BusHunter Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Last year around October or November I heard through official channels that there was a fire in the engine compartment on bus #5810. According to CFD at the scene (Inner LSD at Grace) no water was used to put out the fire. (probably a fire extinguisher there should be one aboard the bus) At first I thought that it wasn't that bad of a fire, but I haven't seen this bus in operation since. (either it is being repaired at Bus and Truck or it is toast) With all the bus engine fires of the past on the #5800 model, (5 or 6 buses at least out of 65) I wonder if their was any concern at the CTA over whether this could start happening with the #1000 fleet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 It was reported in another topic that fire extinguisher buttons were added to the 5800s. Apparently to little effect, according to your later report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordguy Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 The New Flyer LFs seem to have wide appeal; they've been in demand by many transit systems for at least the past dozen years. For example, the Milwaukee County system has been ordering them almost exclusively since 1995 or so. They comprise more than 95% of that agency's fleet of about 600 buses. I'm aware of two reports of serious engine fires; at least one bus was declared a total loss. Both involved buses from the earliest order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmadisonwi Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Point of clarification: MCTS has 478 New Flyers, 5 Gilligs (contract service for Ozaukee County), and 4 ummm...*cough*..."trolleys." I've got photos of bus 4074 in Milwaukee with some fire damage (May 2005, IIRC). I was told initially by one of the maintenance folks that the bus was going to be retired, but then it was repaired and returned to service a year or so later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Last year around October or November I heard through official channels that there was a fire in the engine compartment on bus #5810. According to CFD at the scene (Inner LSD at Grace) no water was used to put out the fire. (probably a fire extinguisher there should be one aboard the bus) At first I thought that it wasn't that bad of a fire, but I haven't seen this bus in operation since. (either it is being repaired at Bus and Truck or it is toast) With all the bus engine fires of the past on the #5800 model, (5 or 6 buses at least out of 65) I wonder if their was any concern at the CTA over whether this could start happening with the #1000 fleet. This would probably be the only weakness or concern with the New Flyer buses (#1000 series) These buses are manufactured by the leading transit manufacturer New Flyer. I heard somewhere they manufacture 6000 plus buses a year at their two assembly plants. (amazing) So they are probably on top of it. Besides we are talking about 10 plus years of product improvements and tests at the factory. NABI could learn alot from New Flyer they need the help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 #5810 is back with us. As of last week I saw it on the #136. Everything still looks the same except the entire tail of the bus has been repainted. Also, someone said they saw #6170 on a flatbed heading west on the NW tollway a while back. It has returned to FG in it's newly rehabbed condition. Probably needed a few repairs before it was rehabbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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