September 2011 Observations

[WayneNYC]

7058 at Lakeforest on the J9 this morning.

[WES]

Could it be that Montgomery is kicking out some of their LFAs, saw 6539 on the F14 a few minutes ago.

[WMAveteran]

Xcelsior's still appearing in good numbers in far NE and SE Washington DC:
9/1/2011: #7011 operating route U6 service (Lincoln Heights/Mayfair) at Ridge Road and Minnesota Ave SE. 

[rideonrulez]

Saw DE62LFA #5446 & Xcelsior #7054 and a "Knight rider" Orion on the Y Line yesterday

[WES]

I keep forgetting to post this but this past Saturday I was heading on 495, past the Eisenhower Station when I saw of all things a Fairfax Connector RTS in the station parking lot.  I don't think FFX Connector was doing any shuttles I'm wondering what the heck it was doing there.

[btconet]

Shuttle UM Flxibles 42 and 45 running pretty much back to back yesterday afternoon around 520pm across University Blvd., the latter of which was heading out to Laurel Park and Ride.

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[79MetroExtraMD]

7007 on the R2
7049 on the C2
7061 on the C2 signed as J4 BETHESDA STATION. I did manage to change it to C2 but with everything so locked down, it's impossible to change the destination. Even the Luminator ODK was sealed shut (why Metro)

[WMAveteran]

Howard Transit on 9/6/2011: from a distance. what appeared to me to be a Gillig hybrid operating Red Route service at 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive in Columbia. 

[WES]

Yesterday, 4208 on the G12 and at Landover the '98 Orion Vs are beginning to go.  There is one unidentified Orion V with the fleet numbers removed, more to come soon.

[WayneNYC]

6458 on the Q6 this evening.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

Yesterday, 4208 on the G12 and at Landover the '98 Orion Vs are beginning to go.  There is one unidentified Orion V with the fleet numbers removed, more to come soon.

I checked the GPS's of 4200-4207, they are all sitting at Bladensburg with over 2.6 million seconds time out, I hate to say it, but I think they might be retired.
as for 4208, yeah that one went to Landover, 4209 moved to West Ox (saw it at Pentagon today), 4242 to Northern, 4254 to Landover, and 4255 to Northern (saw it on the 70 today).

6458 on the Q6 this evening.

while on that topic, I saw 6459 on the J2 this evening as well

[WES]

Either 4200 was one of the worst performing Orion Vs, or they overused it, because that and 3900 were among the last Orion Vs put into service.  In fact there wasn't even supposed to be a 4200 or a 3900, those were later add ons, don't know the exact reason why but they are.  Those Orions you might have mentioned maybe sitting at Landover because there are now about 3 soon to be retired Orion Vs sitting at Landover, along with about 5 DE40LFs, and about 4 DE42LFAs sitting at the back.  And no those hybrids are not being retired, don't know why they are back there.  There was also an Orion VII 30ft sitting back there, and I don't know if anyone ever explained the reason why there are Orion VIIs at Landover, but those are there mainly for driver training.  There's a small course set up in the back at Landover where they do it, usually during the midday.

[Transport]

Yesterday, 4208 on the G12 and at Landover the '98 Orion Vs are beginning to go.  There is one unidentified Orion V with the fleet numbers removed, more to come soon.

I checked the GPS's of 4200-4207, they are all sitting at Bladensburg with over 2.6 million seconds time out, I hate to say it, but I think they might be retired.
as for 4208, yeah that one went to Landover, 4209 moved to West Ox (saw it at Pentagon today), 4242 to Northern, 4254 to Landover, and 4255 to Northern (saw it on the 70 today).

6458 on the Q6 this evening.

while on that topic, I saw 6459 on the J2 this evening as well

Orion V 4242 was the last Metrobus to operate the Centreville/Chantilly/Oakton service on the latest (and last) westbound trip from Vienna Station, old Route 12A after 8:00P.M.  The destination sign spelled out "LAST METROBUS" instead of showing the route information.  I've been wondering why I haven't seen 4242 at West Ox.  It's been awhile.

[btconet]

Nabi 5421 on the R2 this evening.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

Yesterday, 4208 on the G12 and at Landover the '98 Orion Vs are beginning to go.  There is one unidentified Orion V with the fleet numbers removed, more to come soon.

I checked the GPS's of 4200-4207, they are all sitting at Bladensburg with over 2.6 million seconds time out, I hate to say it, but I think they might be retired.
as for 4208, yeah that one went to Landover, 4209 moved to West Ox (saw it at Pentagon today), 4242 to Northern, 4254 to Landover, and 4255 to Northern (saw it on the 70 today).

6458 on the Q6 this evening.

while on that topic, I saw 6459 on the J2 this evening as well

Orion V 4242 was the last Metrobus to operate the Centreville/Chantilly/Oakton service on the latest (and last) westbound trip from Vienna Station, old Route 12A after 8:00P.M.  The destination sign spelled out "LAST METROBUS" instead of showing the route information.  I've been wondering why I haven't seen 4242 at West Ox.  It's been awhile.

That's because West Ox used to have the ENTIRE lower half of the 4200s and more (4200 to somewhere in the 4250s)