Pace Bus Moves

[rotjohns]

20 minutes ago, busfan2847 said:

In addition the following buses were at South Holland for disposal on 10/14;

2629, 2630, 2667, 2687, 2718, 2719, 2768, 2773, 2780, 2814, 2817 and 2820

Total 12

So 2621 and 2627 are the last original Fox Valley buses left and if they go down, I doubt they'll be replaced.  Now if the other 2600s  up there retire, then that may be a different story.  

River appears to be set for now until more 22500s come in later since the transfers to them compensated for the loss of some of their buses.

SW and NW:  I didn't see any replacement 2600s so I'm guessing they're going all in on the 40 foot El Dorados.  And since the original route cuts from 2020 appear to be permanent, there's a surplus of those so any more that retire, likely won't hurt too much.

[busfan2847]

49 minutes ago, rotjohns said:

So 2621 and 2627 are the last original Fox Valley buses left and if they go down, I doubt they'll be replaced.  Now if the other 2600s  up there retire, then that may be a different story.  

River appears to be set for now until more 22500s come in later since the transfers to them compensated for the loss of some of their buses.

SW and NW:  I didn't see any replacement 2600s so I'm guessing they're going all in on the 40 foot El Dorados.  And since the original route cuts from 2020 appear to be permanent, there's a surplus of those so any more that retire, likely won't hurt too much.

The 2600s that have appeared in service on the bustracker since June this year are

Niles    2601, 2640-2649

Pace Fox Valley    2621, 2627, 2675-2677, 2688, 2700, 2701, 2704-2706, 2766

Highland Park    2631, 2632-2634, 2636-2639

River     2651-2654, 2658, 2659, 2696, 2702, 2703, 2707-2717, 2720, 2722-2726, 2736-2741, 2765 :- (2714/36 last out in July, 2651 last out August)

Pace North Shore    2655-2657

MV Batavia    2670, 2727-2730, 2732, 2808, 2812

Pace SouthWest    2674, 2785-2789, 2791, 2792, 2815, 2816, 2818, 2819, 2821-2825 :-(2783/8, 2822 last out July, 2823 last out August)

Pace Heritage    2744-2748, 2750-2756, 2758-2764 :-(2746 last out August, 2693 seen out in July as a trainer))

Pace NorthWest    2769, 2771, 2772, 2775-2779, 2781-2784, 2797, 2801 :- (2772 last out June, 2783 last out July)

Pace Heritage    2697, 2698

That is 127 buses out of 223

[Busjack]

33 minutes ago, busfan2847 said:

That is 127 buses out of 223

The other question is how many were assigned to FT and MV for feeders. Other than those on 711, 715, and those reassigned to Divisions, they are sitting somewhere. I haven't closely tracked them, but that has to be 50 something, pretty low mileage.

[busfan2847]

1 hour ago, Busjack said:

The other question is how many were assigned to FT and MV for feeders. Other than those on 711, 715, and those reassigned to Divisions, they are sitting somewhere. I haven't closely tracked them, but that has to be 50 something, pretty low mileage.

Pretty close! On the Active Roster for 9/3/2022:-

Naperville FS S2    2600, 2635, 2660/3/4/5/6/8/9, 2670/1/2/3/8/9, 2680/1/2/4/5/7/9, 2691/2/4/5 - 26; (2674 > Pace South West, 2693 > Pace Heritage)

Westmont FS S2    2602/3/4/5, 2650, 2690, 2767, 2793/4/5/6/8/9, 2800/2/3/4/5/6 - 19; (2797, 2801 > Pace North West)

Roneoville MV    2809, 2810/1 - 3; (2807/8/12 > Batavia MV)

TOTAL 48

[rotjohns]

2697 and 2698 are on the 715.  So they've been booted out of Heritage.  Sounds like 2727-2732 are heading to the scraper soon, although 2727 is out now.

 

 

 

 

[rotjohns]

2674 is now at River.  Currently on 548.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

6477 has moved to southwest