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PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by phxtusbusfan on Sat Jun 6 23:43:28 2009 Today was my first free day since I arrived in the DC area for a business trip last Sunday. I decided to do some busfanning (hoping to see the new DE42LFAs and 60BRTs). I got very lucky with the DE42LFAs (on several routes it seemed like every bus or every other bus was a DE42LFA) but I struck out with the 60BRTs (Quick question: do they operate on the weekends? (I was at the Maryland Avenue station and I let several U8s go by and they were all C40LFs)). Anyways, enjoy!2009 New Flyer DE42LFA:  Note: This bus had the fun malfunctioning "Emergency Call Police sign"    1995 Flxible Metros:   Other WMATA buses:              |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jun 7 00:14:00 2009, in response to PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by phxtusbusfan on Sat Jun 6 23:43:28 2009. Nice photos in both threads.Another weekend, another chance for WMATA to send out its express buses wherever it feels like... |
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Posted by phxtusbusfan on Sun Jun 7 00:16:44 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jun 7 00:14:00 2009. I was going to mention that. It didn't seem like there was any rhyme or reason to where the express buses were going. I do REALLY like the DE42LFAs though (although I do question whether or not the extra styling is really necessary for regular old local routes, I am sure they could've gotten DE42LFRs for a bit less per bus). |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by phxtusbusfan on Sun Jun 7 00:17:29 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jun 7 00:14:00 2009. Also, thanks!Do the 60BRTs run on weekends at all? |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by lbt 9415 on Sun Jun 7 00:39:11 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jun 7 00:14:00 2009. so u mean to tell us WMATA uses their "express" painted buses on "local" routes ? |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by QM18Express on Sun Jun 7 01:11:15 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jun 7 00:14:00 2009. And why do that matter about buses painted in the "Express" paint job going out doing local service? |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by busway flyer on Sun Jun 7 09:07:09 2009, in response to PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by phxtusbusfan on Sat Jun 6 23:43:28 2009. Great WMATA photography, thanks for sharing.About the NF-DE37LFA's, thought it would only be 6301 to 6320, and you have a picture of 6387, was there an option exercised by WMATA? Has WMATA received their NF-D62LFA's numbered 6562-6584? Thanks; Charlie - BFTA |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Sun Jun 7 09:25:11 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by QM18Express on Sun Jun 7 01:11:15 2009. It defeats the whole concept of 'branding' buses if customers see any bus on any route. |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Sun Jun 7 10:30:13 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by busway flyer on Sun Jun 7 09:07:09 2009. 6387 is a 42' bus. It was originally at Montgomery for testing, but ended up at Western thanks to a bizarre case where New Flyer governed the buses too low which is delaying their rollout to the Maryland garages. |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Sun Jun 7 10:31:40 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by phxtusbusfan on Sun Jun 7 00:17:29 2009. Saturdays on the U8, but that route is not a good fanning route as it's far from downtown and goes through some of DC's roughest parts.Might be better to wait until August when the Benning Road paving is done and the 60BRT's finally end up on where they were intended: the X2. |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by busway flyer on Sun Jun 7 10:51:16 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by Scrabbleship on Sun Jun 7 10:30:13 2009. I am correct then, there is only 20 NF-DE37LFA's 2009 6301-6320, since 6387 is a NF-DE42LFA, is this bus the only one in its model year and series?Thanks; Charlie - BFTA |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by RiverLINE3501 on Sun Jun 7 11:52:59 2009, in response to PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by phxtusbusfan on Sat Jun 6 23:43:28 2009. Those BRT Flyers are GROSSLY overbuilt. A Simpler DE41LFR would have sufficed. WMATA got taken for a ride on these new buses. |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jun 8 07:33:58 2009, in response to PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by phxtusbusfan on Sat Jun 6 23:43:28 2009. Nice photos, I really like the ones of the DE42LFA, LFR and the VII CNG. Btw does the WAMTA Orion VII CNG sound the same as the NYCT VII CNG's? |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Jun 8 12:34:52 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by lbt 9415 on Sun Jun 7 00:39:11 2009. Yes, most likely because many of the "express" routes haven't been created yet, but I don't have much faith that they will do better once the routes do exist. |
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Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09 |
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Posted by phxtusbusfan on Mon Jun 8 17:21:34 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS WMATA 06.06.09, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jun 8 07:33:58 2009. Thanks. I really haven't spent too much time around NYCT Orion VII CNGs to know if WMATA's sound like theirs or not. WMATA has either a Cummins C Gas Plus / Voith powertrain or a John Deere 6081 CNG / Voith powertrain (depending on the bus). |
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