August 2009 Observation Photos

[C40LF_2464]

To start it off.



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[OrionFlyer]

"Carrollton" is easy to spell. Nice pics.

[DCT S9Z4Z6]

Great Pix. .  Thanks for sharing them.
I have a cpl of old pix. .  how do I post them, so they will show up?

[C40LF_2464]

If they are on your PC set up a photobucket account upload the photos on it then copy and paste the IMG link under the photos. Thats how i do it.

[ChristopherF]

Note the larger "CAUTION" decal on the right rear of 2335.  That same decal was also sighted on 2317, 2338, 2357 & 2402. 

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

Ladies and Gentlemen (...ahem...i mean...gentlemen):

I present to you:
2665 and its new sign

[C40LF_2464]

Bleh! Its aight for the scheme but other then that its just plain ugly! And is that a new Block number box thingy i see? Like the one that lights up like the newest buses we got?

[OrionFlyer]

So all the repainted buses in the Express scheme are going to have a sign on the driver's side of the bus too?

That sign is multi-colored right?

[WMATAGMOAGH]

What a waste of money to be replacing all these perfectly good signs and installing signs on the driver's side of the bus.  I'd like to think there are far better things for WMATA to spend its limited cash supply on.

[79MetroExtraMD]

What a waste of money to be replacing all these perfectly good signs and installing signs on the driver's side of the bus.  I'd like to think there are far better things for WMATA to spend its limited cash supply on.

This again.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

Bleh! Its aight for the scheme but other then that its just plain ugly! And is that a new Block number box thingy i see? Like the one that lights up like the newest buses we got?

if you ask me, the signs that 2802-2814 have are "bleh!" (as well as the express 6400s)...this sign on 2665 is a lot nicer than the other signs imo.

And I agree with Oren, there's really no point to replacing perfectly good signs with these...I think WMATA should find better things to spend on...either way, those are nice signs imo

[79MetroExtraMD]

Bleh! Its aight for the scheme but other then that its just plain ugly! And is that a new Block number box thingy i see? Like the one that lights up like the newest buses we got?

if you ask me, the signs that 2802-2814 have are "bleh!" (as well as the express 6400s)...this sign on 2665 is a lot nicer than the other signs imo.

And I agree with Oren, there's really no point to replacing perfectly good signs with these...I think WMATA should find better things to spend on...either way, those are nice signs imo

It's the same sign. Luminator Horizon Spectrum. The only difference is the height of the side signs similar to the ones Chicago has on theirs.

[WayneNYC]

What a waste of money to be replacing all these perfectly good signs and installing signs on the driver's side of the bus.  I'd like to think there are far better things for WMATA to spend its limited cash supply on.

Agreed.  They look nice, but I hear those signs cost several thousands of dollars.  Does seem like a waste to pull perfectly good signs out of a bus that's barely 4 years old.

[79MetroExtraMD]

I miss the Aesys sign on 2164. I thought NJT was going to get them on their NABIs after they tested them out on their MCIs (plus I think the US hq of the company is in NJ). Also, the TITAN sign on 2801 mustve cost a crap load (if only the sign could work properly).

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

I miss the Aesys sign on 2164. I thought NJT was going to get them on their NABIs after they tested them out on their MCIs (plus I think the US hq of the company is in NJ). Also, the TITAN sign on 2801 mustve cost a crap load (if only the sign could work properly).

yeah I miss when 4247, 2164 and 2165 had them...at least 2163 still has it.

What I really miss is the purple sign on 4212, I never got a chance to get a photo of it