1000-series D40LF - Updates & Retirements

[YoungBusLover]

23 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

Has 1980 been seen out there?

It's at SS under "HAS" which is short for Hold at Shop. The reasons can be a variety of things. Sourcing parts, inspections, preforming routine maintenance, prepping the bus for retirement etc etc.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

51 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said:

It's at SS under "HAS" which is short for Hold at Shop. The reasons can be a variety of things. Sourcing parts, inspections, preforming routine maintenance, prepping the bus for retirement etc etc.

Oh ok I see now

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

1653 is successfully back in service. Are 1804 1726, or 1867 spotted at SS, boneyard, or FG?

[jtrussel]

If cta doesn't get the state funding it needs, will this be the final nail in the coffin for the newflyers

Without funding I don't think cta will put the money into those supposed 400+ newflyers. Kinda like the 2010 cuts when the flxibles were retired with many still having alot of life left in them due to having been refurbished a year or 2 prior

[YoungBusLover]

7 hours ago, jtrussel said:

If cta doesn't get the state funding it needs, will this be the final nail in the coffin for the newflyers

Without funding I don't think cta will put the money into those supposed 400+ newflyers. Kinda like the 2010 cuts when the flxibles were retired with many still having alot of life left in them due to having been refurbished a year or 2 prior

The difference is the #1000s and #4000s came in together between 2006-2009 to replace the entire fleet of #4400s, #5300s, #5800s and #6000s.#7500s saved the #6000s from getting knocked off sooner. The #6000s would of gotten retired initially by 2014 as the #7900s came in along with the first few batches of #6400s had the budget cuts not taken place. Fast forward to now the 600 #8350s were ordered to replace the last remaining #6400s which before the fall of 2019 was still around 70-75 or so and the first 500 or so #1000s depending on there condition because as always the worst buses get knocked off mixed in with mileage, warranty, and overall age. That process was fast tracked to the seemingly younger 3rd/ 4th option #1000s due to rotting of there carbonated steel frames. Currently about 320 #1000s have been retired  with another 70 - 100 slated for retirement in the next 12 - 18 months. So long story short budget cuts would of sideline the oldest equipment anyway regardless if the funds were acquired for a 2nd overhaul of the #1000s. I wouldn't put it past CTA to sideline another 220 buses within the next 7 months barring the budget cuts.