Happy New Year to all, another year to take pics of new buses and the buses that will soon be gone.
the next buses to go would probably be the 42-43-4400s, I don't see that happening within the next year or so (at least I hope).
Gosh! It's just not WMATA without those Orions...and Flxes, honestly.
First pics of the year
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Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on January 01, 2011, 04:14:21 PM
the next buses to go would probably be the 42-43-4400s, I don't see that happening within the next year or so (at least I hope).
The Xcelsiors are (Supposedly) due in March which will probably kill off 152 Orion Vs since that's the (Supposedly) order of 152 Xcelsiors for WMATA. With the Flxibles gone (yeah they're not coming back) the 4200s themselves would probably go because they are the workhorse Orion Vs, the 43/4400s will stick around for another year, because they spent most of their live in Virginia, or WMATA may only retire that bad seed Orion Vs all together and keep all the good ones like they did the Flxibles.
With the new Southeast division on the way and the proposed division on Cinder Bed Road, there's sure to be much more room for buses, and unless there's enough new buses to replace said Orion Vs AND expand the fleet, then they shouldn't be going anywhere.
speaking of SE, how is that division coming around? I haven't heard anything about it, and what's the current deal with Cinder Bed?
Source? (Still have to ask!!)
The Xcelsior bus looks a LOT better than the LFA!
Does anyone else have any idea which order this is? Last I heard Xcelsiors for DC, it was an unconfirmed rumor that turned out not to be true.
Quote from: Tristan on January 05, 2011, 10:22:39 PM
Does anyone else have any idea which order this is? Last I heard Xcelsiors for DC, it was an unconfirmed rumor that turned out not to be true.
Just like with MTAs supposed order of Xcelsiors. I usually look at the BPW board meeting agendas to see anything MDOT related.
Well in regards to MTA, there was in fact an Xcelsior demo on MTA property early last month, and Chuck said all indications point that MTA would be purchasing these buses sometime this year piggybacking off a DC Metrobus order. But I don't know if that means if WMATA is purchasing these as well.
http://www.monumentalcity.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5980
Quote from: Tritransit Area on January 05, 2011, 02:31:27 PM
The Xcelsior bus looks a LOT better than the LFA!
I agree. I'm anxious to see what the Xcelsior will look like in WMATA colors, especially Express livery. I wonder what the fleet numbers would be?
The LFR is my current new Flyer fave, but I really like the looks of the Xcelsior. It's gonna take a lot of time for the LFA to grow on me, but the lack of ugly fender covers helps.
Quote from: Southeastern4204 on January 04, 2011, 09:58:15 AM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on January 01, 2011, 04:14:21 PM
the next buses to go would probably be the 42-43-4400s, I don't see that happening within the next year or so (at least I hope).
The Xcelsiors are (Supposedly) due in March which will probably kill off 152 Orion Vs since that's the (Supposedly) order of 152 Xcelsiors for WMATA. With the Flxibles gone (yeah they're not coming back) the 4200s themselves would probably go because they are the workhorse Orion Vs, the 43/4400s will stick around for another year, because they spent most of their live in Virginia, or WMATA may only retire that bad seed Orion Vs all together and keep all the good ones like they did the Flxibles.
From what I've seen from some of the DCATZ gang, if WMATA is out to retire the bad seed Orion Vs, they may want to weed out the 21/2200s first since the 42-4400s are usually regarded as the better buses.
so that means most of the upper 4200s then, since they've been working nonstop on heavy duty Northern routes.
Folks -
We strayed a bit. You're welcome to continue the discussion (in another topic), but we need get this thread back on-topic as the Jan 2011 Photos.
Thanks a bunch.
Pictures from 1/17/2011, aka MLK Day
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The advertising in the last photo makes the bus look hideous IMO...
Yeah I don't like the plain colored advertisements either. I'm glad those don't cover the windows, though!
Do the Circulator's newer 40 foot buses primarily run on the newest line, or do they run just about anywhere?
Quote from: Tritransit Area on January 25, 2011, 09:25:23 AM
Do the Circulator's newer 40 foot buses primarily run on the newest line, or do they run just about anywhere?
I saw 4/6 new Van Hools on the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan whatever you want to call that route yesterday (1/24/11). Not sure if this has been mentioned but those last six are NOT owned by WMATA but by First Transit.
Quote from: rideonrulez on January 25, 2011, 01:59:28 PM
Quote from: Tritransit Area on January 25, 2011, 09:25:23 AM
Do the Circulator's newer 40 foot buses primarily run on the newest line, or do they run just about anywhere?
I saw 4/6 new Van Hools on the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan whatever you want to call that route yesterday (1/24/11). Not sure if this has been mentioned but those last six are NOT owned by WMATA but by First Transit.
I thought all of them were owned by First Transit.
Does WMATA own the other Van Hools? I thought they belonged to DDOT for some reason.
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on January 25, 2011, 02:48:40 PM
Does WMATA own the other Van Hools? I thought they belonged to DDOT for some reason.
According to the documents, the first 43 Van Hools are owned by WMATA. In fact there even on the official WMATA roster. But as I stated the last 6 are owned by First Transit.
OK, thanks for the info and clarification.
From yesterday's Snowphoon:
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Taken today Jan 27th, day after the storm!
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Quote from: WayneNYC on January 14, 2011, 11:22:48 AM
Folks -
We strayed a bit. You're welcome to continue the discussion (in another topic), but we need get this thread back on-topic as the Jan 2011 Photos.
Thanks a bunch.
Whoops. Our bad, Wayne. What thread would be most appropriate to move the above Xcelsior speculation to?
Quote from: Flxible on January 29, 2011, 10:29:10 AM
Quote from: WayneNYC on January 14, 2011, 11:22:48 AM
Folks -
We strayed a bit. You're welcome to continue the discussion (in another topic), but we need get this thread back on-topic as the Jan 2011 Photos.
Whoops. Our bad, Wayne. What thread would be most appropriate to move the above Xcelsior speculation to?
No problem. It can be in DC Transit Today if it concerning a DC area agency or Beyond the Beltway if it's another agency or even The Grapevine and Newsroom depending on the discussion. We understand that discussions will happen from time to time in the photo section. Again, no problem, just a friendly reminder.
Two Fairfax Connector 632 buses from Vienna Station stuck in the snow near Fair Lakes Pkwy and Stringfellow Rd. From the night of Jan. 26... snow gridlock.
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