garmon757 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Saw 1178 full rehab on #12 today. We already have that bus on the list last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.cta85 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Not sure if you guys knew this or not but you can also add 1539-44 on the fully rehabbed list as well as well as 1501. I had 1539 yesterday on my 2nd half good ride too and I saw 1501 yesterday in the garage that bus just got rehabbed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 I've forgot to mention last night that #1564 is rehabbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 #1133's rehabbed on the #9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Knowing that the New Flyers are in the middle of belly-up rehabs, how CTA is adhering to the 12-year life on buses now per FTA regulations, and the current year we are in(2014) one has to wonder what will happen when 2018 rolls around(which is creeping up very quickly)... will the oldest New Flyers(1000-1429) end up beginning retirement at that time, or will this rehab add another 6 years to their lives, like the TMC's? Will the CTA make a procurement for about 1,000 new 40' buses to begin arriving in 2018 through 2021? This is years away, but it seems like yesterday these D40LF's were brand new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleTransit1 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 #1681 is rehabbed on the #60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 #1681 is rehabbed on the #60. We already have that bus on the list. Always check the rehabbed list by BusHunter on the first page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Spotted rehabbed #1512 on #30 near 69th/Red Line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Spotted rehabbed #1315 on #22 @ Clark/Harrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 UofC routes had an interesting history. When they first started, they used regular RTS's from 103rd. Drivers started complaining about tight clearances, so the 4900's off the recently-abandoned 16-Lake were sent over from Kedzie to 103rd for UofC service. Then UofC complained about no lifts, so CTA got the 10 PACE Orions to replace the 4900's. then the "final solution" in the form of the 500's "resolved" matters. Why CTA sent the UofC routes to Archer for a while is a good question, but they and the 500's came back to 103rd. Last year or so, UofC started complaining again, about overloaded buses, and yes, I can personally attest that especially 171 did have issues with 500's jammed to the doors. So they started running New Flyers on some of the rush hour runs. Discovered they fit down the streets just fine, so over time all UofC runs started getting 1000's, 170 being the last holdout. So 500's were basically out of a job, and a few started appearing daily on 100-Jeffery Manor Exp, the lightest route at 103rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Spotted rehabbed #1119 on #44 @ 74th/Racine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 UofC routes had an interesting history. When they first started, they used regular RTS's from 103rd. Drivers started complaining about tight clearances, so the 4900's off the recently-abandoned 16-Lake were sent over from Kedzie to 103rd for UofC service. Then UofC complained about no lifts, so CTA got the 10 PACE Orions to replace the 4900's. then the "final solution" in the form of the 500's "resolved" matters. Why CTA sent the UofC routes to Archer for a while is a good question, but they and the 500's came back to 103rd. Last year or so, UofC started complaining again, about overloaded buses, and yes, I can personally attest that especially 171 did have issues with 500's jammed to the doors. So they started running New Flyers on some of the rush hour runs. Discovered they fit down the streets just fine, so over time all UofC runs started getting 1000's, 170 being the last holdout. So 500's were basically out of a job, and a few started appearing daily on 100-Jeffery Manor Exp, the lightest route at 103rd. Interesting history though the 4900s moved to 103rd from Chicago, not Kedzie. At the time of the 16's demise, that route was already about a couple of years into its reassignment from Kedzie to Chicago. And did you mean this post to be part of the 500s' retirement discussion in the rosters thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 #1518's rehabbed on the #29. #1524 and #1273 might be rehabbed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 #1518's rehabbed on the #29. #1524 and #1273 might be rehabbed too. #1273 is indeed rehabbed. I saw it earlier downtown on #2 going northbound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 #1201 removed; confirmed not rehabbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 #1201 removed; confirmed not rehabbed I hadn't even realized it was on the list for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 It was but with a question mark behind it. I had told Garmon I didn't think it was rehabbed, but I have to believe what he reports until I can confirm otherwise which I did yesterday. We still have a few question mark buses #1524 and #1529 that I need to confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 It was but with a question mark behind it. I had told Garmon I didn't think it was rehabbed, but I have to believe what he reports until I can confirm otherwise which I did yesterday. We still have a few question mark buses #1524 and #1529 that I need to confirm. It is confirmed that #1529 is not rehabbed. However, I'm riding on mechanical rehabbed #1571 on #67 heading to the Red Line right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 #1465 might be rehabbed. Just saw it at belmont and cicero sb and the tracker says that's the bus. There's always a possibility it was a ghost bus though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Spotted rehabbed #1108 on #53A @ 79th/Kedzie (Route ended on 81st/Pulaski and now heading to the garage). Spotted mechanically rehabbed #1556 on #67 by Daley College. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete6125 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Is there a list of the rehabbed buses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nflyer22 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 It's in the very first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete6125 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thank you for letting me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Took #1145 off the list. It's not rehabbed at all yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmon757 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Took #1145 off the list. It's not rehabbed at all yet. Thanks for the heads up about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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