October 2011 Observations

Scrabbleship · October 03, 2011, 07:43:22 AM

An oddity from Saturday to kick it off: 5440 on the C2, still pretending it goes to Greenbelt Center.

ir0cq09 · October 03, 2011, 06:30:10 PM

2207 on the Y7 headed towards Mont.Gen Hospital

WES · October 03, 2011, 07:03:53 PM

Just saw 2671 being towed, probably to the contractor, because towing it was a non-WMATA tow truck.

Scrabbleship · October 05, 2011, 10:51:20 AM

2361 on the H8 last night (10/4).

rideonrulez · October 08, 2011, 12:56:51 AM

WMATA New Flyer XDE40 #7093 & 7096 seen on the route 79 this afternoon at 9th St/F St NW.

79MetroExtraMD · October 08, 2011, 01:46:13 AM

6458 on the C2 yesterday morning at UMD

ir0cq09 · October 09, 2011, 02:41:35 PM

Saw a Ride-On NF with a full ad wrap for Wells Fargo @ rockville sta today.... odd seeing a ride on bus like that

rideonrulez · October 12, 2011, 08:35:52 AM

Saw WMATA Neoplan #5321 rehabbed at 7th/F St NW this morning on the #70.

WMAveteran · October 13, 2011, 12:35:38 AM

Quote from: ir0cq09 on October 09, 2011, 02:41:35 PM
Saw a Ride-On NF with a full ad wrap for Wells Fargo @ rockville sta today.... odd seeing a ride on bus like that

I did a "double-take" also when I saw the same bus Wednesday afternoon 10/12/2011 at Booth St. and Kentlands Blvd. in Gaithersburg operating route 56 service to Rockville.

WayneNYC · October 13, 2011, 09:50:51 AM

7093 on the 32 this morning.

WMAveteran · October 17, 2011, 05:11:03 PM

Xcelsior #7045 (with a non-functioning destination sign) operating route T2 service (Friendship Heights Metro to Rockville Metro) at N. Washington Street and W. Montgomery Avenue in downtown Rockville. It is indeed odd to see a spanking brand new bus with a non-functioning destination sign and a big cardboard "T2" sign pasted in the front window! I hope this is not a sign of things to come (lol).

ir0cq09 · October 18, 2011, 10:23:02 PM

Looks like there is already a 7xxx oos...... saw on fox5 news that bulldozer plowed into the side of the bus impact was right before rear door.. looks like it can be repaired , hopefully it will be back in service soon.. and I had my first ride on 7045(I think) it was a very nice ride the seating in the back is a bit odd tho.

RideOn5905 · October 19, 2011, 09:51:17 AM

Quote from: ir0cq09 on October 18, 2011, 10:23:02 PM
Looks like there is already a 7xxx oos...... saw on fox5 news that bulldozer plowed into the side of the bus impact was right before rear door.. looks like it can be repaired , hopefully it will be back in service soon.. and I had my first ride on 7045(I think) it was a very nice ride the seating in the back is a bit odd tho.

I saw a video on that accident just now. It looks like the bus involved in this was 7016.
What a shame... it was only in service for a couple months.

79MetroExtraMD · October 19, 2011, 01:44:45 PM

Brand new bus and already dinged up. I wonder what the heck the operator of the backhoe was thinking.

NewFlyer9736BCT · October 23, 2011, 10:25:43 PM

Ride On bus 5804 on the 49 today, does Gaithersburg have this route back permanently or just on weekends, or what?

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October 2011 Observations