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Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment. |
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Posted by Waynejay on Mon Jul 20 10:13:03 2009, in response to WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Chipper10 on Mon Jul 20 07:51:33 2009. 9301-9411 1990 Flxible Metro-B 401026C1 (most units are retired)9481-9498 1990 Flxible Metro-B 351026C1 (some units are retired) 9601-9660 1992 Orion 05.501 (Recently retired) 9701-9785 1993 Flxible Metro-D (some units retired) 9800-9835 1994 Flxible Metro-D (9830-9835 has suburban interior) 4001-4104 1995 Flxible Metro-E 40102-4D 5201-5245 1995 American Ikaurus 436 4200-4412 1998 Orion 05.501 (4388-4412 has suburban interior) 3900-3949 1998 Orion 05.503 3701-3742 Orion 02.501 (most units are in storage) 2000-2099 2000 Orion 06.501 2100-2231 2000 Orion 05.501 2300-2399 2001 New Flyer C40LF 2401-2464 2002 New Flyer C40LF 5301-5321 2003 Neoplan AN-460A 6001-6039 2004 New Flyer DE40LF 6040-6050 2004 New Flyer DE40LFR 2501-2689 2005 Orion 07.501 (CNG) 2701-2730 2005 Orion 07.501 (CNG with suburban interior) 3001-3030 2005 Orion 07.50 6101-6217 2006 New Flyer D40LFR (6206-6217 has suburban interior) 5401-5422 2008 NABI 60-LFW (CNG) (recently delivered) 6301-6462 2009 New Flyer DE42LFA (currently being delivered) WMATA will also receive 22 New Flyer DE62LFA and 20 NF DE37LFA |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Mon Jul 20 12:31:28 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Waynejay on Mon Jul 20 10:13:03 2009. What an interestingly diverse fleet! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Jul 20 12:37:18 2009, in response to WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Chipper10 on Mon Jul 20 07:51:33 2009. Depot assignments change frequently, most attempts to keep such a roster up to date have failed. |
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Posted by rionOne on Mon Jul 20 17:45:52 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Jul 20 12:37:18 2009. The problem is, unlike up here, the fans in DC aren't really keeping a watchful eye on movements.Hell, I'm even noticing that some don't even know a new order is coming until the bus pops up in service....tsk tsk tsk. I can't find ANYTHING about the new NABIs I'd shot on my recent visit on any of the DC boards. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 19:26:50 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by rionOne on Mon Jul 20 17:45:52 2009. This is a pretty good resource for bus movements: http://forums.dctransit.info/index.php?board=17.0 |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 19:32:07 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by The Flxible Neofan on Mon Jul 20 12:31:28 2009. Agreed, all they need is some RTSs and then their fleet would be awsome. |
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Posted by Dr. Casca on Mon Jul 20 20:36:30 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 19:32:07 2009. They had RTSes...GM RTSes...never bought another RTS again. Stuck with Flxible... |
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Posted by RiverLINE3501 on Mon Jul 20 20:37:46 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 19:32:07 2009. Agreed, all they need is some RTSs and then their fleet would be awsome.They HAD a fleet of RTS's back in the 80's and early 90's [9001-9112]. The buses were originally slopebacks[built in 1979] but in 1983-84 they were squared with various types of AC equipment. They lasted until 1998 when they were wiped out by the Orion V's. |
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Posted by RTS_book on Mon Jul 20 20:40:48 2009, in response to WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Chipper10 on Mon Jul 20 07:51:33 2009. What's happening to the OIIs? How many are still in use? |
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Re: WMATA Bus route depot assignment. |
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Posted by Chipper10 on Mon Jul 20 20:44:48 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by RTS_book on Mon Jul 20 20:40:48 2009. Can someone that knows this post up what bus routes come out of what depot. |
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Posted by rionOne on Mon Jul 20 20:55:25 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 19:26:50 2009. Yeah, no its not. Been all over the board. Nothing "useful." Like I said, can't even find anything on the new NABIs at Arlington Transit. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 20:56:22 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Waynejay on Mon Jul 20 10:13:03 2009. Thank you very much. I do notice one little thing missing.2801-2825 2007 New Flyer C40LFR 
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jul 20 21:00:48 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 19:32:07 2009. Agreed, all they need is some RTSs and then their fleet would be awsome.RTS are exactly what WMATA doesn't want. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jul 20 21:01:51 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 20:56:22 2009. Thanks a bunch. I knew I miss something:-). |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jul 20 21:30:46 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by rionOne on Mon Jul 20 17:45:52 2009. The problem is, unlike up here, the fans in DC aren't really keeping a watchful eye on movements.Hell, I'm even noticing that some don't even know a new order is coming until the bus pops up in service....tsk tsk tsk. I can't find ANYTHING about the new NABIs I'd shot on my recent visit on any of the DC boards. The ART NABIs are there in the June 2009 Observation Photos under DC Transit Today. Myself and at least one other person on that board posted pics of them back in June when they first hit the streets. http://forums.dctransit.info/index.php?topic=775.0 I think most of us observe as we go along with our daily doings. I can't speak for the others, but I will say that while I'm very much a transit fan, transitfanning is definitely more of a third or fourth priority. I suspect that in NYC there a lot of twentysomethings (and younger) fans who actually spend significant amounts of time chasing and reporting on the latest happenings. I know when I was still in NYC and younger I had plenty of extra time and knew just about all NYCTA movements in surface and especially RTO. For me the difference nowadays is that I'm in my forties, married and I just have a lot less time to do transitfanning. |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 22:19:11 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by WayneJay on Mon Jul 20 21:00:48 2009. Why WMATA don't like the RTSs? |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 22:22:17 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Dr. Casca on Mon Jul 20 20:36:30 2009. Yea I know I saw photos of the RTS that's a part of the museum fleet there. I should have said if they was still running RTSs in revenue service their fleet would be awsome lol. |
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Posted by RiverLINE3501 on Mon Jul 20 22:46:54 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 22:19:11 2009. Because the '79 RTS were pieces of junk. WMATA had hell maintaining the buses as they were scattered all over the system. In the mid 80's, they were restricted to Montgomery Depot where they lived out their days. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jul 20 23:08:52 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by RiverLINE3501 on Mon Jul 20 22:46:54 2009. I think another factor is that WMATA (like so many other agencies) found a good thing in Flxible and stay with them. |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Jul 20 23:46:38 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by rionOne on Mon Jul 20 17:45:52 2009. The DC transit fanbase is much smaller. As Wayne pointed out, people have other priorities besides chasing new buses. Not everyone on that message board is local to the DC area at this point. There is only one employee of a local TA registered to post there right now AFAIK. All that being said, the new ART buses were reported on in multiple posts in multiple threads, and other new deliveries are usually discussed prior to their arrival.The person/people behind DCATZ are doing a great job, I'm glad the board is there and I enjoy talking with those who do post there. It may not be perfect and the location of every vehicle in the DC area may not be known at every moment, but it has the best and most active DC area transit message board that I know of. I'm thankful that it exists as the resource that it is with the people that it has, and am quite satisfied with it, and I imagine most of the other participants there are too seeing as how often they post. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 23:49:15 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Jul 20 23:46:38 2009. As a former DC area resident (1996-2000) and someone who spent the entire month of June in Northern Virginia, I am a frequent "lurker" of the DCATZ board. I think the people there do an excellent job. It's certainly better than anything I have found for my new hometown (the Bay Area). |
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Posted by Dr. Casca on Tue Jul 21 00:01:49 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by R33/R36 mainline on Mon Jul 20 22:22:17 2009. Well, you always have Fairfax Connector and their TMCs...Also, PRTC was a former operator of RTS's...as was Baltimore MTA. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:11:53 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Dr. Casca on Tue Jul 21 00:01:49 2009. When I was in Fairfax County last month all I saw were Orion Vs and New Flyer D40LFs. How many TMCs do they still have? |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:12:08 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:11:53 2009. I meant D40LFRs. |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:36:26 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:11:53 2009. That's a very good question. They have a decent amount left, but as they are Fairfax's oldest buses, they don't run much outside of peak hours. All of them are essentially running in the West Falls Church area/Reston Town Center (?) area. |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:36:54 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Dr. Casca on Tue Jul 21 00:01:49 2009. I wonder if PRTC still has their RTSs sitting on the sidelines as contingency vehicles. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:41:46 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:36:26 2009. Ahh. I was in Tysons Corner (near Westpark) From essentially June 1 - June 26 and didn't see any. I rode on several Fairfax Connector buses but, again, no Orion VII NGs or TMCs. |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:47:58 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:41:46 2009. Here's a Fairfax TMC: Of course, that was after waiting for a while for one to show up. I'm not completely sure where those Orion VII NGs are running - perhaps the RIBS routes since they are 30 footers? |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 01:09:24 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:47:58 2009. It looks like my former local TA (Tucson Sun Tran) has copied the Fairfax scheme (albeit with different colors). 
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Tue Jul 21 07:38:30 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by The Flxible Neofan on Tue Jul 21 00:47:58 2009. Nice photo, I really like that paint scheme! |
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Posted by W.E.S. on Tue Jul 21 17:15:47 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Jul 21 00:41:46 2009. They might be relegated to running out of the new West Ox bus division. If so then the Vienna Station might be your best bet to find out. |
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Posted by bobsandus on Tue Jul 21 19:03:54 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Waynejay on Mon Jul 20 10:13:03 2009. And what of the Van Hool units in the 1100 series used on the "Circulator?" |
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Posted by rideonrulez on Tue Jul 21 23:02:57 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Mon Jul 20 23:49:15 2009. Thanks for the compliments! |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Wed Jul 22 06:37:07 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Waynejay on Mon Jul 20 10:13:03 2009. I thought the 6000-series hybrids came in early 2006, not 2004. If memory serves me right, the hybrids came after the bulk of the Orion VII's, yes? |
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Posted by WayneJay on Wed Jul 22 18:47:33 2009, in response to Re: WMATA Bus Roster and route depot assignment., posted by Scrabbleship on Wed Jul 22 06:37:07 2009. I thought the 6000-series hybrids came in early 2006, not 2004. If memory serves me right, the hybrids came after the bulk of the Orion VII's, yes?Yes, I made a typo. Those DE40LF/Rs indeed started showing up in early 2006. |
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