July 2009 Observations

[C40LF_2464]

I have the roster saved on om pc. I look at it everyday. The only buses i have problems with are the 4000's.

[Scrabbleship]

I just got off Ride On's original 5755 (the 2007 hybrid) on the 5. Must be hard to have two buses of the same number at Silver Spring...

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

I just got off Ride On's original 5755 (the 2007 hybrid) on the 5. Must be hard to have two buses of the same number at Silver Spring...

it's still numbered 5755?

I saw 5762 today on the 5, the original hybrid one

[Perry]

If it's a different number, how is it hard to have two 5755's?  No agency has two buses the same number.  There are these great inventions called computers that allow you to actually change the numbers so the inventories match the fleet!

[79MetroExtraMD]

If it's a different number, how is it hard to have two 5755's?  No agency has two buses the same number.  There are these great inventions called computers that allow you to actually change the numbers so the inventories match the fleet!

Dispatchwise, that'd be kinda confusing.
I'm looking for 5755 (Which one) The newer one.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

and when they get renumbered, I hope they don't place the new numbers with those cheap ugly number labels like they did for 5997-5999...

[ChristopherF]

RIDE ON:
995720 on the 48 (Rockville)
005809 on the 48 (Wheaton)
085731 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
075760 on the 10 (Hillandale)

METROBUS:
6139 on the NH1
4020 on the NH1
4349 on the 10A (Ballston Station)
9396 on the F4 (New Carrollton) with an L block
9488 on the F8 (Langley Park)
9715 on the F6 (Silver Spring Station)
9740 on the R12 (New Carrollton Station)
9810 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
4086 on the C4 (Twinbrook Station)
4104 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
4206 on the 1A
4214 on the 1B
4216 on the 2C
4235 on the 2B
4308 on the C8 (White Flint Station) with an M block
4313 on the 28B (Tysons Corner) with an R block
4317 on the 28A (King Street Station) with an R block
4326 remains @ Montgomery.
4370 on the 10A (Hunting Towers)
4378 on the 1A
4379 on the 2B with an A block
2026 on the 2C with an A block
2025 remains @ Landover.
2104 on the S2 (Silver Spring Station)
2613 on the 38B (Farragut Square)
2720 on the 38B (Ballston Station)
6104 on the Z8 (Briggs Chaney Park & Ride)
6106 on the Z8 (Silver Spring Station)
6190 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
6140-6178: LANDOVER
6179-6217: MONTGOMERY
2341 on the 86 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
5413 on the R2 (Calverton & then to Ft Totten)
2362 on the R2 (Calverton)

[C40LF_2464]

Today was one hell of a day!
9830 on the C4
Unidentified 5200 series on the C4
6390 on the 52
6320 on the 42
2 C40LF's and a Orion VII on the 79 I think they are putting just about any bus on that route now.
4102 on the F4,This bus was Empty when i saw it then when it arrived at PG Plaza it got packed. I think it was doing some sort of fill in
2152 Broke Down
6435 on the S9
4201 0n the R3
5205 on the Y5 And the driver of this bus couldnt move the bus at all. I have video footage of this that i will post later on.[/]

[79MetroExtraMD]

Today was one hell of a day!
2 C40LF's and a Orion VII on the 79 I think they are putting just about any bus on that route now.

I think I might know something about that. Yesterday, I was tracking the 79 and I think there are a couple of blocks that interline with other local routes. One of which being the U8. It was still shown as being a 79 (I think it didn't switch over to the other assignment). Another time, I tracked an R1 deadheading from Silver Spring to Fort Totten.

The other thing could be that the bus that was supposed to be assigned to that block might have broken down or was in the shop and a spare had to be assigned to it. Happens all the time.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

it seems like the only thing that the 79 hasn't seen yet is a 4200 or a 5200...

[ChristopherF]

RIDE ON:
995721 on the 48 (Rockville)
005810 on the 48 (Wheaton)
085738 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
025593 on the 10 (Hillandale)

FAIRFAX CONNECTOR:
9700 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)
9715 on the 401 (Tysons West Park Transit Center)
9740 on the 950 (Reston Town Center via Herndon-Monroe P&R)
7810 on the 505 (West Falls Church Metro)

METROBUS:
6139 on the NH1
4020 on the NH1
IS 9310 STILL @ CET?
9345 remains @ Landover.
9492, still in the Old-style 2nd scheme, on the F8 (Langley Park)
9714 on the F6 (Silver Spring Station)
9717 on the F6 (New Carrollton Station)
9810 on the J4 (Bethesda Station)
9828 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
4080 on the C8 (College Park Station)
4093 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
4306 on the K6 (White Oak) with an M block
4327 remains @ Montgomery.
4345 on the 28B (King Street Station) with an R block
2012 on the F6 (New Carrollton Station)
2076 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
2096 on the Z8 (Silver Spring Station)
6010 on the F8 (Cheverly Station)
6018 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
6029 on the K6 (White Oak)
6102 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6143 on the F4 (New Carrollton Station)
6188 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
6190 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
6195 on the K6 (Ft Totten)
6199 on the C4 (Twinbrook Station)
6200 on the K6 (White Oak)
6202 on the Z6 (Silver Spring Station)
5421 on the R5 (Calverton)
5422 on the R2 (Calverton)
2363 on the 86, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red
2451 on the 83 (Cherry Hill)
2623 on the 83 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
2345 on the 86 (Calverton) & then on the R2 (Ft Totten)

[C40LF_2464]

it seems like the only thing that the 79 hasn't seen yet is a 4200 or a 5200...

For my recent sighting of a 4200 on the R3 is that normal?

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

it seems like the only thing that the 79 hasn't seen yet is a 4200 or a 5200...

For my recent sighting of a 4200 on the R3 is that normal?

well we know that 4200 and 4201 are Bladensburg buses again, and it seems that they are used as regular Rush Hour buses just like the 2600s and non-express 2800s...so seeing one on the R3 is no different from those buses imo.

Seeing a 4200 on the 79 wouldn't be much different either, just more unlikely since there's much less 4200s than the other buses, and it seems like the 5200s are strictly for the X2, since I have never seen or heard of those buses being on different routes

[79MetroExtraMD]

it seems like the only thing that the 79 hasn't seen yet is a 4200 or a 5200...

For my recent sighting of a 4200 on the R3 is that normal?

well we know that 4200 and 4201 are Bladensburg buses again, and it seems that they are used as regular Rush Hour buses just like the 2600s and non-express 2800s...so seeing one on the R3 is no different from those buses imo.

Seeing a 4200 on the 79 wouldn't be much different either, just more unlikely since there's much less 4200s than the other buses, and it seems like the 5200s are strictly for the X2, since I have never seen or heard of those buses being on different routes

To be honest, I've never seen the 5200s on anything other than the X2. That line is just busy like the 70. As for the other tics, the U8 doesn't come close to the capacity as the X2. Plus, don't the U2, 4, 5, and 6 service some of those areas around Minn Avenue. Plus, if anyone hasn't heard yet, the X2 is undergoing a study for improvements as a part of the priority corridor plan. We could be seeing a "X9" sometime within the next year.

[WES]

9706 on the T18am

9337 on the 84am

9757 on the G2am

6003 on an 84 with a noticeable engine tick

9398 laying over at Federal Triangle

9312 on the T18pm

9343 on the C26pm