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This topic has gone dry lately, so I'll ask...

  • Any new sightings of Novas at South Shops? Has the newest bus on the roster, 7908(arrived @ South Shops 7/25/14) been put onto the active 77th roster? Have any other new 7900's appeared at South Shops to be inspected and put into service?
  • Are the current roster of 7900-Series Novas(7900,7901,7904,7907,7910,7920,7924,7925,7927) still in service on 77th routes or have they disappeared from active service?

Usually, I see posts from members about these buses on 77th routes, sometimes with photos to go with the posts. These are the newest buses on CTA property, so they should be the talk of the town, like the 5000's are on the rail side.

Things have been very quiet with the 7900's lately........

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This topic has gone dry lately, so I'll ask...

  • Any new sightings of Novas at South Shops? Has the newest bus on the roster, 7908(arrived @ South Shops 7/25/14) been put onto the active 77th roster? Have any other new 7900's appeared at South Shops to be inspected and put into service?
  • Are the current roster of 7900-Series Novas(7900,7901,7904,7907,7910,7920,7924,7925,7927) still in service on 77th routes or have they disappeared from active service?

Usually, I see posts from members about these buses on 77th routes, sometimes with photos to go with the posts. These are the newest buses on CTA property, so they should be the talk of the town, like the 5000's are on the rail side.

Things have been very quiet with the 7900's lately........

That's because the construction at Shop Shop is making it hard for me to spot any new Novas. Also, I haven't been out there since Wednesday and no news about #7908 being in service.

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That's because the construction at Shop Shop is making it hard for me to spot any new Novas. Also, I haven't been out there since Wednesday and no news about #7908 being in service.

That's understandable, garmon. I was also referring to general posts from members who say, for example...

"I saw 7904 on #3 this afternoon"

Something along those lines. If you go back into the topic, there's lots of posts like these, some with pics of the buses, most without. Construction at South Shops may make it difficult to see buses parked along the fencing. Last post like that was here, about ten days ago.

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That's understandable, garmon. I was also referring to general posts from members who say, for example...

"I saw 7904 on #3 this afternoon"

Something along those lines. If you go back into the topic, there's lots of posts like these, some with pics of the buses, most without. Construction at South Shops may make it difficult to see buses parked along the fencing. Last post like that was here, about ten days ago.

I understand where you're coming from but hell, there isn't any new ones in service as of lately. Hopefully there will be some in service when the Fall picks begins.

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It's #7909. Let's not forget about #7924 unprecedentedly began service ahead of fully equipped #7925.

It shouldn't be any excuse why we yet to see #7908 in service.

Either way that apparently means there's one more 7900 in service to add to the roster based on BusHunter's latest roster update not having either one of those.

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Either way that apparently means there's one more 7900 in service to add to the roster based on BusHunter's latest roster update not having either one of those.

only in service buses make the rosters, that's why it's not on there. But I never did add #6507. (Ok #6507 is back on there)
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Take this for what it's worth, but SEPTA in Philadelphia is also reporting some delays in receiving their Nova artics and 40-ft buses. This is based on comments in the Philadelphia-based bus fan groups on Facebook.

One of the posters is a driver at one of the garages expected to get new Nova artics; he was reporting that there are some rear axle leak issues with some of the buses and that SEPTA has stopped accepting new buses until the issues are resolved.

I don't know if CTA is having the same issues with the 7900s, but that appears to be one likely scenario for the delays in the order.

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Take this for what it's worth, but SEPTA in Philadelphia is also reporting some delays in receiving their Nova artics and 40-ft buses. This is based on comments in the Philadelphia-based bus fan groups on Facebook.

One of the posters is a driver at one of the garages expected to get new Nova artics; he was reporting that there are some rear axle leak issues with some of the buses and that SEPTA has stopped accepting new buses until the issues are resolved.

I don't know if CTA is having the same issues with the 7900s, but that appears to be one likely scenario for the delays in the order.

That's what I've been told also about the SEPTA buses. As far as CTA, #7909 must have came with #7908, but in order to stop delivery wouldn't they have to reject a bus to make it official? This is why I'm interested to see if #7908's still here or not.

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