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ChristopherF

#45
June 13, 2010, 10:26:35 AM
METROBUS:
4316 on the Y9 (Silver Spring Station)

NewFlyer9736BCT

#46
June 13, 2010, 01:32:47 PM Last Edit: June 13, 2010, 01:49:02 PM by NewFlyer9736BCT
According to Nextbus, 4314-4317 are now at Montgomery. 4318 and 4319 are still at Royal for now. Just check the coordinates:

Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4314" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="39.046261" lon="-77.108093" secsSinceReport="69071" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4315" routeTag="L1" dirTag="null" lat="38.96632" lon="-77.077293" secsSinceReport="198240" predictable="true" heading="218" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4316" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="39.045986" lon="-77.1078409" secsSinceReport="41866" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4317" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="39.046566" lon="-77.1079479" secsSinceReport="97239" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4318" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.810944" lon="-77.042534" secsSinceReport="139474" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4319" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.811386" lon="-77.042923" secsSinceReport="139556" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>


and 4308 is finally back at Montgomery, I don't know why it was at Bladensburg (for repairs or a spare bus for Bladensburg or something else).
how cool would it be if it was there for a repaint for the new theme?

Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="4308" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="39.046978" lon="-77.107597" secsSinceReport="95152" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>


2121-2124 seem to be Royal buses now. 2125 and up are still at Northern (I rode 2125 on the 54 two days ago, looks like Northern's lower-numbered Knight Riders have all moved to VA now)

Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="2121" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.810944" lon="-77.042885" secsSinceReport="168449" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="2122" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.810917" lon="-77.042923" secsSinceReport="184612" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="2123" routeTag="18E" dirTag="null" lat="38.811028" lon="-77.042847" secsSinceReport="167571" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>
Quote<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2010.">
<vehicle id="2124" routeTag="11Y" dirTag="null" lat="38.810341" lon="-77.043198" secsSinceReport="157001" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>


One more thing: 2028 and 2029 are at Landover, so Christopher wasn't seeing things when he saw 2028 on the F6. However, 2025-2027 and 2030-2032 are still at West Ox.
Route Q2. Destination: Silver Spring Station

WMATAGMOAGH

#47
June 13, 2010, 02:19:14 PM
Could someone please post instructions on how to do get this data through NextBus and perhaps could we have it posted as a sticky on the board here for the rest of us?

79MetroExtraMD

#48
June 13, 2010, 02:57:29 PM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on June 13, 2010, 02:19:14 PM
Could someone please post instructions on how to do get this data through NextBus and perhaps could we have it posted as a sticky on the board here for the rest of us?
Do you have knowledge of XML?
"Route 79, Limited Stop, destination: Archives"
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LandoverDivision

#49
June 14, 2010, 09:02:58 AM
2027 is Landover George.
The REAL Landover Division fan!

C40LF_2464

#50
June 14, 2010, 01:44:35 PM
4095 on the F4

WMATAGMOAGH

#51
June 14, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
The terminal at Friendship Heights is open again and buses have returned to their usual routings.

RideOn5905

#52
June 14, 2010, 02:27:31 PM
RIDE-ON'S CHAMPIONS HAVE RETURNED TO SERVICE! Well, one of them, at least.
It was 5197, which was, ironically, on the 97. Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes.

NewFlyer9736BCT

#53
June 14, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on June 14, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
The terminal at Friendship Heights is open again and buses have returned to their usual routings.

That quick??? I wonder what they closed it for in the first place...

Quote from: RideOn5905 on June 14, 2010, 02:27:31 PM
RIDE-ON'S CHAMPIONS HAVE RETURNED TO SERVICE! Well, one of them, at least.
It was 5197, which was, ironically, on the 97. Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes.

Seriously? finally!!! not that they're my favorite buses ever, but I was kinda sorta missing them. I remember seeing 5217 in some lot in PG county a couple of months ago...
I wonder if the Phantoms will go back to Silver Spring or maybe even Gaithersburg...
Route Q2. Destination: Silver Spring Station

NewFlyer9736BCT

#54
June 14, 2010, 03:15:27 PM Last Edit: June 14, 2010, 03:18:07 PM by NewFlyer9736BCT
Quote from: Flxible_Metro_8700 on June 14, 2010, 01:44:35 PM
4095 on the F4

just checked Nextbus, and you're right. however, the others (at least the rest of the 4090s and 4100s) remain at Montgomery.
Then again, it's not the first time a random Montgomery Metro-E fills in for an F4/F6 trip. I think it was 4096 I saw on the F6 about a year ago or so (or 4095, or 4098, maybe 4097, I forgot)
Route Q2. Destination: Silver Spring Station

WMATAGMOAGH

#55
June 14, 2010, 03:27:02 PM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on June 14, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on June 14, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
The terminal at Friendship Heights is open again and buses have returned to their usual routings.

That quick??? I wonder what they closed it for in the first place...



I don't know when it closed since it was closed when I got back to the US last week, but there was no notification of the detours on the WMATA website or the Ride On website, and they didn't even remove any of the stop flags or indicate that the routes were on detour at the missed stops that I passed by on Massachusetts Avenue or Wisconsin Avenue.  I didn't make it into the terminal proper so there may have been signs there.

Scrabbleship

#56
June 14, 2010, 03:42:27 PM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on June 14, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on June 14, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
The terminal at Friendship Heights is open again and buses have returned to their usual routings.

That quick??? I wonder what they closed it for in the first place...

Quote from: RideOn5905 on June 14, 2010, 02:27:31 PM
RIDE-ON'S CHAMPIONS HAVE RETURNED TO SERVICE! Well, one of them, at least.
It was 5197, which was, ironically, on the 97. Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes.

Seriously? finally!!! not that they're my favorite buses ever, but I was kinda sorta missing them. I remember seeing 5217 in some lot in PG county a couple of months ago...
I wonder if the Phantoms will go back to Silver Spring or maybe even Gaithersburg...

The Phantoms went to Nicholson before the Champions took their little 8-month vacation.

If they're here to stay, I see the last of the Helldorados going first, followed by the pre-1996 Gilligs and sadly 5529.

NewFlyer9736BCT

#57
June 14, 2010, 09:19:00 PM
Quote from: Scrabbleship on June 14, 2010, 03:42:27 PM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on June 14, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on June 14, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
The terminal at Friendship Heights is open again and buses have returned to their usual routings.

That quick??? I wonder what they closed it for in the first place...

Quote from: RideOn5905 on June 14, 2010, 02:27:31 PM
RIDE-ON'S CHAMPIONS HAVE RETURNED TO SERVICE! Well, one of them, at least.
It was 5197, which was, ironically, on the 97. Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes.

Seriously? finally!!! not that they're my favorite buses ever, but I was kinda sorta missing them. I remember seeing 5217 in some lot in PG county a couple of months ago...
I wonder if the Phantoms will go back to Silver Spring or maybe even Gaithersburg...

The Phantoms went to Nicholson before the Champions took their little 8-month vacation.

If they're here to stay, I see the last of the Helldorados going first, followed by the pre-1996 Gilligs and sadly 5529.

yeah, but the Phantoms also went to Nicholson before that large order of baby Gilligs arrived, which was pretty much after the Champions disappeared. speaking of 5529, I saw that bus today on the 79. I'm still shocked as to how that bus is the only Orion I left in Ride-On, I would have expected the hammerheads to last longer or something like that (and even 5546 and 5547 which sadly I never got to ride before they retired)

speaking of retirement, has anyone seen 5550-5566 and 5997-5999 lately? I haven't seen them in a while.
Route Q2. Destination: Silver Spring Station

ChristopherF

#58
June 15, 2010, 03:52:14 PM
RIDE ON:
5529 on the 30
095331 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
065300 on the 10 (Hillandale)

METROBUS (*asterisk indicates unrehabbed 2001-02 New Flyer C40LF buses):
6107 on the NH1
4020 on the NH1
4349 on the 10A (Hunting Towers)
9342 on the F8 (Cheverly Station)
9823 on the J5 (Silver Spring Station)
9828 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
9830 on the Z8 (Castle Blvd)
4086 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
4087 on the K6 (White Oak)
4286 on the S2 (Federal Triangle)
4299 on the 96 (McLean Gardens)
4308 on the J2 (Silver Spring Station)
4310 on the K6 (Ft Totten)
4311 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
4312 on the J2 (Montgomery Mall)
4313 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
4321 on the K6 (White Oak)
4336 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
4337 on the 28A (King Street Station)
4366 on the 28A (Tysons Corner)
4367 on the F8 (Cheverly Station)
4368 on the F4 (New Carrollton)
2018 on the F4 (Silver Spring Station)
2021 on the F8 (Langley Park)
2036 on the 36 (Friendship Heights Station)
2074 on the 1A (Ballston Station)
2075 on the C4 (Twinbrook Station)
2086 on the C8 (College Park Station)
2087 on the K6 (Ft Totten)
2161 on the S4 (Federal Triangle)
2177 on the 31 (Friendship Heights Station)
6018 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6028 on the J2 (Montgomery Mall)
6036 on the J2 (Silver Spring Station)
6121 on the 34 (Naylor Road Station)
6167 on the F6 (Silver Spring Station)
6187 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
6189 on the C4 (Twinbrook Station)
6190 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
6195 on the J2 (Montgomery Mall)
6200 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6303 on the F1 (Cheverly Station)
6308 on the F1 (Takoma Station)
6311 on the T18 (New Carrollton Station)
6350 on the 32 (Friendship Heights Station)
6362 on the 32 (Friendship Heights Station)
6363 on the 36 (Friendship Heights Station)
6365 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
6366 on the C8 (College Park Station)
6381 on the Q4 (Rockville Station)
6385 on the Q4 (Silver Spring Station)
6388 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
6392 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6394 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
6395 on the 1A (Vienna Station)
6409 on the 1B (Ballston Station)
6410 on the F6 (New Carrollton Station)
6422 on the R12 (New Carrollton Station)
6469 on the S2 (Silver Spring Station)
6493 on the S4 (Silver Spring Station)
6500 on the S2 (Federal Triangle)
6501 on the 54 (14th & Colorado)
5446 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
5447 on the 70 (Half & O SW)
2573 on the 38B (Ballston Station)
2613 on the 38B (Ballston Station)
2558 on the 38B (Farragut Square)
2614 on the 38B (Farragut Square)
2411* on the R4 (Brookland Station) & then on the D8 (Washington Hospital Center)
2637 on the D8 (Union Sta)
2301* on the P6 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
2313* on the D6 (Sibley Hospital)
2328 on the 86, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red
2379 on the 86 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
2424* on the R2 (Calverton & then to Ft Totten)
2441 on the R2, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red

Annex4421

#59
June 15, 2010, 08:21:49 PM
So yesterday I took a view of Annex from a different standpoint so I found that 4003 4023 and 4045 (i think) are retired and have been scrapped. Also 4296 have suffered damage to the windsheild and the top where the sign and the roof of the bus has a huge dent in it. To my surpise annex can take tic and store more buses if it wasn't from the retired Flxs and the emplyees parked cars.
also breda rehab # 3003 still has the old doors closing chime it was nice to hear, and if anyone has caught on to the rohrs running without working lights, well that has passed on to the CAFs and Alstoms as well. And one of the REX buses (forgot what number) seems to be peelingand exposing it's wrap like feature. And 2506 was on the 7A wit a D Block hmm perhaps signs of the new CNG facility on the way???

today 6116 M6 although it's a Voith bus it has an allison scream
and 2168 was on the V5 and also from yesterday I took a ride on Fairfax Connectirs 2010 D40LFRs and those things can move. I highly recommend anyone to check those out. :)


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