Nextbus Observations

RideOn5905 · September 28, 2011, 06:49:27 PM

6545 on the F6, 6547 on the F1, and 6548 on the F14.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="6545" routeTag="F6" dirTag="F6_F6_1" lat="38.965137" lon="-76.95549" secsSinceReport="36" predictable="true" heading="345" speedKmHr="6.408"/>
</body>

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="6547" routeTag="F1" dirTag="F1_F1_1" lat="38.93541" lon="-76.963753" secsSinceReport="224" predictable="true" heading="315" speedKmHr="24.12"/>
</body>

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="6548" routeTag="F14" dirTag="F14_F14_1" lat="38.888744" lon="-76.908379" secsSinceReport="345" predictable="true" heading="105" speedKmHr="53.1"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · September 30, 2011, 10:44:29 AM

2657 at Davidsonville Park & Ride.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2657" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.959309" lon="-76.651337" secsSinceReport="543" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

And 6546 is also at Landover. (6549 has no data)

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="6546" routeTag="T18" dirTag="null" lat="38.937389" lon="-76.874779" secsSinceReport="511" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · September 30, 2011, 03:48:14 PM

It's a changing of the 2700s; 2701 is back at FMR.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2701" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.843063" lon="-77.053383" secsSinceReport="6683" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

And 2715 is at Bladensburg.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2715" routeTag="5A" dirTag="null" lat="38.923229" lon="-76.970436" secsSinceReport="1837" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

And in other news, 3950 is at Annex.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="3950" routeTag="W6" dirTag="null" lat="38.87315" lon="-76.932915" secsSinceReport="25813" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

79MetroExtraMD · September 30, 2011, 05:24:34 PM

6120 on the 79 B777
- <predictions agencyTitle="WMATA Washington" routeTitle="79 GEORGIA AVE RAPID" routeTag="79" stopTitle="Georgia Ave + Missouri Ave" stopTag="8878">
- <direction title="North to Silver Spring Station">
<prediction epochTime="1317417993748" seconds="143" minutes="2" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="2805" block="B774" tripTag="3756661" />
<prediction epochTime="1317418123664" seconds="273" minutes="4" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="6120" block="B777" tripTag="3756662" />

DCAreaTransitFan · September 30, 2011, 07:36:52 PM

Quote from: 79MetroExtraMD on September 30, 2011, 05:24:34 PM
6120 on the 79 B777
- <predictions agencyTitle="WMATA Washington" routeTitle="79 GEORGIA AVE RAPID" routeTag="79" stopTitle="Georgia Ave + Missouri Ave" stopTag="8878">
- <direction title="North to Silver Spring Station">
<prediction epochTime="1317417993748" seconds="143" minutes="2" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="2805" block="B774" tripTag="3756661" />
<prediction epochTime="1317418123664" seconds="273" minutes="4" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="6120" block="B777" tripTag="3756662" />

now that weird i wonder what going on?

79MetroExtraMD · September 30, 2011, 09:09:33 PM

Quote from: DCAreaTransitFan on September 30, 2011, 07:36:52 PM
Quote from: 79MetroExtraMD on September 30, 2011, 05:24:34 PM
6120 on the 79 B777
- <predictions agencyTitle="WMATA Washington" routeTitle="79 GEORGIA AVE RAPID" routeTag="79" stopTitle="Georgia Ave + Missouri Ave" stopTag="8878">
- <direction title="North to Silver Spring Station">
<prediction epochTime="1317417993748" seconds="143" minutes="2" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="2805" block="B774" tripTag="3756661" />
<prediction epochTime="1317418123664" seconds="273" minutes="4" isDeparture="false" dirTag="79_79_1" vehicle="6120" block="B777" tripTag="3756662" />
now that weird i wonder what going on?

Strategic possibly.

RideOn5905 · October 01, 2011, 12:19:42 PM

2707 back at FMR; hopefully for good this time.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2707" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.842899" lon="-77.053879" secsSinceReport="11543" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

NewFlyer9736BCT · October 01, 2011, 01:27:24 PM

6016 back at Montgomery

<vehicle id="6016" routeTag="J2" dirTag="null" lat="39.046921" lon="-77.107597" secsSinceReport="60391" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

6007 finally updated

<vehicle id="6007" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.936317" lon="-76.874573" secsSinceReport="1003" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

2720 is in this...place near Bladensburg Division (I know it's been at Bburg getting rehabbed, might be done soon?)

<vehicle id="2720" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.919266" lon="-76.967461" secsSinceReport="12107" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

no info showing for:
2503, 2513*, 2547*, 2548*, 2613, 2621*, 2638*, 2652, 2669*, 2679, 2719*, 2726, 2728, 3005, 3021*, 3022*, 3027*
* these buses were last shown at Bladensburg (3005 obviously is a Bladensburg bus)

oh and 2630 is rehabbed after all, I have a picture to upload later, plus it's rehab # 1525

NewFlyer9736BCT · October 02, 2011, 04:27:15 PM

check out where 3025 is...

<vehicle id="3025" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.8971019" lon="-77.541214" secsSinceReport="76689" predictable="false" heading="270" speedKmHr="83.664"/>

it's somewhere west of Chantilly, what's there? no idea, but if it's in Virginia, it may be finished with rehab, but who knows

RideOn5905 · October 02, 2011, 10:08:28 PM

6124, what are you doing on the 36 on a Sunday evening?

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="6124" routeTag="36" dirTag="36_36_1" lat="38.961262" lon="-77.0860749" secsSinceReport="40" predictable="true" heading="150" speedKmHr="30.564"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · October 03, 2011, 09:00:45 PM

4032 on the 2B (obvious GPS substitute is obvious).

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="4032" routeTag="2B" dirTag="2B_2B_1" lat="38.88525" lon="-77.117577" secsSinceReport="89" predictable="true" heading="87" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · October 05, 2011, 10:03:38 AM

2623 is at the D.C. DMV inspection station; should be back in service within a week.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2623" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.877743" lon="-77.011597" secsSinceReport="57" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

EDIT: Now 2501 is at Bladensburg.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2501" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.923256" lon="-76.970398" secsSinceReport="2344" predictable="false" heading="150" speedKmHr="3.204"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · October 05, 2011, 03:48:34 PM

2657 is back at FMR.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2657" routeTag="null" dirTag="null" lat="38.84444" lon="-77.053978" secsSinceReport="12673" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

EDIT: Something just occurred to me... I have a theory as to what "4085" really is.

A few GPS's from the Flxible Metro E's have shown up online, such as 4042, 4058, and, of course, 4085. Most of them appeared at around the same time that the Xcelsiors have entered service. As George pointed out in an earlier post, 4042 is really 7016, and 4061 is really 7032. However, I first noted 4085's appearance in May, before the Xcelsiors had entered revenue service. I also remember an accident on University Blvd. involving two Metrobuses around this time last year. The buses involved were 6027 and 2082; the latter had rear-ended the former. Shortly afterwards, 6027 had returned to service. 2082, however, has not. My memory is a bit photographic, but I think the damage 2082 had sustained was certainly fixable. For the record, the last location NextBus had of 2082 before it went offline was at the site of the crash. Roughly seven months after the crash, 4085 showed up on NextBus.

Long story short: I believe "4085" is really 2082. I could be wrong on this, but this is just my two cents on the matter.

RideOn5905 · October 06, 2011, 08:30:31 PM

2551 on the 5A. That's odd, seeing a bus on the 5A that doesn't start with the number 27...

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2011.">
<vehicle id="2551" routeTag="5A" dirTag="5A_5A_1" lat="38.8972399" lon="-77.068222" secsSinceReport="66" predictable="true" heading="330" speedKmHr="69.192"/>
</body>

NewFlyer9736BCT · October 06, 2011, 11:18:38 PM

ugh, I almost figured out what 4032 was today, but that ended up not happening. Plus, without that luggage rack, that 5A bus must have been a crush load with those luggages in the way

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