June 2011 Observations

[WayneNYC]

6388 NIS, on I-270 southbound. 

Shocker of the day: Looks like AU's shuttle fleet has moved up in the world.  I saw several of their Phantoms and both Advantages.  All that I saw are now sporting electronic destination signs on the front and side.  They're doing a slow scroll - "ROUTE BLUE - MAIN CAMPUS - METRO".

5436 on the J9

[Scrabbleship]

5404 on the X3 at 14th and U. This isn't the first time an artic has been on the X3, I remember seeing 5200's on there several years back.

[WMAveteran]

WMATA: #6217 in Metrobus Express livery at Kenilworth Avenue and Cherrywood Road in Greenbelt involved in some unknown drama at the side of the road without passengers or driver while being watched over by a Metro Supervisor's SUV and a Metro Transit Police car (all with emergency lights flashing) at about 6:00 PM on June 2, 2011.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

5738 on the 55 and 5739 on the 46 back-to-back at Washington Street. Also, I noticed some of the Ride On stops have been given stop ID numbers

[WayneNYC]

5437 on the L2.  I'm thinking this is the first time I've ever seen an artic on the L2.

[WMAveteran]

Gaithersburg MARC Station on June 3, 2011:
1) MARC train P873 (local service to Brunswick) powered by MP36 #33, due in at 4:09 pm but arrived at 4:22 pm on westbound track;
2) MARC train P891 (local service to Frederick) powered by MP36 # 20 due in at 4:21 pm but arrived at 4:32 pm on eastbound track;
3) AMTRAK train 29 (Capitol Limited) powered by double-headed P42s #20 & #198 rushed through at track speed at 4:45 pm on westbound track;
4) MARC train P875 (local service to Brunswick) powered by MP36 # 16 arrived at 5:00 pm right on the advertised on the westbound track.

[WMAveteran]

Fairfax Connector:
1) June 4, 2011: New Flyer D40LFR #9629 operating Route 574 service between Reston Town Center and Tysons Corner on North Shore Drive at the golf course in Reston VA at 8:15 pm. 
2) June 5, 2011: Orion VII New Generation #9784 operating "RIBS 3" service (Hunters Woods - Lake Anne - Reston Town Center) at North Shore Drive & Wiehle Avenue (Reston) at 5:45 pm. 

[WayneNYC]

2084 on the J7 s/b on I-270.

[79MetroExtraMD]

2118 38B FM08 this morning at Farragut Square.

[WayneNYC]

2087 on the J7 this morning on N/B I-270.

[RideOn5905]

5737 on the 55 this afternoon.

[79MetroExtraMD]

4246 at Friendship Heights (PN15 on the block). Really odd.

[WMAveteran]

The US Open Golf Tournament is running this week (6/13 -6/19) at the Congressional Country Club in Potomac MD (Montgomery County).  There are park and ride lots and shuttle buses at several locations throughout the county.  The Montgomery College parking lot at Manakee Street and Route 355 in Rockville is being used and there were about 30 buses of every type and shape from everywhere on the east coast in the parking lot running the contract shuttle service.  It looked like half of Peter Pan's fleet was present.
Here are a couple of photos from my iPhone:

   

[WES]

Forgot to mention that I saw 4257 on the 10A last week.

[79MetroExtraMD]

2504 this morning with 001 BOLLING AFB on the sign.