garmon757 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Cautionary note: The 700s does not operate on Frodays What kind of bs is that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Idk but neither was out and hasn't been out on a Friday for a while now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 What's so special about fridays? I thought they didn't operate on weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Idk since the testing schedule changed in mid-February they haven't been operating on Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Posted a brief video on YouTube I shot of the electric buses inside Kedzie Garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 From the caption, Juniorz provided them. Oops! Thanks Juniorz ! The bus I saw was 701. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 CTA 5658 took this nice picture of #700 on the #121. Now all we need is one on the #39!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Oops! Thanks Juniorz ! The bus I saw was 701. geneking7320 your welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Posted a brief video on YouTube I shot of the electric buses inside Kedzie Garage can you post the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Here is the official product brochure and visual presentation of the new XE40 Electric Bus by New Flyer. The Brochure is enclosed within this post, the link for the visual presentation is listed below. http://www.newflyer.com/docs/videos/Electric_Bus_forweb.mp4 New Flyer XE40 Electric Bus Service Brochure.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Here is the official product brochure and visual presentation of the new XE40 Electric Bus by New Flyer. The Brochure is enclosed within this post, the link for the visual presentation is listed below. http://www.newflyer.com/docs/videos/Electric_Bus_forweb.mp4 The practical question becomes that even though the video claims $400,000 in savings vs. diesel fuel, whether that's still the case when diesel has dropped about $1/gallon? That may not last forever, but at this point a TA would still have to justify paying about $700K more a bus, and apparently the TIGGER grant impetus is no longer there. Has anyone found out if CTA has the "rapid charging system?" Even if hidden in the Kedzie garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 A quick clip I shot while visitng Kedzie Garage. http://youtu.be/uUj7T_D1MpI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 A quick clip I shot while visitng Kedzie Garage. http://youtu.be/uUj7T_D1MpI Damn rehabbed #1000 is in the video. It's at Kedzie!! Thought Chicago would get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 A quick clip I shot while visitng Kedzie Garage. http://youtu.be/uUj7T_D1MpI Thank You BusHunter for the inside view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thank You BusHunter for the inside view I'm sure BusHunter would appreciate the thanks if he took the video... Actually, if you look at the quote response, you'll find the person to thank.... CTA5750, on 22 Feb 2015 - 22:04, said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoNova Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Now I'm riding 7942 westbound on #79. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm sure BusHunter would appreciate the thanks if he took the video... Actually, if you look at the quote response, you'll find the person to thank.... CTA5750, on 22 Feb 2015 - 22:04, said: My apologizes CTA5750, Thank You CTA5750 for the exclusive viewing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone know the reason why the 700-series hasn't been in operation during the afternoon rush period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Anyone know the reason why the 700-series hasn't been in operation during the afternoon rush period? I thought they hadn't been in service for a couple of days, only time I haven't been able to check is AM Rush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 I thought they hadn't been in service for a couple of days, only time I haven't been able to check is AM Rush Exactly, so i'll check again during the morning rush, wonder what happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 My apologizes CTA5750, Thank You CTA5750 for the exclusive viewing Your very welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusMaster Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Can someone get interior shots and driver area of 700 or 701 unfortunately I worm out of chicago garage and the way my schedule set up its hard to get pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniorz Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Can someone get interior shots and driver area of 700 or 701 unfortunately I worm out of chicago garage and the way my schedule set up its hard to get pictures Well, whenever they come back out for revenue duty, i'll try to get 701 and the interior shots. Unfortunately, the driver area maybe a little harder to get, but i'll give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Can someone get interior shots and driver area of 700 or 701 unfortunately I worm out of chicago garage and the way my schedule set up its hard to get pictures http://forum.chicagobus.org/topic/3469-700-series-xe40-deliveries-assignments/?p=66295 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 If you want to see the gauges like the speedometer and stuff, the Oct 2014 CTA news in review gives a good glimpse of it. I linked to it in this post below (see the link) It's pretty cool it looks like the gauges are LED. http://forum.chicagobus.org/topic/3469-700-series-xe40-deliveries-assignments/?p=68083 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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