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Re: Valley Metro 1996 D40LF buses |
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Posted by roscoman1986 on Thu Jan 3 15:47:37 2008, in response to Valley Metro 1996 D40LF buses, posted by transitbusfan on Thu Jan 3 13:13:46 2008. Yep, those buses are certainly at the 12-year minimum and personally I don't expect them to last past this year. However, some comments:1. The 1996 buses have Luminator Mega:MAX signs rather than Luminator LEDot signs. However, bus 3707 or 3709 has a Luminator LEDot sign installed as a test. 2. Some of the 1998 Phoenix-owned NABI 40-LFW buses have been getting new Luminator LEDot signs as part of their rehabilitation, and look very new (they are bright green and not worn out). So, it appears that the 1998 NABI buses will stick with Luminator LEDot signs. However, 6107 has a Luminator Full Color headsign that is not working, and bus 6108 has front, side, and rear Luminator Horizon signs that is not working either. I believe when these buses were rehabbed the signs were disconnected and will probably be replaced with new signs that do not have their flipdots worn out. The Valley Metro (I am referring to the RPTA from here on out just as Valley Metro) 1998 NABIs are only getting new seat cushions and as we know the Tempe 1998 40-LFWs have Luminator Horizon signs. The Phoenix LEDot signs seem to work fine except for the fact that the flipdots are off color sometimes. 3. The 1999 NABI 40-LFWs have TwinVision LEDot signs rather than Luminator signs. This includes the Phoenix-owned ones, the RPTA-owned ones, and the Scottsdale-owned one that has a broken sign because Tempe is using it along with 6254. The difference between these and the Luminator LEDot signs is the font is different on the front, side, and rear headsigns. These signs seem to work fine with Phoenix and with rehabilitation the 1999 NABIs are not getting new signs. So, except for Tempe, I would expect other divisions to not replace signs. Tempe only replaced signs because of the massive failures that happened in the summer of 2006 due to the headsign maintenance guy leaving. |
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