Fairfax connector is getting orion vii ng's????

[orionvii2680]

http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?showtopic=3882&st=40&start=40


I hope so.

[Antozilla]

I hope not

[orionvii2680]

I hope not

why?

[Antozilla]

For reasons noted previously The Orion VII is my least favorite bus.

[orionvii2680]

*cough* hater *cough* Whats wrong with the orion vii?

[Tristan]

Okay let's not have the Orion VII sucks discussion again.  But, this is not hearsay anymore, at least 2 of them were on property last time we checked.  There's a thread here that mentions it somewhere.  The one I saw was numbered 9773, right behind the 35' New Flyers (with the highest of those being 9769).

[LandoverDivision]

Have you heard them or seen them on the road?

[Tristan]

No, not yet.  They are probably being inspected and everything first.  Not every system gets their buses out as fast as Ride On does.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

Okay let's not have the Orion VII sucks discussion again.  But, this is not hearsay anymore, at least 2 of them were on property last time we checked.  There's a thread here that mentions it somewhere.  The one I saw was numbered 9773, right behind the 35' New Flyers (with the highest of those being 9769).

I thought the New Flyers went only up to 9768.

Well anyways, I'm looking forward to this, I like Orion VIIs.

[orionvii2680]

Whhhoaaaaa so wait.

Tristan. You saw them for your self?



Man i can't wait to see it now thats gonna be a sexy bus.

[Tritransit Area]

You know what? Finally we have an easy opportunity to ride a standard diesel Orion VII. There aren't many of them around, particularly in the Northeast.

Happy riding - can't wait to see pictures!

[WES]

9788 should be there also.  I saw that heading down I-495 in MD a few weeks ago.  I must say they look pretty good in the "Lifesavers" paint scheme.

[orionvii2680]

Okay let's not have the Orion VII sucks discussion again.  But, this is not hearsay anymore, at least 2 of them were on property last time we checked.  There's a thread here that mentions it somewhere.  The one I saw was numbered 9773, right behind the 35' New Flyers (with the highest of those being 9769).

It's not two anymore i went a few days ago and i saw 2 by themselves and about 6-8 lined up.

[daimlerbuses]

Sorry for the bump here,

However, as I live in Mississauga I'm lucky as I can check out Orion on a regular basis. There are more Fairfax Connector NG's on the production line, as there are a crapload of shells sitting at the back of Orion and a few have already been sent to Oriskany for completion. This was a few weeks ago, so they may already have arrived!

[C40LF_2464]

Thanks for the info! I hope the new ones they will be getting will operate on routes lie the 171 and 151. oh yeah are they 40ft?