Logistics, LLC,, Chicago IL 60626, he isn't being paid at all, and he looks too skinny to be paid by the depicted tightwad.

[BusHunter]

Well here's some more pictures of spankin' new #8200's from last night. I didn't even realize I took a shot of #8269!! Maybe i can get a better shot of that today. I left these high res as they look better.

#8279:

#8278:

 

[Johnny 5]

I rode #8175 this morning on the #72 North and when it reached Wood St. and North Ave, the engine suddenly stalled and the driver had to restart the engine and pulled off. Maybe the driver hit its brakes too hard? 

[Dawnlight]

The 8300's will be hitting FG sooner than we expected lol

[BusHunter]

Some more pictures of new #8200's.

#8273:

#8269:

#8277:

[garmon757]

8 hours ago, BusHunter said:

Some more pictures of new #8200's.

#8273:

#8269:

#8277:

I caught #8277 myself yesterday around 4:30 PM. 

[BusHunter]

On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 11:04 AM, garmon757 said:

Yeah I was probably on the same bus.

[jajuan]

There are very few 6400s out today. Most of the FG buses running at present are NFs and 8200s. Almost every FG route in service has 8200s.

[garmon757]

#8288 have arrived but probably was there already.

[sw4400]

I caught #8279 myself on #152 in the mid-afternoon yesterday.

[BusHunter]

Was on #8221 and i can't believe it the ac was working and i actually felt a cool breeze. The grab handle was cold I was like say what!!

[jajuan]

12 hours ago, BusHunter said:

Was on #8221 and i can't believe it the ac was working and i actually felt a cool breeze. The grab handle was cold I was like say what!!

Well as indicated by other members over the course of the summer, it would seem the weak A/C air flow on the 7900s was addressed with buses in the series now being more comfortable on hot weather days more often than not as reported by other members. Individual buses that are still hot may have something to do with maintenance needing to tweak the engine cooling system to keep the engine exhaust heat from overtaking the A/C especially further to the rear as you get closer to the engine given the engine heat has typically been the reason for buses feeling uncomfortably warm.  Seems you're about the only one who hadn't been noticing the difference up till now BH.

[BusHunter]

8 hours ago, jajuan said:

Well as indicated by other members over the course of the summer, it would seem the weak A/C air flow on the 7900s was addressed with buses in the series now being more comfortable on hot weather days more often than not as reported by other members. Individual buses that are still hot may have something to do with maintenance needing to tweak the engine cooling system to keep the engine exhaust heat from overtaking the A/C especially further to the rear as you get closer to the engine given the engine heat has typically been the reason for buses feeling uncomfortably warm.  Seems you're about the only one who hadn't been noticing the difference up till now BH.

i said it was better but it's still a fail. it's still not freezing cold. Hopefully novabus doesn't have any florida orders or those guys are going to be disappointed in the AC. novabus is what can I say.... "a true canadian bus" FG maintenance is probably trying all they can to cool these babies down but when it's cut, it's cut.

[Busjack]

27 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

it's still not freezing cold.

There's no obligation that it be. Only possible obligation is that it is relatively comfortable, like 78 degrees on a 92 degree day.

[BusHunter]

44 minutes ago, Busjack said:

There's no obligation that it be. Only possible obligation is that it is relatively comfortable, like 78 degrees on a 92 degree day.

Someone needs to bring a thermometer on these buses and measure the temps. it would be interesting to see how they measure up with the other buses. nothing is as cold as a rehabbed #3200. that's where you'll find the coldest CTA vehicle right now.

[ajm522]

I was on 7909 yesterday and someone opened the metal vents so that the air could circulate more. It was interesting. 

[andrethebusman]

16 hours ago, Busjack said:

There's no obligation that it be. Only possible obligation is that it is relatively comfortable, like 78 degrees on a 92 degree day.

Bus AC is expected to be 20 degrees F cooler than outside temperature, as it comes out of the vents. With a standing load on a sunny day and close stops, you aren't going to get a whole lot of cool.

[andrethebusman]

So which ones have the hard seats? 8200-8249?

[busfan2847]

20 minutes ago, andrethebusman said:

So which ones have the hard seats? 8200-8249?

Yes I believe that is correct.

[sw4400]

44 minutes ago, andrethebusman said:

So which ones have the hard seats? 8200-8249?

 

23 minutes ago, busfan2847 said:

Yes I believe that is correct.

8200-8249: Blue Plastic Seats

8250-Present: Cloth Seats

[BusHunter]

Better late than never here's a shot of #8275 from tuesday. Seems the delivery guys at south shops took a week off. I can't help but wonder if all the #6400 sightings at np are already because FG has lots of spares.

 

 

[Busjack]

27 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

I can't help but wonder if all the #6400 sightings at np are already

They'll be at Retro on Roscoe. Only a block off route.