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RailBus63 Moderator
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: [MA] MBTA's New Flyer option order buses arrive |
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According to the April 30th update of the NE Transit roster, the first buses from the MBTA's 155-bus D40LF option order are now in service. #0756-0759 and 0762 are assigned to Quincy garage. |
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RailBus63 Moderator
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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According to the 5/14 NE Transit roster update (referencing an MBTA official's quote in a Quincy newspaper), 65 of the new D40LF's will be assigned to Quincy, 65 to Lynn and 25 to Cabot. Once the new Cabot buses are in, the older D40LF's assigned there will go back to Charlestown. Also, 10 to 15 of Cabot's NABI low-floor buses will go to the Arborway garage to allow that garage to begin freeing up the 2001-2124 group for a planned overhaul.
I know the T isn't as fussy about assigning buses in numerical order these days, but this is what the New Flyer assignments might look like once the deliveries are complete:
0600-0754 - Charlestown
0755-0819 - Quincy
0820-0884 - Lynn
0885-0909 - Cabot |
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Q65A
Age: 66 Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 1773 Location: Central NJ
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I just returned from a weekend in Boston.
I had the opportunity to see lots of MBTA buses in action, including lots of NF D40LF's. I also saw Neoplan AN-440LF's and NABI CNG's, plus a few RTS's.
Question 1: I noticed that on an MBTA D40LF (unfortunately I couldn't grab the fleet number) mounted immediately below the right rear (red) marker lamp was a similarly sized green marker lamp; is this a side-mounted "hoodlum lamp"?
Question 2: On the MBTA AN-440LF's, is the HVAC unit roof-mounted near the front of the bus? (At first I thought these units were hybrids). |
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ripta42 Site Admin
Age: 45 Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1035 Location: Pawtucket, RI / Woburn, MA
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Q65A wrote: | I just returned from a weekend in Boston... |
You need to give some advance notice next time! |
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RailBus63 Moderator
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 1063
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Q65A wrote: | Question 1: I noticed that on an MBTA D40LF (unfortunately I couldn't grab the fleet number) mounted immediately below the right rear (red) marker lamp was a similarly sized green marker lamp; is this a side-mounted "hoodlum lamp"? |
I'm not sure what that light is for, but I don't believe it is related to the green hoodlum lights found on the front and rear of all MBTA buses since 1972.
Quote: | Question 2: On the MBTA AN-440LF's, is the HVAC unit roof-mounted near the front of the bus? (At first I thought these units were hybrids). |
Yes, that is the HVAC unit. I believe all of the MBTA's Neoplan buses and trolley coaches have roof-mounted A/C. |
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rideonrulez
Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Montgomery County MD
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Q65A wrote: | Question 1: I noticed that on an MBTA D40LF (unfortunately I couldn't grab the fleet number) mounted immediately below the right rear (red) marker lamp was a similarly sized green marker lamp; is this a side-mounted "hoodlum lamp"? |
This is probably a "retarder" light. I don't work for MBTA but this is just my guess. |
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sjd0356
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 9
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | 0600-0754 - Charlestown
0755-0819 - Quincy
0820-0884 - Lynn
0885-0909 - Cabot |
0756 has been transferred to the Charlestown Garage. I saw this bus in service on the Route 89 this morning 05/27. |
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RailBus63 Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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The first D40LF's at Lynn Garage entered service on Thursday August 7th following a press conference at the downtown Lynn busway. MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas announced that Lynn will be receiving 70 of the new buses (instead of 65 as previously announced) and Cabot Garage will be getting the final 20 buses in this order.
As of the August 10th NE Transit inventory, seven of the D40LF's are active at Lynn (0820-0826), while Quincy Garage has all but three of its new buses in service (0756-0776, 0778-0813, 0815-0819). |
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RailBus63 Moderator
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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0822 leaving the Haymarket busway on the second day of service at Lynn garage:
(Click on the image to go to the gallery page for a larger photo) |
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Bill D
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 332 Location: Waterbury, CT
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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I spotted D40LF's 0857 and 0858 on I-84, passing through Waterbury, CT this morning, being delivered to Boston.
Bill |
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