YoungBusLover Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 #8666 and #8671 have entered service out of C. I expect #8600 and #8668 to join them later on this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, YoungBusLover said: #8666 and #8671 have entered service out of C. I expect #8600 and #8668 to join them later on this month. 8600 has already entered service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 37 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 8600 has already entered service I'm aware of that but it's back at SS in our bays receiving HVAC work on it. Surprisingly quite a few of Cs buses are in our maintenance bay this week. A few #600s and #8100s I saw back there last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 #8607 and #8609 are at SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 yeesh, finally. maybe 4 or P will get them (one could hope). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, Elkmn said: yeesh, finally. maybe 4 or P will get them (one could hope). There ain't no 4. Maybe you meant 74th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannoncvpi Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 48 minutes ago, Busjack said: There ain't no 4. Maybe you meant 74th. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 oh yeah, i meant 74th, but where the heck did "6" come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, Elkmn said: oh yeah, i meant 74th, but where the heck did "6" come from? 74th replaced 69th St garage on 6/18/1995. 69th St garaged opened as a Chicago City Railway streetcar barn in 1908. When 69th closed the "6" code was transferred to 74th St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, Elkmn said: oh yeah, i meant 74th, but where the heck did "6" come from? 3 minutes ago, busfan2847 said: 74th replaced 69th St garage on 6/18/1995.... When 69th closed the "6" code was transferred to 74th St. And, of course, 7 was already taken by 77th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 12 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: #8607 and #8609 are at SS. 8609 is on the 54B so it was there for a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Also 8596 is at NP for driver training 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 #8608 and #8591 are at SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 8552 and 8586 are nowhere to be found yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 On 4/12/2024 at 9:29 PM, Elkmn said: yeesh, finally. maybe 4 or P will get them (one could hope). You don't have to hope. 74th and NP are both likely to get something eventually even if it's not as fast as you like. They operators at those two have to be properly trained before we see new buses going to either garage. In the meantime, we'll see new buses continue to hit service at C, 7 if the noticeable increases I saw in buses out there means anything, and perhaps K if they're to get more than what they received so far before new bus sightings fell off to being only from C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 On 3/28/2024 at 8:33 PM, Run312 said: Upper management only wants newer equipment (Nova 8343+ and up) running on the 56 because it’s a heavy ridership route and it passes Cta headquarters. The flyers are assigned primarily on Central, Belmont, Austin, Diversey and sometimes Lawrence. You will never see a flyer on Milwaukee unless P is asssiting and filling a run you may even see artic once a blue moon filling a run. On 4/3/2024 at 11:01 PM, Run312 said: Cta management wants the new nova’s on east and west routes that run into downtown. The flyers are always relegated to feeder routes or small trips. I’m surprised Chicago isn’t all nova yet Outside it already being pointed out that K doesn't have its east west downtown routes operated solely by Novas, 8350s or otherwise, the thought that they're making 8350s deployment decisions out of a desire to put a good face in front of the media as others have inferred and piggybacked from your posts is meaningless in the grand scheme. For one very few news stories related to the CTA are videoed from outside CTA headquarters. Also the local media has a knack for using recycled and rehashed footage that has older buses in the shot as well as buses that display long dead routes or route segments in their destination signs. That putting forth a good face routine only works when they're putting out their own press releases on the CTA website or doing a photo op that doesn't require a specific bus in question to be moving or in service. Outside what you may have noted with the 56 in particular being primarily 8350s and a sprinkling of 7900s, 8350s are assigned pretty much by what bus is ready and available as grouped together by garage management and supervisors no different than the other bus models and model years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, jajuan said: You don't have to hope. good. I'm tired of hoping. any progress with the LFSe? seems like a lost cause at this point, it's not like nova will be able to make CTA a new batch of buses before they leave america. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 18 hours ago, Elkmn said: good. I'm tired of hoping. any progress with the LFSe? seems like a lost cause at this point, it's not like nova will be able to make CTA a new batch of buses before they leave america. Just be patient. Nova Bus has more than CTA to fill orders for. And there is no evidence that the LFSe is actually a thing with CTA because as @Busjack noted a number of times there was never a bid put out as far as CTA's solicitation records show and no record of a contract awarded. And if that in fact is still the case, which I've heard no mention otherwise, it's never going to be a CTA LFSe with Nova leaving the US market to concentrate on Canada and this current 8350s contract being the last one CTA ever does with Nova. Your only hope in that case is some possibility a small number of LFSe buses are an addendum to the 8350s order similar to how the hybrid NF 800s and 900s were for the 1000s order. But again like with a solicitation for bids separately for an LFSe order, there's no record or announcement of that being the case as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkmn Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 I could've sworn i saw a photo of one at 103rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 #8673 is at SS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 #8672 is at SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 #8609 and #8650 have entered service out of C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 #8668 and #8694 have entered serivce out of C today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Pate Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 On 4/13/2024 at 9:12 AM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Also 8596 is at NP for driver training Previously, 8596 was at Kedzie. Will 8596 return to Kedzie at some point, or is 8596 being assigned to North Park long term (in other words, will 8596 return to service being assigned to North Park after driver training at North Park is over)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 #8608 entered service yesterday out of C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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