February 2009 Observations

[ChristopherF]

First & foremost, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on winning Super Bowl XLIII last night (2/1).  Now, it's on to my very 1st observations for the month of February:

RIDE ON:
995410, stuck in silver 4ever, on the 10 (Twinbrook)
995722 on the 55 (Germantown Trans Ctr)
055938 on the 54 (Rockville)
085742 on the 34 (Friendship Heights)
085745 on the 20 (Silver Spring)
995411 on the 20 (Hillandale)

FAIRFAX CONNECTOR:
7856 on the 171
7863 on the 401 (Tysons West Park Transit Station)
9705 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)
9763 on the 171
7865 on the 401 (Tysons West Park Transit Center)
7868 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)
7877 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)

METROBUS:
6107 on the NH1
4020 on the NH1
4349 on the 32
9361 remains @ Landover.
9376 on the 80 (Kennedy Center)
From which garage does 9380 operate out of?
9482 on the 3B (Rosslyn Station)
4311 on the T2 & is no longer wrapped in the MINI ad
4310 remains @ Northern.
4337 on the 36 & is no longer wrapped in the MINI ad
4351 on the 28A (King Street Station)
2051 on the 66
6110 on the W4 & then on the NH1
6124 on the NH1
6139 on the A2 & then on the NH1
4364 on the 28B (King Street Station)
2538 on the 29N & is no longer in the NGV wrap
2574 on the 38B (Ballston Station)
2588 on the 38B (Farragut Square)
2611 on the 38B (Ballston Station)
2625 on the 83 & is no longer in the NGV wrap
2629 on the R2 (Calverton)
2634 on the R3 & is no longer in the NGV wrap
2678 on the REX (Fort Belvoir)
2685 on the REX (King Street Station)
2723 on the 23A (Tysons Corner Westpark)
2818 on the 86 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
2411 on the R2 (Calverton)

UPDATE:
A couple of months back, I first reported that 2674 may no longer have Luminator signs.  Over the weekend, I rode 2674 on the REX (King Street Station).  I now confirm that 2674's destination signs are different from all the other 40' Orion VIIs as that very bus no longer has Luminator signs.  In fact, there are TWO things that make 2674 different from all the other 40' Orion VIIs in the fleet:

1.  2674 now has Aesys-like destination signs.
2.  2674 now has 2 HDTV-style television monitors mounted on the ceiling!

[LandoverDivision]

Metrobus:

4220 on the F12 (Cheverly Station)
2028 on the F12 (Cheverly Station)
2009 on the F1 (Takoma Station)

Did Landover's Flxible Metro-Bs get overhauled? I saw 9385 about two weeks ago and it looked fresh and new. I saw 9366 this morning it looked kinda fresh and new but I wasn't too sure about that.

The Bus:

53016 on the 18 (is taking over for 63169)
63106 ON THE 18 (Langley Park)

From Yesterday:

6175 on the A12 which was signed "4244 CAPITAL PLAZA"
6044 on the A12 Addison Road Station

[C40LF_2464]

WOOO!! I had fun today chilling at the Cap Plaza stop I was inside 9703 no driver no passengers nothing and rode on 4008 and some other nice stuff that happen to me (non transit related)!!!!

Metrobus:

4008 on the W4 (is that engine Detroit Diesel?)

6177 on the A12 (caught doing the F4 an hour later)

9703 on the A12

2430 on the W4

5312 on the 70

5317 on the 70

5311 on the S2

2300 on the X2

5412,5415,5414 on the U8

5401 on the 5A

9004-Correction: 9704 on the F4

6301 parked at CET (First time i saw an DE42LFA)

2682 on the REX

2538 on the REX

3921 0n the F12

Ride-On:

5829 on the 59

5836 on the 55

FairFax Connector:

9766 on the 171

I'm probally missing more but thats all i recorded for today.

[LandoverDivision]

From this morning:

Metrobus:
604X on the F12 (New Carrollton Station)
9717 on the F12 (Cheverly Station)
9727 on the F1 (Takoma Station)

The Bus:
63102 on the 18 (Langley Park) This bus was slow as hell. I was late to school because of this.
63034 on the 18 (Addison Road Station)
What the hell happened to 63169?

When I was at Landover Division earlier this week, I spotted the two The Bus Flxs sitting by the Fishbowl.

[79MetroExtraMD]

Today's sightings

Metrobus
2320 80 @ Fort Totten with the new Metro Local scheme. This marks the third bus in the new scheme so far.
5226 M31 @ Rhode Island Avenue
2807 79 @ Silver Spring with A770 block.
9766 1 @ Silver Spring
5207 J1 @ Silver Spring
3017 3856 @ Brookland (I have no idea why this is still going on)


RideOn
5742 12 @ Silver Spring
5744 15 @ Silver Spring
5733 17 @ Silver Spring
5731 20 @ Silver Spring

[OrionFlyer]

Today's sightings

Metrobus
2320 80 @ Fort Totten with the new Metro Local scheme. This marks the third bus in the new scheme so far.

Whenever you or anybody else get a chance can you get a picture of it? Thanks in advance. I've got to see what it looks like.

5226 M31 @ Rhode Island Avenue

Is it normal for an articulated bus to be on a school route?

2807 79 @ Silver Spring with A770 block.

That has to be an error.

[79MetroExtraMD]

I was on the train when I spotted this bus so I could only guess that it was 2320. If I see it again, I'll get a conformation on the number.

As for the artic on the M31, this was the first time I've seen an M31 going toward McKinley leaving RI Avenue. I wanted to see what the sign said (M31 MCKINLEY HIGH SCH).

The A770 block was indeed an error. I told the operator about it. He probably didn't press the button enough times to get B on the CDS controller. I had to double take when I was taking pics of 2807 because I thought I did see A770 and indeed I did.

[WES]

Artics on the M31 are common, so seeing one on that route isn't unusual.

[ChristopherF]

RIDE ON:
995410, stuck in silver 4ever, on the 20 (Silver Spring)
965397 on the 10 (Hillandale)
945361 on the 20 (Hillandale)
085738 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
015581 on the 10 (Hillandale)
015586 on the 20 (Silver Spring)
025595 on the 20 (Hillandale)
055939 on the 54 (Lakeforest)
055941 on the 54 (Rockville)
055945 on the 48 (Wheaton)
085743 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
965378 on the 10 (Hillandale)
Do U know Y these Gillig Phantoms will NEVER be crushed?

FAIRFAX CONNECTOR:
7813 on the 950 (Reston Town Center via Herndon-Monroe P&R)
9721 on the 505 (Reston Town Center via Reston East P&R)
7874 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)

METROBUS:
6110 on the W4
6139 on the W4 & then on the NH1
4020 on the NH1
4349 on the 64 & then on the 32
9333 remains @ Landover.
9345 remains @ Landover.
9361 remains @ Landover.
From which garage does 9381 operate out of?
9390 remains @ Montgomery.
9486 on the 3T (Tysons Corner Westpark)
9491 on the 26A
9749 remains @ Northern.
9763 remains @ Northern.
9768 remains @ Montgomery.
9780 remains @ Northern.
4202 on the R2 (Calverton)
4207 on the R2 (Calverton)
4221 on the F4 (Silver Spring Station)
4261 on the 3B & is no longer wrapped in the MINI ad
4262 remains @ Northern.
4311 on the Z8 & is no longer wrapped in the MINI ad
4310 remains @ Northern.
4388 remains @ Landover.
2017 on the T18 (Rhode Island Avenue Station); bus is missing fleet number on front
2122 on the S4 (Federal Triangle)
2100-2165: NORTHERN
2166-2231: WESTERN
2723 on the 23A (Crystal City)
2305 on the R2 (Calverton) with destination signs stuck on "NOT IN SERVICE"
5305 on the 70 (Silver Spring Station); bus broke down @ Georgia Ave & Gresham Pl
2808 on the 79 (Silver Spring Station); bus picked up most of 5305's riders
2320 on the R2, freshly rehabbed & now in the 4th scheme
2818 on the R2 (Calverton)
2378 on the R2 (Calverton)
From which garage does 9310 operate out of?

[wmata employee]

UPDATE-
2100-2163 Northern
2164-2231 Western

I  was doing my feild supervisor duty I had to rite up a western  operator of not wearing his seatbelt,being way early . He had 2163 on the 36

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

UPDATE-
2100-2163 Northern
2164-2231 Western

I  was doing my feild supervisor duty I had to rite up a western  operator of not wearing his seatbelt,being way early . He had 2163 on the 36

Wouldn't that make it 2100-2162 Northern and 2163-2231 Western? or maybe Western was just borrowing that bus.

[wmata employee]

no i looked in the roster sheet 2100-2163 northern 2164-2231 western

UPDATE-
2100-2163 Northern
2164-2231 Western

I  was doing my feild supervisor duty I had to rite up a western  operator of not wearing his seatbelt,being way early . He had 2163 on the 36

Wouldn't that make it 2100-2162 Northern and 2163-2231 Western? or maybe Western was just borrowing that bus.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

no i looked in the roster sheet 2100-2163 northern 2164-2231 western

UPDATE-
2100-2163 Northern
2164-2231 Western

I  was doing my feild supervisor duty I had to rite up a western  operator of not wearing his seatbelt,being way early . He had 2163 on the 36

Wouldn't that make it 2100-2162 Northern and 2163-2231 Western? or maybe Western was just borrowing that bus.

If that's so, then what was 2163 doing on a Western route?

[WES]

This might be an interesting sight.  From afar  I could have sworn I saw a NABI BRT running on the 83.  I saw it as my F4 was crossing Route 1 and I saw it.  Since it was too far to verify, I am not 100% sure that it was doing an 83.

[rb8888]

This morning (2/6) I saw the following at 16th & K St NW:

2821 on the 80 (Kennedy Center)
5220 on the S1 (Potomac Park)
5308 on the S2 (Federal Triangle)
4275 on the S4 (Silver Spring)
2398 on the D6 (Georgetown)