WMATA 500 Hybrid Deal

[Tritransit Area]

Oh, don't worry.  Once the 681st LFA comes in, you'll get used to it.  I felt the same way before the 592nd SEPTA New Flyer 40LF was delivered, but then I learned to enjoy the subtleties of each bus....and tap into my railfan side! :-D

[79MetroExtraMD]

Well like aznboy correctly said, if it's an option, 9.9 times out of 10 it's from the same manufacturer.  So there's virtually zero chance of *this* order coming from any other manufacturer.

500 LFAs would make me puke though.  Let's hope for some Xcelsiors or something else.

I feel ya. I mean I like to photograph the LFAs, but I don't want to see DC as another NYC.

[orionvii2680]

Hopefully is the NOVABus LFS or Orion or DesignLine ECOSaver IV order and nothing else. 

ECOSaver IV?!?!?! UGH!!!
That is one ugly bus.

[WayneNYC]

Well like aznboy correctly said, if it's an option, 9.9 times out of 10 it's from the same manufacturer.  So there's virtually zero chance of *this* order coming from any other manufacturer.

500 LFAs would make me puke though.  Let's hope for some Xcelsiors or something else.

I feel ya. I mean I like to photograph the LFAs, but I don't want to see DC as another NYC.

Remember - The MTA's fleet is actually getting rather diverse (NYCTA & MTAB).

TMC RTS
NovaBUS RTS
Orion V
Orion V CNG
Orion VII CNG
Orion VII HEV
Orion VII NG HEV
New Flyer D60HF
New Flyer C40LF
DesignLine ECO Saver
NovaBUS LFS-A
MCI 102DL3/D4500

Not at all like the early 90s when NYCTA's fleet was about 90% RTS.

[aznboy4305]

ECOSaver IV?!?!?! UGH!!!
That is one ugly bus.

Sorry about your misery, I would just recommend not going up to New York then...

[Annex4421]

ECOSaver IV?!?!?! UGH!!!
That is one ugly bus.

Sorry about your misery, I would just recommend not going up to New York then...

He probably hasn't seen that one yet it looks good very.

[Tritransit Area]

Yeah - don't forget there are two different models.  There's the one in New York that looks like a low floor RTS, and the one in B-more that looks like an abstract work of art.