Pace831 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 To celebrate Pace’s 35th anniversary, one bus at each division will be wrapped in the colors of that division’s predecessor. 35th Anniversary Legacy Fleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I'm excited to find the West Towns wrapped bus at West and get a ride on that bus if I can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Bus 2764 is the bus wrapped for Heritage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted April 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Bus 2764 is the bus wrapped for Heritage. Thanks! I’ll try to get a picture on Wednesday or Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitowndude84 Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Wraps on new buses.....meh. Shame PACE isn't running any ACTUAL historical buses Don't they have a few Orion 1's at south shops ?? and Fishbowl Nortran 460 ??? Would be cool to see those old dogs running around Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel bernero Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Traveled out to Joliet today to get a photo of their Heritage wrap. Here it is. I guess it looks alright. I wish they had put the red around the front like the original. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Great job! I hope you can find some more wrapped buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel bernero Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Here is a rundown on the Divisions and what company wrap will be at each Division. Fox Valley Division – Aurora Transit System Heritage Division – Joliet Mass Transit District Highland Park Garage – Highland Park Transit McHenry Garage – 1970’s Era RTA pumpkin Naperville Garage – West Suburban North Division – Waukegan North Shore Division – Wilbus Northwest Division – Nortran and United Motor Coach River Division – City of Elgin South Division – South Suburban Safeway Southwest Division – Suburban Transit West Division – West Towns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, mel bernero said: Here is a rundown on the Divisions and what company wrap will be at each Division. Fox Valley Division – Aurora Transit System Heritage Division – Joliet Mass Transit District Highland Park Garage – Highland Park Transit McHenry Garage – 1970’s Era RTA pumpkin Naperville Garage – West Suburban North Division – Waukegan North Shore Division – Wilbus Northwest Division – Nortran and United Motor Coach River Division – City of Elgin South Division – South Suburban Safeway Southwest Division – Suburban Transit West Division – West Towns The McHenry one will be hard to find and get a decent picture of. I assume the wrap will be on one of the 30' buses rather than a paratransit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Honestly, the wrap looks terrible. Although I not sure it would've been any better if it was painted. Aside from the lack of red in front, the decision to maintain the size of the windows throws the rest of the wrap off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 9 hours ago, mel bernero said: Here is a rundown on the Divisions and what company wrap will be at each Division. Fox Valley Division – Aurora Transit System Heritage Division – Joliet Mass Transit District Highland Park Garage – Highland Park Transit McHenry Garage – 1970’s Era RTA pumpkin Naperville Garage – West Suburban North Division – Waukegan North Shore Division – Wilbus Northwest Division – Nortran and United Motor Coach River Division – City of Elgin South Division – South Suburban Safeway Southwest Division – Suburban Transit West Division – West Towns Looking forward to Pace South, SW, West and NW wraps. Sad that the RTA wrap is way out in No Man's Land! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesi2282 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 21 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Honestly, the wrap looks terrible. Although I not sure it would've been any better if it was painted. Aside from the lack of red in front, the decision to maintain the size of the windows throws the rest of the wrap off I agree, its embarrassingly bad. Instead of trying to make a modern bus look vintage, they should have adapted these liveries to fit on a modern bus. If this is the route they are taking, I'm not looking forward to the others... Here is a rendering of a West Towns ElDorado that I made during my free time. (I based it off 776) Its a very simple livery, I'm curious to see how Pace will botch it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagocubs6323 Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Looks great! I'm expecting something exactly like that but dark green instead of the Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Two “unique” buses: 2764 and 2766 at the temporary stop location on Washington Street: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 I only seen photos of 2764 wrapped so far, maybe we should start finding other buses that are wrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel bernero Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Let the fun begin Pace Heritage – 2764 JMTD Pace Fox Valley – 2614 Aurora Pace North Shore – 2656 Wilbus Pace Northwest – 2775 United Motor Coach Pace North – 6770 Waukegan Pace South – 15500 South Suburban Safeway Pace Southwest – 2825 Suburban Transit Fleet 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, mel bernero said: Let the fun begin Pace Heritage – 2764 JMTD Pace Fox Valley – 2614 Aurora Pace North Shore – 2656 Wilbus Pace Northwest – 2775 United Motor Coach Pace North – 6770 Waukegan Pace South – 15500 South Suburban Safeway Pace Southwest – 2825 Suburban Transit Fleet Interesting that Pace Northwest and Southwest chose to wrap a 30' bus instead of a 40'. Maybe Pace West will wrap a NABI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel bernero Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Pace 2656 - Wilbus 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, mel bernero said: Pace 2656 - Wilbus Excellent photo! Once again, terrible wrap though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted April 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 On Thursday I hung around to get a few more pictures of 2764 in front of Joliet landmarks: the Jefferson Street bridge and Union Station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 2:11 AM, mel bernero said: Pace 2656 - Wilbus That actually doesnt look too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 11 hours ago, BusHunter said: That actually doesnt look too bad I imagine it's because the blue isn't as jarring compared to the red one, but I still think the decision to have size-accurate windows hurts more than helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pace831 Posted May 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 2 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said: I still think the decision to have size-accurate windows hurts more than helps It looks like they were trying to conceal the bar at the bottom of the hopper window, which would stand out if the wrapped "window" were bigger. Given the impossibility of making a new bus look old, I'm not sure what a "better" design could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 I still have not found the West Towns Bus yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel bernero Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 Pace Fox Valley – 2614 Aurora Transit System Pace Heritage – 2764 Joliet Mass Transit District Pace North – 6770 Waukegan North Chicago Transit Pace North Shore – 2656 Wilbus Pace Northwest – 2775 and 6571 United Motor Coach and NORTRAN Pace River – 2738 City of Elgin Pace South – 15500 South Suburban Safeway Pace Southwest – 2825 Suburban Transit Pace West – 6360 West Towns Bus Co Highland Park Garage – 2631 Highland Park Transit McHenry Garage – 2661 1970’s RTA Naperville Garage – 2681 West Suburban Updated list. At the moment there are only three buses wrapped: Aurora, Joliet, Wilbus. They are redoing the wraps to cover-up the rear grill area to get rid of the Pace "P" and paint the front of some of the buses to match the original scheme and not have the blue front. Melvin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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