Glennwood Road Ent. Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 New Topic Here One of their 2017 Proterras caught on fire at SEPTA yard. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/multiple-septa-buses-fire-philadelphia-maintenance-facility/LZYRSW6FUZG7PDEBPBICSUVYBA/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKucqtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmoN-uBwj1gSi_5WgPHZB-EeIwLQm8uzNpylusROWQtxBrFVp1svTJcbvpZA_aem_vtQjhdHJpPXsbhZT2mOC3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 51 minutes ago, Glennwood Road Ent. said: One of their 2017 Proterras caught on fire at SEPTA yard. The way it looked on TV news, a whole bunch of "decommissioned buses" went up in flames. The headline you cited said"Multiple SEPTA buses catch fire at Philadelphia.". 6ABC says 40 buses were destroyed, including 15 Proterras, which were on litigation hold and "the batteries were disconnected, the coolant was drained and the buses continued to be inspected in accordance with manufacturer recommendations." Any lesson here is that maybe CTA shouldn't be stashing maybe 500 "decomissioned buses" in its boneyards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 2 hours ago, Busjack said: The way it looked on TV news, a whole bunch of "decommissioned buses" went up in flames. The headline you cited said"Multiple SEPTA buses catch fire at Philadelphia.". 6ABC says 40 buses were destroyed, including 15 Proterras, which were on litigation hold and "the batteries were disconnected, the coolant was drained and the buses continued to be inspected in accordance with manufacturer recommendations." Any lesson here is that maybe CTA shouldn't be stashing maybe 500 "decomissioned buses" in its boneyards. Kinda curious... I know contracts have to be rewarded along with draining fluids before scrap will accept anything, but is scrap that long or tedious of a task that they only do enough to not clog up the yard? Or do they keep them for spare parts for the current fleet (which outside of fareboxes and maybe using 5800/5900 parts for the 1000's, I'm not too sure of anything from retired stuff that could be salvaged for current use) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 16 hours ago, Sam92 said: Kinda curious... I know contracts have to be rewarded along with draining fluids before scrap will accept anything, but is scrap that long or tedious of a task that they only do enough to not clog up the yard? Or do they keep them for spare parts for the current fleet (which outside of fareboxes and maybe using 5800/5900 parts for the 1000's, I'm not too sure of anything from retired stuff that could be salvaged for current use) On your last point, since CTA at least historically drained the oil and coolant and ran the engines until they seized, I don't think so. Thinking about the NABIs, once CTA negotiated that they could be scrapped, they were hauled off the property pretty quickly. In Phillly, I can see the litigation hold on the proterras, but not why they were stockpiling the diesels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 On 6/5/2025 at 1:05 PM, Glennwood Road Ent. said: One of their 2017 Proterras caught on fire at SEPTA yard. Various Philadelphia sources (e.g. Fox 29) confirm that a battery on an electric bus caused the fire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennwood Road Ent. Posted June 27 Author Report Share Posted June 27 On 6/13/2025 at 4:16 PM, Busjack said: Various Philadelphia sources (e.g. Fox 29) confirm that a battery on an electric bus caused the fire. That's sad, Wikipedia user Dough4872 and other persons from now defunct Hank's Truck Pictures website confirmed me that one of the retired 2010-11 DE40LFR and retired 2005 D40LF were burned down as well. In other news, SEPTA has new XHE40 Hydrogen busses in service now. Photo credit belongs to the original owners, used with permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted June 28 Report Share Posted June 28 SEPTA may cut service by 45% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/philly-transit-system-votes-to-cut-service-by-45-hike-fares 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 17 hours ago, strictures said: SEPTA may cut service by 45% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/philly-transit-system-votes-to-cut-service-by-45-hike-fares SEPTA has a July 1 fiscal year and the board was up against it. Bloomberg was wrong that CTA also had a July 1 fiscal year. The article doesn't mention Pittsburgh, but it has similiar problems. I'm not going to play a high school student in a Brooklyn attic making a YouTube video telling other cities what to do, but there seems a lot that could be cut, such as 3 modes in the Market Street corridor, a suburban trolley and interurban system with light flag stop boardings, and rebuilding 73 year old PCC cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennwood Road Ent. Posted yesterday at 12:03 AM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:03 AM On 6/28/2025 at 4:11 PM, strictures said: SEPTA may cut service by 45% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/philly-transit-system-votes-to-cut-service-by-45-hike-fares Is this due to political bullcrap by dumb Republicans in Pennsylvania 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago 1 hour ago, Glennwood Road Ent. said: Is this due to political bullcrap by dumb Republicans in Pennsylvania What if it is due to something else? Maybe you should read some reliable Pa news sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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