First LED destination sign seen on New Flyer

[sw4400]

Many of you are probably going to say that this bus has already been seen with a LED, but this is the first time I've seen a New Flyer with one. A little after 3p today on the #11 Lincoln route going south. Bus # 5847 or 46. Destination sign was dim, but definately a LED because the sign didn't flip, it blinked.

[Busjack]

There were a couple that had them in about 2001, as a test before the 6709-6683 Novas got them. Several other 5800s also got other types of experimental signs (I remember one about 5850 or so, that had square flip dots, and the sign seemed to be in 3 horizontal segments).

Also, the other day, I saw a blue bus on Howard with an orange sign, and thought it was a Pace 6262 on 215, but the legend didn't look right. Instead, it was a New Flyer with an ad wrap on 201. I think it was 5852.

[MetroShadow]

5850-52 were the buses with the different destination signs, while several 6400 buses (out of 74th) that have LED signs...I was out at the Taste, and that I saw several Novas with the LED signs, and they weren't the 6700 models.

[Busjack]

I think you mean several 6400s out of 77, I've seen a few on State. Another thread on this forum reported Flxible 6237, which would be from 74. There is also 6515 with the Chroma sign.

[MetroShadow]

I get those two mixed up...its whatever garage is operated by the 3 and the 4 routes.

[Buslover88]

I saw one Yesterday Downtown. I think it was on #36 Broadway. I saw it at Monroe & Dearborn.

[Buslover88]

I saw #5851 yesterday with a Front AND Side LED Sign on the #151 Sherdian yesterday

[MetroShadow]

I would like to call to attention (see post #2) that 5850-5852 (I think also 5853) had different model destination signs on the bus during the late 90's. One model had the LED, one of them was a two-tiered flip dot, another was a model that was really different (the ODK really looked weird, back then).

But obviously, unless I am mistaken, the two 5851 and 5852 have the LED signs now.