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Posted by Nabinut on Wed Jun 2 17:14:47 2010 With three more stops to go, my tour brings us to Orange County, California and home to OCTA, one of the most interesting systems in the country. Until recently, the fleet was well diverse with RTSs, Gilligs, New Flyer D40HFs & 2nd Generation New Flyer D40LFs. All have been retired as OCTA is 100 % Low floor and 52% Alternative fueled. Recent service reductions has cast a unflattering light on an otherwise quality system.To start, here is NFI C40LFR #5140 at Fullerton Park & Ride assigned to Route 721, a express route serving Downtown Los Angeles in AM & PM rush. 5140 is a semi-suburban bus and one of 20 buses specially purchased for this and Route 701:  5511, one of 249 New Flyer C40LFRs placed into service in 2008-2009 waits to depart from Fullerton Transportation Center: 5646 waits to depart on Route 89 at the Laguna Beach Bus Station, serving the city of Laguna Beach and Laguna Hills: 2250, one of 239 NABI 40.09 LFW buses purchased by OCTA in 2000-2001 lays over at the Laguna Hills Transportation Center, just shy of Laguna Hills Mall: 7202, one of 60 New Flyer D60LFs in service for OCTA has just reached the short turn of Route 60, one of the heaviest OCTA Lines: Videos: New Flyer C40LFR #5140 on Route 721: Cummins ISL-G/Allison B400R NABI 40.09 LFW #2350 on Route 47: Cummins ISL-G/Allison B400R New Flyer C40LFR #5578 on Route 26: Cummins C Gas Plus/Allison B400R NABI #2250 hitting the freeway on Route 83: NFI #5646 on the very scenic Route 89: New Flyer D60LF #7316 working the always heavy Route 57: See how the rear W/C lift works for OCTA 5646: My music video featuring OCTA: |
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Posted by lbt 9415 on Wed Jun 2 18:52:52 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: Orange County (OCTA), posted by Nabinut on Wed Jun 2 17:14:47 2010. Nabinut - Thanks for uploading these pictures. I remember driving all except for the first bus pictured in this photo. Now that I look back, I really miss working for this company. Out of all agencies in SoCa, they really had the best benefits and compensation package. MV Transportaion will be taking over the remaining express routes ( Lines 206, 211, 213, 701, and 721. In the Fall, there will most likely layoff 100+ operators as they give more routes to MV. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed Jun 2 22:20:15 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: Orange County (OCTA), posted by Nabinut on Wed Jun 2 17:14:47 2010. Great pics and vids! I love this bus system even though I never ridden on it lol. I really like that 5140, still can hear the powertrain despite the A/C being on, on LIB new 1700 NGs, you can barely hear the powertrain when the A/C is on, there getting louder on the outide though, hopefully the same will happen on the inside of the bus, I love the Cummins ISL! |
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Posted by lbt 9415 on Wed Jun 2 22:33:20 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: Orange County (OCTA), posted by Nabinut on Wed Jun 2 17:14:47 2010. from what I remember from the Roster2006 NFI C40LFR # 5501 ( C-Gas ) 2007 NFI C40LFR # 5502-5674 ( C-Gas ), 7529 ( Cummins ISL-G test ) 2008 NFI C40LFR # 7501-7528 ( Cummins C-Gas ) 2008 NFI C40LFR # 5675-5678,7529-7592, 5121-5150 ( Cummins ISL-G ) |
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