Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted August 14, 2021 Report Posted August 14, 2021 20 minutes ago, artthouwill said: I assume North Shore will need them for school trips. I thought West had a surplus of buses when you count 85 New Flyers and 54 Eldorados for a total of 139 buses. However I think the spare ratio is going to take a hit because the Eldorados are creeping up to 8 years old and are starting to break down at a higher rate. West has the oldest Eldorado 40 ft buses. The Suburbans (6377 to 6389) didn't work as hard as the others and seem to run great on the 606. Unfortunately the oldest Axxess buses won't be eligible for retirement until 2025 or 2026 at the earliest. What would probably happen is that West would get some buses from Northwest when Northwest receives their new CNG buses upon the opening of the new Wheeling garage. Ye they’ve been there since early summer the thing is I didn’t know where they were until now Quote
rotjohns Posted October 26, 2021 Report Posted October 26, 2021 2807 now joins 2812 in the Batavia MV routes that run 711 & 715. I haven't seen 2733-2735 in a long while so I'm guessing these buses have been retired. Only 2727-2732 are still in the rotation for these routes. Quote
artthouwill Posted October 26, 2021 Report Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, rotjohns said: 2807 now joins 2812 in the Batavia MV routes that run 711 & 715. I haven't seen 2733-2735 in a long while so I'm guessing these buses have been retired. Only 2727-2732 are still in the rotation for these routes. I saw 2732 on the 715 Friday at Yorktown. Quote
jtrussel Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 6563 has been running at pace north division (waukegan) for a few weeks now. what division did 6563 come from? And i wonder did north swap 6700s with another division Quote
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, jtrussel said: 6563 has been running at pace north division (waukegan) for a few weeks now. what division did 6563 come from? And i wonder did north swap 6700s with another division 6563 came rom west division. Did we lose 6559-6563 now or the other 4 are still with us at west? Quote
jtrussel Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 6563 has the pace bus tracker wrap on it . i first seen it last month on lewis ave it was really moving when i caught up with it i was suprised because i am used to seeing the 6700s. i seen 6563 yesterday on greenbay rd but in all 6563 is the only bus i seen from the 6500 series i know in the past west division has used 6700s from north during the summer but i believe that's before west division got the new flyers Quote
jtrussel Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 what year are the 6500s, i know the 6700s we have at north are 2017 built but delivered starting jan 2018. The reason for asking i know the 6700s have cummins L9 motors and the older axxess are powered with isl9 motors so i wonder whats parts compatibilty those motors have since they are two different series of motor Quote
busfan2847 Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 6510-6521 (Pulse) were delivered 9/16 6522-6575 were delivered 10/16-1/17 Quote
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 6782 is now a North unit it came from north shore Quote
artthouwill Posted October 30, 2021 Report Posted October 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 6782 is now a North unit it came from north shore The heritage wrap on 6770 is horrible. You can't see outside the bus. Quote
jtrussel Posted October 31, 2021 Report Posted October 31, 2021 i have not been inside of 6770. thanks for the heads up also since north is picking up other buses ,are they doing a swap with these other garages or are they hording buses that's the question, Also kinda getting off topic but as we all know north garage would be a electric garage in a few years so that leaves the surplus of buses 6700s i know that there will be a wheeling garage that will be cng along with south which is already cng would it be cheaper to convert the surplus busses to cng and maybe have a few extra years not having to worry about buying new equipment Quote
busfan2847 Posted October 31, 2021 Report Posted October 31, 2021 20 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 6782 is now a North unit it came from north shore 6782 moved from NS > W around July 2019 and from W > N in 11/20 Quote
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted October 31, 2021 Report Posted October 31, 2021 40 minutes ago, busfan2847 said: 6782 moved from NS > W around July 2019 and from W > N in 11/20 oh i thought it was at NS after it came from west i guess not Quote
RJL6000 Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 Two other 6560s are now at NW: 6560 and 6561. (And yes, I was on both of them within the past couple of weeks.) IDK about 6559 and 6562. Quote
busfan2847 Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 12 hours ago, RJL6000 said: Two other 6560s are now at NW: 6560 and 6561. (And yes, I was on both of them within the past couple of weeks.) IDK about 6559 and 6562. All 4 are now at NW. They all moved in December. Quote
busfan2847 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Posted February 3, 2022 2651 and 2652 appear to have moved from North Shore to River. According to WebWatch both are on the 550 this morning. Quote
Busjack Posted February 3, 2022 Report Posted February 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, busfan2847 said: 2651 and 2652 appear to have moved from North Shore to River. According to WebWatch both are on the 550 this morning. If they aren't going to be running Shuttle Bugs for the conceivable future, may as well. Quote
rotjohns Posted February 3, 2022 Report Posted February 3, 2022 36 minutes ago, Busjack said: If they aren't going to be running Shuttle Bugs for the conceivable future, may as well. Yep, and those two are likely replacing retiring ones, they've been out there since the beginning. Probably more coming. Quote
BusHunter Posted February 7, 2022 Report Posted February 7, 2022 Saw 2 20300s going south on 1st avenue and I55 this morning. They were oos so I wonder if that was a long chandler joy ride or not. Quote
Busjack Posted February 28, 2022 Report Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 8:58 AM, busfan2847 said: 2651 and 2652 appear to have moved from North Shore to River. According to WebWatch both are on the 550 this morning. Looks like 2651-2654 now. Quote
FG6834 Posted May 16, 2022 Report Posted May 16, 2022 I saw this on the bus tracker earlier today. Quote
BusHunter Posted May 16, 2022 Report Posted May 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, FG6834 said: I saw this on the bus tracker earlier today. The albino fishbowls are back??? Oh wait that's the #9500's.... Quote
Busjack Posted May 16, 2022 Report Posted May 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, FG6834 said: I saw this on the bus tracker earlier today. That's come up before. Apparently it is a supervisor's car. Not there now. Quote
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