August 2009 Observations

[ChristopherF]

As of today (8/3/09), 2073 is now a West Ox (formerly Arlington) bus.  2075 is a Montgomery bus.  We need to find 2074.

2074 is a West Ox bus...I confirmed this about 1-2 months ago...

What we do need to find is 2058...because I can confirm that 2057 is at Western and 2059 is at West Ox, but haven't found 2058 yet

Basically...here's the breakdown of the Orion VIs for now:

2000-2024 - Landover
2025-2030 - West Ox
2031-2032 - Unknown (West Ox?)
2033-2057 - Western
2058 - Unknown
2059-2074 - West Ox
2075-2099 - Montgomery

2025 remains @ Landover.

[OrionFlyer]

To my knowledge, its a MONTGOMERY Route

Last I read, Northern operates the K6 on Saturdays. But a lot of things have changed since 2007. So that might have changed.

[ChristopherF]

RIDE ON:
975409, with the -paint scheme that can never, ever, ever be changed at any time-, on the 26 (Glenmont)
085731 on the 15 (Langley Park)
085732 on the 15 (Silver Spring)
085733 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
995415 on the 10 (Hillandale)

THE BUS (PG CO.)
8033 on the 18 (Langley Park)
(Note: 8033's interior mirrors that of a WMATA Metrobus.)

METROBUS:
6110 on the NH1
4396 on the NH1
4349 on the 10A (Hunting Towers)
9332 on the F4 (New Carrollton)
9345 remains @ Landover.
9821 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
9825 on the C8 (College Park Station)
4059 on the 83 (Rhode Island Avenue Station)
4066 on the C4 (Twinbrook Station)
4091 on the C8 (College Park Station)
4094 on the C4 (White Flint Station)
4100 on the C4 (PG Plaza Station)
4305 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
4323 remains @ Montgomery.
4325 remains @ Montgomery.
4328 remains @ Montgomery.
4329 remains @ Montgomery.
2008 on the F4 (Silver Spring Station)
2115 on the S2 (Federal Triangle)
6103 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
6105 on the Z6 (Silver Spring Station)
6106 on the Z6 (Burtonsville)
6115 on the A2
6182 on the C8 (College Park Station)
6200 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6211 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
6140-6178: LANDOVER
6179-6217: MONTGOMERY
2402 on the R3, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red
2424 on the R2 (Calverton & then to Ft Totten)
2415 on the R2 (Calverton)

[ChristopherF]

As of today (8/4/09), 4064 is a BLADENSBURG bus.  4066 is a Montgomery bus.  We need to find 4065.

Also, 2031 & 2032 are West Ox (formerly Arlington) buses.  Here's the list of 2000 Orion VIs:

2000-2025: LANDOVER
2026-2032: West Ox
2033-2057: Western
2058: unknown
2059-2074: West Ox
2075-2099: Montgomery

[C40LF_2464]

What is PG 8033?

[rideonrulez]

What is PG 8033?

It's what we call a "WMATA reject" that was bought by other companies when WMATA decided not to buy all the buses they originally ordered. I have a pic somewhere and will post it up as soon as I find it.

[BladensburgB2]

Hello All

I hope someone saw this besides me today

DRUM ROLL PLEASE ................................... 6400 G2 - BG02

I was so shocked when i seen this bus on the G2 so that means Bladensburg are getting there now I guess lol

[OrionFlyer]

Hello All

I hope someone saw this besides me today

DRUM ROLL PLEASE ................................... 6400 G2 - BG02

I was so shocked when i seen this bus on the G2 so that means Bladensburg are getting there now I guess lol

The G2 is a Northern only bus route. The block number must have been in error. Should have been "NG02". I've never seen a Bladenburg bus on the G2; by picture or in person. Bladensburg isn't supposed to be getting any of the 42fts, only the 37fts.

[WayneNYC]

Hello All

I hope someone saw this besides me today

DRUM ROLL PLEASE ................................... 6400 G2 - BG02

I was so shocked when i seen this bus on the G2 so that means Bladensburg are getting there now I guess lol

The G2 is a Northern only bus route. The block number must have been in error. Should have been "NG02". I've never seen a Bladenburg bus on the G2; by picture or in person. Bladensburg isn't supposed to be getting any of the 42fts, only the 37fts.

I can't say for certain that all G2 blocks are handled by Northern, but I do know that in the past the G2 was split with both divisions.  IIRC, at one point Bladensburg did most of the G2 blocks.

[79MetroExtraMD]

What time of day did you see 6400?

[79MetroExtraMD]

Strange observations this morning (about 430-5am), I was on Nextbus and noticed a 92 at Annex, an E6 around L'Enfant, and a Q2 around Calverton.

[OrionFlyer]

Hello All

I hope someone saw this besides me today

DRUM ROLL PLEASE ................................... 6400 G2 - BG02

I was so shocked when i seen this bus on the G2 so that means Bladensburg are getting there now I guess lol

The G2 is a Northern only bus route. The block number must have been in error. Should have been "NG02". I've never seen a Bladenburg bus on the G2; by picture or in person. Bladensburg isn't supposed to be getting any of the 42fts, only the 37fts.

I can't say for certain that all G2 blocks are handled by Northern, but I do know that in the past the G2 was split with both divisions.  IIRC, at one point Bladensburg did most of the G2 blocks.

Anythings possible. Its just that I've always seen N blocks on that route.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

-2665 has a brand new very bright sign...it was seen yesterday on the 7W (or 7X...one of those) at Southern Towers. It also has a sign on the left side.
-6212 is an Annex bus...I think 6211 remains at Montgomery so we might have found the cutoff.
-Connector's 7878 is wrapped in the Hershey Park ad
-4072 was on the 70 with an N block
-2806 had no working A/C then broke down...I was on that bus and thank God it broke down because it was hot as hell...I then took 5310 on the 70 the rest of the way down
-4067 was broken down on the Q2 northbound at Viers Mill and Twinbrook Pkwy (ironically the same place where 2139 broke down a while ago (which I was riding))
-9809 is still in service, it's running nice and strong
-Brandon says he saw 9719 at CET (assuming that it's still the only one with its famous tailpipe)...looks like that bus is gone =(
-2058 has been found, it's at West Ox, as well as 2031.

Here's the Orion VI breakdown so far:
2000-2024 - Landover
2025-2031 - West Ox
2032 - Unknown
2033-2057 - Western
2058-2074 - West Ox
2075-2099 - Montgomery

I have more observations but they are in the form of pictures, I will post those later

[ChristopherF]

RIDE ON:
005821 on the 48 (Rockville)
055825 on the 48 (Wheaton)
085738 on the 10 (Twinbrook)
085735 on the 10 (Hillandale)

FAIRFAX CONNECTOR:
7863 on the 401 (Franconia/ Springfield Metro)
9711 on the 401 (Tysons West Park Transit Center)
7825 on the 505 (West Falls Church Metro)

METROBUS:
4397 on the NH1
6115 on the NH1
IS 9310 STILL @ CET?
9352 remains @ Montgomery.
9711 on the F6 (New Carrollton Station)
9764 remains @ Montgomery.
4074 on the C8 (College Park Station)
4094 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
4270 on the 70 (Archives)
4302 on the 70 (Silver Spring Station)
4305 on the Y8 (Silver Spring Station)
4322 remains @ Montgomery & is no longer wrapped in the Hersheypark ad.
4328 remains @ Montgomery.
2008 on the F8 (Langley Park)
2011 on the F8 (Cheverly Station)
2076 on the C2 (Greenbelt Center)
2085 on the C8 (White Flint Station)
6011 on the F6 (Silver Spring Station)
6022 on the C8 (College Park Station)
6025 on the C2 (Wheaton Station)
6105 on the Y8 (Montgomery Gen Hospital)
6106 on the Z8 (Silver Spring Station)
6181 on the K6 (White Oak)
6208 on the Z8 (Briggs Chaney Park & Ride)
2335 on the 86, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red
2616 on the 86 (Calverton)
2615 remains @ FMR.
2626 on the R2 (Calverton & then to Ft Totten)
2402 on the R2, freshly rehabbed & repainted in silver/red

[C40LF_2464]

2816-2817 AKA The C40LFR's in the Express scheme have the new Bright green LED