An oddity from Saturday to kick it off: 5440 on the C2, still pretending it goes to Greenbelt Center.
2207 on the Y7 headed towards Mont.Gen Hospital
Just saw 2671 being towed, probably to the contractor, because towing it was a non-WMATA tow truck.
2361 on the H8 last night (10/4).
WMATA New Flyer XDE40 #7093 & 7096 seen on the route 79 this afternoon at 9th St/F St NW.
6458 on the C2 yesterday morning at UMD
Saw a Ride-On NF with a full ad wrap for Wells Fargo @ rockville sta today.... odd seeing a ride on bus like that
Saw WMATA Neoplan #5321 rehabbed at 7th/F St NW this morning on the #70.
Quote from: ir0cq09 on October 09, 2011, 02:41:35 PM
Saw a Ride-On NF with a full ad wrap for Wells Fargo @ rockville sta today.... odd seeing a ride on bus like that
I did a "double-take" also when I saw the same bus Wednesday afternoon 10/12/2011 at Booth St. and Kentlands Blvd. in Gaithersburg operating route 56 service to Rockville.
7093 on the 32 this morning.
Xcelsior #7045 (with a non-functioning destination sign) operating route T2 service (Friendship Heights Metro to Rockville Metro) at N. Washington Street and W. Montgomery Avenue in downtown Rockville. It is indeed odd to see a spanking brand new bus with a non-functioning destination sign and a big cardboard "T2" sign pasted in the front window! I hope this is not a sign of things to come (lol).
Looks like there is already a 7xxx oos...... saw on fox5 news that bulldozer plowed into the side of the bus impact was right before rear door.. looks like it can be repaired , hopefully it will be back in service soon.. and I had my first ride on 7045(I think) it was a very nice ride the seating in the back is a bit odd tho.
Quote from: ir0cq09 on October 18, 2011, 10:23:02 PM
Looks like there is already a 7xxx oos...... saw on fox5 news that bulldozer plowed into the side of the bus impact was right before rear door.. looks like it can be repaired , hopefully it will be back in service soon.. and I had my first ride on 7045(I think) it was a very nice ride the seating in the back is a bit odd tho.
I saw a video on that accident just now. It looks like the bus involved in this was 7016.
What a shame... it was only in service for a couple months.
Brand new bus and already dinged up. I wonder what the heck the operator of the backhoe was thinking.
Ride On bus 5804 on the 49 today, does Gaithersburg have this route back permanently or just on weekends, or what?
One of Howard Transit's Gilligs is now also wearing the Wells Fargo wrap, spotted on the Brown Route at Owen Brown yesterday.
I saw the weirdest thing today while going to the doctor (for a checkup) with my mom and sister:
We were at the intersection of Germantown Road and Crystal Rock Drive, and I saw 5804 turning onto Crystal Rock (as if heading to Germantown Transit Center)... ON THE 75. Naturally, I was skeptical of this; I thought it was a mistyped 55 bus, but just a couple minutes later, I saw not one, not two, but three buses on the 55 to Germantown; 5811 and 5814 on top of each other (not literally, of course) and then 5834 (in the Wells Fargo wrap, no less) about a minute behind them. So this means that 5804 was indeed on the 75, since the thought of there being 4 buses so close together on a route that only has 15-minute frequency is ridiculous. But you know what's even more ridiculous? Seeing a 40-foot bus on a route that does just fine with 30-footers and cutaways and usually leaves GTC empty. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that was Gaithersburg doing an emergency fill-in for a broken-down Nicholson bus.
Quote from: RideOn5905 on October 24, 2011, 05:10:56 PM
I saw the weirdest thing today while going to the doctor (for a checkup) with my mom and sister:
We were at the intersection of Germantown Road and Crystal Rock Drive, and I saw 5804 turning onto Crystal Rock (as if heading to Germantown Transit Center)... ON THE 75. Naturally, I was skeptical of this; I thought it was a mistyped 55 bus, but just a couple minutes later, I saw not one, not two, but three buses on the 55 to Germantown; 5811 and 5814 on top of each other (not literally, of course) and then 5834 (in the Wells Fargo wrap, no less) about a minute behind them. So this means that 5804 was indeed on the 75, since the thought of there being 4 buses so close together on a route that only has 15-minute frequency is ridiculous. But you know what's even more ridiculous? Seeing a 40-foot bus on a route that does just fine with 30-footers and cutaways and usually leaves GTC empty. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that was Gaithersburg doing an emergency fill-in for a broken-down Nicholson bus.
hmm...5804 was the bus I saw on the 49 on sunday, could the 49 be a cutaway route on the weekends and 5804 is temporarily at Nicholson? it could happen, remember that one time I saw 5901 on the 44
just saw 5743 on the 76 about 5 minutes ago!
also, looking at the test.rideonbus.com website, it looks like 5744 is on the 55 right now
also, 5818 on the 75, and speaking of the 75, the site still maps that route all the way to Urbana lol
There is a note on the RO site posted 10/6 that says some of the schedule changes that took effect this Sunday were due to routes moving from one garage to another.
saw 5758 deadheading north on georgia ave near seminary rd. i think this is the lone clean diesel bus from this order
Saw Ride On Gillig Advantage Hybrid 115357 tonight on the 26 on Halpine Rd.
And for the questions about Ride On, yes they did a pick that went into effect on Sunday that included alot of route swaps between garages. Sightings will be very interesting....
5741 on the 61. I, for one, am baffled at their decision to put 40-footers on the 75.
aw man, looks like they're now going to overlap the Phantom's numbers starting at 5360. Speaking of which, are any of the '97s still in service? like 5400-5409?
Quote from: RideOn5905 on October 26, 2011, 02:32:05 PM
5741 on the 61. I, for one, am baffled at their decision to put 40-footers on the 75.
IIRC, once upon a time, the 75 operated out of Gaithersburg (though the route that operated then had some pretty significant differences when compared to the route that operates today).
I was just at Shady Grove Station (east side), I could have sworn I saw a 40-ft Gillig Advantage in the new scheme crossing over that bridge that's over the tunnel of the station entrance...
wow I didn't think Gaithersburg would get that much of Silver Spring's Advantages that it would go up to the '09s
looks like my eyes weren't deceiving me...I saw 5749 on the 54 about an hour ago. around the same time, i saw an Orion VII on the 79, so it looks like Gaithersburg took over that route as well
also, 5835 is wrapped in Wells Fargo. so that's another one besides 5829, I wonder if there are any others (besides some of the Gillig hybrids, forgot the numbers though)
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on October 27, 2011, 07:05:39 PM
looks like my eyes weren't deceiving me...I saw 5749 on the 54 about an hour ago. around the same time, i saw an Orion VII on the 79, so it looks like Gaithersburg took over that route as well
also, 5835 is wrapped in Wells Fargo. so that's another one besides 5829, I wonder if there are any others (besides some of the Gillig hybrids, forgot the numbers though)
5834 is wrapped; I mentioned it earlier this week. Oh, and 5750 is the cutoff for the Gilligs; I saw it online on the 26 today. Speaking of that new feature, I'm assuming that it only works on a few buses for the time being; I was browsing the 55 and I only saw 4 or 5 buses online when I know that it normally operates double that amount.
Quote from: RideOn5905 on October 27, 2011, 09:48:29 PM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on October 27, 2011, 07:05:39 PM
looks like my eyes weren't deceiving me...I saw 5749 on the 54 about an hour ago. around the same time, i saw an Orion VII on the 79, so it looks like Gaithersburg took over that route as well
also, 5835 is wrapped in Wells Fargo. so that's another one besides 5829, I wonder if there are any others (besides some of the Gillig hybrids, forgot the numbers though)
5834 is wrapped; I mentioned it earlier this week. Oh, and 5750 is the cutoff for the Gilligs; I saw it online on the 26 today. Speaking of that new feature, I'm assuming that it only works on a few buses for the time being; I was browsing the 55 and I only saw 4 or 5 buses online when I know that it normally operates double that amount.
yeah their "nextbus" site is in a testing state, it only shows about 25% of the actual buses running, maybe even less (or more?). plus the map is a pain to navigate around, sometimes it will automatically take you to the starting point, which is highly annoying. but hopefully it will develop soon into a more professional way.
I'm glad Ride On is having so many changes now, it's been REALLY boring for the past 2 years (with the exception of Gilligs going back and forth to Gaithersburg, but it's nothing too big)
While riding the J5 to silver spring spotted 2 5300 series(rehabbed) sitting inside Montgomery.....Maybe some 5300 are coming to Montgomery???
Quote from: ir0cq09 on October 28, 2011, 03:54:35 PM
While riding the J5 to silver spring spotted 2 5300 series(rehabbed) sitting inside Montgomery.....Maybe some 5300 are coming to Montgomery???
checked nextbus, 5309 is at Montgomery, 5311 and 5321 remain at Northern, and 5301 hasn't shown data in quite a while, so it's probably there as well.
5306 hasn't shown data in a while either, it may either be there as well, or getting rehabbed at Bladensburg (that's the last place I saw it), and I wonder what's of 5320.
but anyways, I saw 5747 on the 55 today
On Sunday 10/30/11 I saw WMATA Xcelsior #7053 on the Y line at Georgia & Norbeck. This is not the first time I've seen an Xcelsior on the weekend out of Montgomery Division.
This morning I saw Ride On Gillig #115349 on the #26 at Twinbrook Station.
Happy Halloween!
Quote from: rideonrulez on October 31, 2011, 08:35:15 AM
On Sunday 10/30/11 I saw WMATA Xcelsior #7053 on the Y line at Georgia & Norbeck. This is not the first time I've seen an Xcelsior on the weekend out of Montgomery Division.
Agreed! Montgomery has defnitely been using their Xcelsiors on the weekend. I saw one on the Z8 this past Saturday. Also, two weeks ago i saw one parked at Montgomery Mall.
Neo tics at Montgomery? Probably some moves going on while the Xcelsiors come in which means Northern is probably getting some Xcelsiors and moving some buses elsewhere.