PHOTOS: 2010 WMATA Roadeo

C40LF_2464 · September 12, 2009, 06:43:24 PM

Enjoy i hope to see photos of all you others to.

These last to photos i made from a video because i didnt get a old look photo (Slaps face)

C40LF_2464 · September 12, 2009, 06:52:18 PM

I left out these

OrionFlyer · September 12, 2009, 07:33:29 PM

I'm really mad I missed it.

79MetroExtraMD · September 12, 2009, 07:35:59 PM

So 3757 was the only really interesting bus there? I've seen the Old Look, New Look, and RTS many times.

C40LF_2464 · September 12, 2009, 07:44:38 PM

Quote from: 79MetroExtraMD on September 12, 2009, 07:35:59 PM
So 3757 was the only really interesting bus there? I've seen the Old Look, New Look, and RTS many times.

And the thing about it is that 3757 was all the way out back and we couldn't go see it so basically this one sucked. I wish i went to the one last year.

LandoverDivision · September 12, 2009, 08:08:15 PM

By the way you COULD'VE went over to look at 3757. There was paper still wrapped around one of the seats. And no farebox so it just got delivered. And man was there a crapload of buses at CET.

C40LF_2464 · September 12, 2009, 08:17:11 PM

This was my firs roadeo so i didnt know much.

Tritransit Area · September 12, 2009, 10:58:33 PM

Wasn't there a Flxible in the Historic Fleet? Nice shots!

Annex4421 · September 13, 2009, 09:40:27 AM

No Flexibles. It Should have been a Metro B or a Retired Metro E or D. maybe next year I hope

Tristan · September 13, 2009, 10:34:51 AM

This is not to disappoint, but to reassure those of you who didn't make it...the reason why most of the people who talked about going to the roadeo were newer members here and not some of the older clientele is because it really tends to be the same thing every year. Every year they park the same three historic buses against the same wall. I don't remember model trains from years past or starting up open engines, so maybe that's new. Point is, see one, you see them all, miss one, you didn't miss much. So keep your stick on the ice: in 12 months, you'll get to relive history. Maybe they'll even have a Flx in the historic fleet by then.

Scrabbleship · September 14, 2009, 11:02:52 AM

Quote from: Tristan on September 13, 2009, 10:34:51 AM
This is not to disappoint, but to reassure those of you who didn't make it...the reason why most of the people who talked about going to the roadeo were newer members here and not some of the older clientele is because it really tends to be the same thing every year. Every year they park the same three historic buses against the same wall. I don't remember model trains from years past or starting up open engines, so maybe that's new. Point is, see one, you see them all, miss one, you didn't miss much. So keep your stick on the ice: in 12 months, you'll get to relive history. Maybe they'll even have a Flx in the historic fleet by then.

Even being relatively new to the area (and having missed last year's roadeo thanks to a surprise trip out of town), I saw little point in going. Would it have been worth nearly an hour on the Metro or the F4, plus a mile's walk, merely to see the same three old buses? Had WMATA brought more than the Old Look to the Union Station Centennial last fall, I'd have already seen it all.

At least last year they also had a fresh-from-Minnesota 6301 and a 5400 there too.

LandoverDivision · September 14, 2009, 12:33:27 PM

Quote from: Scrabbleship on September 14, 2009, 11:02:52 AM
Quote from: Tristan on September 13, 2009, 10:34:51 AM
This is not to disappoint, but to reassure those of you who didn't make it...the reason why most of the people who talked about going to the roadeo were newer members here and not some of the older clientele is because it really tends to be the same thing every year. Every year they park the same three historic buses against the same wall. I don't remember model trains from years past or starting up open engines, so maybe that's new. Point is, see one, you see them all, miss one, you didn't miss much. So keep your stick on the ice: in 12 months, you'll get to relive history. Maybe they'll even have a Flx in the historic fleet by then.

Even being relatively new to the area (and having missed last year's roadeo thanks to a surprise trip out of town), I saw little point in going. Would it have been worth nearly an hour on the Metro or the F4, plus a mile's walk, merely to see the same three old buses? Had WMATA brought more than the Old Look to the Union Station Centennial last fall, I'd have already seen it all.

At least last year they also had a fresh-from-Minnesota 6301 and a 5400 there too.

True. What ya'll didn't know was that there was a retired Flx-D in the "WMATA Roadeo" paint scheme there. Also there were 4 DE42LFAs inside the garage. And not to mention the food!! And the ISL and Series 50 engines were straight out of the buses! it was awesome!

WMATAGMOAGH · September 15, 2009, 03:11:02 AM

WMATA rodeo paint scheme?

C40LF_2464 · September 15, 2009, 06:58:17 AM

Quote from: WMATAGMOAGH on September 15, 2009, 03:11:02 AM
WMATA rodeo paint scheme?

Yup all white with the roadeo logo i didnt have the time to get a pic i think Brandon has a pic of it.

LandoverDivision · September 15, 2009, 08:15:06 AM

Here goes mines:

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PHOTOS: 2010 WMATA Roadeo