1000-series D40LF - Updates & Retirements

[Brandon93]

I'm new to this sight I spotted 1023 yesterday I can't remember what route it was on. 1514 today on the 103 W. 103rd, 1536 on the 112 Vincennes/111th earlier. All are fully rehabbed.

[Mr.cta85]

Add these 6 buses to the possible rehab list.#1509,#1569,#1508,#1840,#1224 and #1022. Some may have been posted already but I double checked the list to see.

Definitely rehabbed for 1022 I had that bus on the 28 a few days ago, 1508-09 are too.

[BusHunter]

If #1446 has the secret compartment on the right side of the right wheel then it's rehabbed.

Maybe mechanically, but it still has the red kneeling stickers which shows they didn't do anything to the outside of the bus.

[garmon757]

Maybe mechanically, but it still has the red kneeling stickers which shows they didn't do anything to the outside of the bus.

Well, it's very stupid why they couldn't change the outside but who knows???

[Busjack]

Well, it's very stupid why they couldn't change the outside but who knows???

How many times does it have to be said that the engine overhaul is a separate contract? Assuming that it occurred at all?

[ChicagoNova]

Hope no one minds, but could someone put a list together of the buses that have actually been rehabbed? Thanks.

[TripleTransit1]

Hope no one minds, but could someone put a list together of the buses that have actually been rehabbed? Thanks.

There is. Check the very first page and post of this thread.

[TripleTransit1]

I don't know what bus it is, but congratulations to it for being the 200th rehabbed bus in this fleet!

[Busjack]

I don't know what bus it is, but congratulations to it for being the 200th rehabbed bus in this fleet!

I'm sure that bus will enjoy the party.

[BusHunter]

If you are going cronologically by what has been mentioned on here, the new member Brandon93 gets the prize with #1536.

[BusHunter]

#1586 is rehabbed on the #62.

[Brandon93]

If you are going cronologically by what has been mentioned on here, the new member Brandon93 gets the prize with #1536.

I was going based on memory which happen to fall in chronological order.

[garmon757]

#1488 is mechanically rehabbed.

[BusHunter]

#1488 is mechanically rehabbed.

Yeah i saw that too on the #26 yesterday. #1840 was out there too. It does just have the blue stickers and nothing else. #1002 seems to be the same as #1840. Came across my second Nova with the blue stickers #6592. I wonder what that's all about?

[garmon757]

Yeah i saw that too on the #26 yesterday. #1840 was out there too. It does just have the blue stickers and nothing else. #1002 seems to be the same as #1840. Came across my second Nova with the blue stickers #6592. I wonder what that's all about?

Hmmm, interesting. It's either #6427 or #6429 has the updated no right turn in front of the bus plate on the rear.

[BusHunter]

#1142's rehabbed on the #49.

[BusHunter]

#1439's rehabbed on the #54. This bus has two different sets of seats in it. Damn I would've took a picture but I was getting off the bus when I spotted it. the seatbacks are gray not blue and the seats themselves look almost the same as what's on #7900. #1461's mechanically rehabbed.

[garmon757]

#1439's rehabbed on the #54. This bus has two different sets of seats in it. Damn I would've took a picture but I was getting off the bus when I spotted it. the seatbacks are gray not blue and the seats themselves look almost the same as what's on #7900. #1461's mechanically rehabbed.

I may have to check that out! Damn, it should've been on that route yesterday!!!!

[BusHunter]

#1589's rehabbed on the #62. It's a ghost bus though. Ironically it's leader which has #1580 is a ghost bus too. That's the first time I spotted back to back ghost buses.

[BusHunter]

#1208's also a ghost on the #21 and #1462 was still a ghost yesterday on the #73.

[BusHunter]

I may have to check that out! Damn, it should've been on that route yesterday!!!!

it's just two double seats behind the accessible seating area that are new one on each side the others are the same.

[garmon757]

it's just two double seats behind the accessible seating area that are new one on each side the others are the same.

That's very interesting.

[BusHunter]

Looking at the #7900's seats now I can say they are the same seats, but wherever you see blue is gray kind of like what's on a Pace bus seat. If the bus comes back out tomorrow maybe I can get some pictures. I was going to double back on Cicero But i got interested in the Orange line shuttle which was running longitudinal seat buses out of 77th with the Kedzie #4300's.

[garmon757]

Looking at the #7900's seats now I can say they are the same seats, but wherever you see blue is gray kind of like what's on a Pace bus seat. If the bus comes back out tomorrow maybe I can get some pictures. I was going to double back on Cicero But i got interested in the Orange line shuttle which was running longitudinal seat buses out of 77th with the Kedzie #4300's.

Hmmm, I really don't like the fact that there's 77th 4000 artics operating for the Orange Line Shuttles. What's next? 103rd's??? LOL Your best bet is to find #1439 on the bus tracker map. Yeah, you gotta check all "Chicago" routes lol! :p

[BusHunter]

Yeah I forgot how crappy those longitudinal artics were. I saw them there #4203 and #4187 and 1 more and I was like they really are going to run these here? Kind of humorous watching the standing customers with luggage wonder where they are going to hold on especially around the artic joint. But that's all 77th has now, (they probably should have split those up between Chicago and 77th) but I would've ran all #4300's out of Kedzie I mean it's just 10 buses just hold in the #4300's for the shuttle. It's kind of interesting/humorous when you think about some of these transfers. Remember when they gave Kedzie #4207 and #4206 and suddenly they went back to NP. Kedzie must have been like wth is with this transfer. I used to think 77th had some power, with the nova's going elsewhere, but maybe it's really Kedzie and maybe 103rd. Those garages have had the newer buses all along!!