8350-series Nova LFS - Updates

[RJL6000]

7 hours ago, artthouwill said:

19 out of 50 is making progress.  Meanwhile nothing is going on with the other side of town. 

Looks like 103rd might not get any of these first 100 buses. In fact, the majority of them may very well end up at FG. As for the rest, who knows?

[artthouwill]

33 minutes ago, RJL6000 said:

Looks like 103rd might not get any of these first 100 buses. In fact, the majority of them may very well end up at FG. As for the rest, who knows?

Too early to tell as none of the 84xxs have left SS yet.  If they go to FG, then that becomes a possibility.     

[BusHunter]

39 minutes ago, RJL6000 said:

Looks like 103rd might not get any of these first 100 buses. In fact, the majority of them may very well end up at FG. As for the rest, who knows?

Well 103rd got training, so it stands to reason they would get some. I think 74th may be the 3rd garage. Just weird they started at fg. That has never happened before. 

Well I was scanning some history on the #8325's and it was on the 4th day they all went to 103rd or at least three quarters. Guess what today is the 4th day of the #8350's. I might have to set up a drone and put fg on red alert if any funny business goes on tonight. 

I'm working on an in service list for the #8325's. Was surprised I didn't do that. Thank God for maths22. It goes back to the beginning. Some buses have no history like #8327 or #8333. I wonder why. #8327 might have only been out 3 times ever. It was out at fg though. But some buses like #8339 were always at 103rd. 

[Bus1883]

29 minutes ago, BusHunter said:

Well 103rd got training, so it stands to reason they would get some. I think 74th may be the 3rd garage. Just weird they started at fg. That has never happened before. 

Well I was scanning some history on the #8325's and it was on the 4th day they all went to 103rd or at least three quarters. Guess what today is the 4th day of the #8350's. I might have to set up a drone and put fg on red alert if any funny business goes on tonight. 

I'm working on an in service list for the #8325's. Was surprised I didn't do that. Thank God for maths22. It goes back to the beginning. Some buses have no history like #8327 or #8333. I wonder why. #8327 might have only been out 3 times ever. It was out at fg though. But some buses like #8339 were always at 103rd. 

Any updates on #8327?

[Shannoncvpi]

1 hour ago, BusHunter said:

Well 103rd got training, so it stands to reason they would get some. I think 74th may be the 3rd garage. Just weird they started at fg. That has never happened before. 

Well I was scanning some history on the #8325's and it was on the 4th day they all went to 103rd or at least three quarters. Guess what today is the 4th day of the #8350's. I might have to set up a drone and put fg on red alert if any funny business goes on tonight. 

I'm working on an in service list for the #8325's. Was surprised I didn't do that. Thank God for maths22. It goes back to the beginning. Some buses have no history like #8327 or #8333. I wonder why. #8327 might have only been out 3 times ever. It was out at fg though. But some buses like #8339 were always at 103rd. 

Well they needed to start at FG they deserved a chance at brand new buses cause they always get the run down ones so they needed the brand new ones & 8327 might be one of those buses that is always having issues didn't know 8333 was the same way 

[YoungBusLover]

1 hour ago, Bus1883 said:

Any updates on #8327?

Still sitting in the same spot along SS on 79th.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

Rode 8370 on Harlem today, these novas are pretty nice imo. I hate the slowed down announcement spacing it's just not right in my opinion. I liked the engine noise and it had a brand new smell and I loved riding that bus overall.

[Bus1883]

4 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

Rode 8370 on Harlem today, these novas are pretty nice imo. I hate the slowed down announcement spacing it's just not right in my opinion. I liked the engine noise and it had a brand new smell and I loved riding that bus overall.

Well I won’t get a whiff of that new smell for a while?

[YoungBusLover]

Almost the entire base order is just about ready to go into service.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

4 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Almost the entire base order is just about ready to go into service.

yea 8368-8369 is at FG on the 152 and 90

[BusHunter]

2 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

yea 8368-8369 is at FG on the 152 and 90

#8364 might be a ghost bus. Thought I saw it on #77 last night.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

2 hours ago, BusHunter said:

#8364 might be a ghost bus. Thought I saw it on #77 last night.

yea i’m waiting on 8364 and 8379 to enter service 

[YoungBusLover]

11 hours ago, BusHunter said:

#8364 might be a ghost bus. Thought I saw it on #77 last night.

The tracker is broken on #8364, it was in service a day or so ago.

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

8371 has some weird hissing noise when the operator accelerates a little faster. The hissing sound was pretty loud. Idk if that's normal but I don't like this hissing sound when it interferes with the engine

[Javi75]

17 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

yea 8368-8369 is at FG on the 152 and 90

Wonder when the 8350s are going to start appearing on the 80, one of them ran on the 78. Pulled up bus tracker it seems there most abundant on the 77 and 81 but then again the 81 was the first route I saw with the 8325s.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

6 hours ago, Javi75 said:

Wonder when the 8350s are going to start appearing on the 80, one of them ran on the 78. Pulled up bus tracker it seems there most abundant on the 77 and 81 but then again the 81 was the first route I saw with the 8325s.

 

[Javi75]

2 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

 

Nice 

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

2 minutes ago, Javi75 said:

Nice 

if u wanna catch one 8366 is on the 80 as i type 

[BusOps]

22 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

yea i’m waiting on 8364 and 8379 to enter service 

8379 in service yesterday out of Jefferson Park

[Javi75]

1 hour ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

if u wanna catch one 8366 is on the 80 as i type 

I figured the 8350s started moving around when I caught a Cumberland bound 6400 on the 80 and saw a few 6400s on Addison last week. They’re getting their last runs in before retirement. 

[YoungBusLover]

I think I may of found the #8350 prototype that everyone was talking about. I saw this bus with different plates and factory decals on the windshield yesterday. This bus also doesn't have a farebox or ventra reader from what I could see briefly. 

[Bus1883]

2 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

I think I may of found the #8350 prototype that everyone was talking about. I saw this bus with different plates and factory decals on the windshield yesterday. This bus also doesn't have a farebox or ventra reader from what I could see briefly. 

So there is two buses with the number #8350? One In service and the one shown in this pic

[Policeman]

8382 hit service on the 90

[Ghoul]

On 8/5/2022 at 7:16 PM, YoungBusLover said:

The tracker is broken on #8364, it was in service a day or so ago.

Might wanna add 8379 I saw that bus out on Friday at Jefferson Park doing the 68. The tracker didn’t showed up 

[NovaHater]

I have a quick question guy’s, did the CTA exercise the option for the full order of 600? I haven’t had a chance to go back through the thread.