8350-series Nova LFS - Updates

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

On 8/14/2024 at 1:52 PM, YoungBusLover said:

 

We're down to 207 Nova's left to be delivered and the general gameplan after the DNC and presumably when the fall pick starts is FG and possibly C will ship there newly acquired #8700s to NP/74th. 

#8715 Not at SS, #8717 Not at SS , #8718 (SS),8721(SS),#8722(SS),#8724 Not at SS , #8726(SS), #8727(SS), #8731 Not at SS , #8732 Not at SS, #8738 Not at SS,#8741 Not at SS ,#8745 (SS), #8746 Not at SS ,#8747 (SS),#8748(SS),#8749 (SS), #8750 - #8950 Have yet to be delivered to SS.

8747 had P992 and was driving west down foster yesterday I saw it at western going west

[YoungBusLover]

#8749 has entered service out of FG.

[artthouwill]

19 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

8747 had P992 and was driving west down foster yesterday I saw it at western going west

Are you sure that it was P992 and not F992?  I think it might have been the latter.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

1 hour ago, artthouwill said:

Are you sure that it was P992 and not F992?  I think it might have been the latter.

i didn't catch a picture but yes I saw it say P992 but it could just be starting service out of FG

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

i didn't catch a picture but yes I saw it say P992 but it could just be starting service out of FG

Which is very possible. But since F and P are similar, it's also possible for one to be mistaken for the other if one isn't up close. 

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

1 hour ago, artthouwill said:

Which is very possible. But since F and P are similar, it's also possible for one to be mistaken for the other if one isn't up close. 

#8747 is at FG

[YoungBusLover]

2 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1279 said:

#8747 is at FG

It has popped back up at 77th lined up with about 14 other #8700s. It appears they are secured for the DNC shuttles. I saw #8702,#8714 among the group. I'll try to get headcount tomorrow if they're in the same spot.

[YoungBusLover]

#8750 is at SS.

[YoungBusLover]

Official headcount so far is 15 #8700s secured for the DNC. #8702, #8707,#8704, #8705, #8708,#8706, #8711,#8706, #8701, #8710, #8703, #8716, #8700, #8714 and #8747.

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

Official headcount so far is 15 #8700s secured for the DNC. #8702, #8707,#8704, #8705, #8708,#8706, #8711,#8706, #8701, #8710, #8703, #8716, #8700, #8714 and #8747.

It would help if you put them in order, as you have 2 8706s. A free spreadsheet program would work.

[YoungBusLover]

3 hours ago, Busjack said:

It would help if you put them in order, as you have 2 8706s. A free spreadsheet program would work.

Yeah I know, I was doing this on the fly as I was rushing to get my bus to start my run this morning, I made the list based on how they were parked outside the shop area. Sorry about that. 😅

77th's Potential DNC Fleet Roster
1. #8700
2. #8701
3. #8702
4. #8703
5. #8704
6. #8705
7. #8706
8. #8707
9. #8708
10. #8710
11. #8711
12. #8712
13. #8714
14. #8716
15. #8747
 

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

Yeah I know, I was doing this on the fly as I was rushing to get my bus to start my run this morning, I made the list

Thanks. It confirms 2 things speculated above:

• FG is just a holding pen for them. (Whatever the run number was on 8747, it was probably a training bus, and not indicative of a permanent assignment.)
• DNC is getting new buses (before someone can pee in them 😏).

[YoungBusLover]

4 hours ago, Busjack said:

Thanks. It confirms 2 things speculated above:

• FG is just a holding pen for them. (Whatever the run number was on 8747, it was probably a training bus, and not indicative of a permanent assignment.)
• DNC is getting new buses (before someone can pee in them 😏).

Well in a wild twist Kedzie has unloaded 20 of there #8350s to 77th for the DNC. #8748 is here as well but it is at SS for the time being. So in total 77th has 35 #8350's secured for the DNC. A host of other #8350s were seen earlier today between 14th and 15th behind Costco about a block west from Ashland.

1. #8451
2. #8517
3. #8556
4. #8597
5. #8620
6. #8623
7. #8627
8. #8628
9. #8631
10. #8633
11. #8635
12. #8636
13. #8637
14. #8640
15. #8641
16. #8642
17. #8643
18. #8644
19. #8646
20. #8589 (Just saw it before I left this evening.)

[artthouwill]

2 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Well in a wild twist Kedzie has unloaded 20 of there #8350s to 77th for the DNC. #8748 is here as well but it is at SS for the time being. So in total 77th has 35 #8350's secured for the DNC. A host of other #8350s were seen earlier today between 14th and 15th behind Costco about a block west from Ashland.

1. #8451
2. #8517
3. #8556
4. #8597
5. #8620
6. #8623
7. #8627
8. #8628
9. #8631
10. #8633
11. #8635
12. #8636
13. #8637
14. #8640
15. #8641
16. #8642
17. #8643
18. #8644
19. #8646
20. #8589 (Just saw it before I left this evening.)

That's probably the Heliport which also hosts Greyhound byses.  The entrance is on Wood Street and us between Wood and the Pink Line tracks.

[Jackson232]

#8727 and #8721 have entered service out of 103rd

[jajuan]

8717 and 8726 entered first time service out of 103rd.

[YoungBusLover]

#8738 and #8746 are at SS

[renardo870]

On 8/18/2024 at 8:39 AM, Jackson232 said:

#8727 and #8721 have entered service out of 103rd

I saw 8721 on 28 Stony Island going SB passing 90th yesterday.

Edited August 22 by renardo870
Update

[The Bus Doctor]

Question of the week is what happened to 8662 to 8708??? I hope they bundle the buses together by number this is confusing. You need to look at a roster just to see who had what. If I was a tea leaf reader I would say the Glen could end up with the first 100. Perhaps the missing buses are off to North Park. The managers have a say on what they want. Maybe kedzie don't like novas. 8450s could stay at 103rd and the 8550s to chicago. 74th could train soon. If north park ends up with the 8650s that would put the 8750s out south. But who really knows???

[Policeman]

2 hours ago, The Bus Doctor said:

Question of the week is what happened to 8662 to 8708??? I hope they bundle the buses together by number this is confusing. You need to look at a roster just to see who had what. If I was a tea leaf reader I would say the Glen could end up with the first 100. Perhaps the missing buses are off to North Park. The managers have a say on what they want. Maybe kedzie don't like novas. 8450s could stay at 103rd and the 8550s to chicago. 74th could train soon. If north park ends up with the 8650s that would put the 8750s out south. But who really knows???

8662 C & 8708 FG

[Chammon Moore]

8715,8721,8726-27,8733,8748 are at Chicago

[YoungBusLover]

#8747 has entered serivce out of FG earlier today.

[The Bus Doctor]

53 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said:

#8747 has entered serivce out of FG earlier today.

#8748 was on the #73. Good grief. The last 5 buses are at 3 different garages. 

[jajuan]

So from looking at the More Bus Moves thread, we know the fate of the 8400s out of FG. They got moved to 77th along with a few 8600s and 8700s. So instead of a good deal of the 8700s going to NP for some NP D40s, the move so far was to increase the overall number of 8350s at 77th, move a few to C, continue to give FG what 8700s don't get sent to C and 103rd, and give NP a few D40s from K along with a couple of their artics in exchange for some higher mileage artics from NP. 

[RTD8481]

Glad that FG scored big in these recent bus deliveries. They usually get shunned when it comes to new bus deliveries . When I worked there in the late 90s/early 2000s. We had mostly a fleet of “hand me downs”. MAN Americanas. Flyer D901s TMC RTSs and Flx Metros 5300s and later 6000s. Then the Nova LFS arrived around 2002