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MTA is buying 5 Solaris Urbino electric buses for testing. Solaris is a Polish-based company trying to make inroads in North America. https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/iframes/openAdDetail.cfm?id=9FD889F2-B544-4E66-8877-D5958A6821DF

Green Mountain Transit (GMT) in Vermont is seeking to transfer its seven 2013 MCI D4500CT, numbered 930 to 936, to NYCT. The MTA was scheduled to send staff to GMT from 2/21 to 2/23 to inspect the buses. Hopefully it will accept them. 930, 932, and 934 haven't been used since 2021, and the rest since 2022, so they still have life in them. No word yet on new numbers or depot assignment. My speculation is they will probably be numbered 2305-2311, continuing the D4500CT range. https://ridegmt.com/wp-content/uploads/Packet-4.pdf

I keep all my bus info on excel sheets and use Notepad to create the code. However, if I have to create a whole new page with hundreds of buses, I then have to copy and paste a format in Notepad, then manually put in the information for each individual bus, many times over. Example: STEP 1) ==Details== {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable !Fleet<br>Number !Thumbnail !YEAR ![[VIN]] !License plate(s) !Notes |- align="center" id="5001" |5001 | |2008 |#########8####### |LICENSE PLATE |align=left|Former bus from other agency STEP 2) Copy and paste this section over and over again, and then changing the necessary information: |- align="center" id="5002" |5002 | |2008 |#########8####### |LICENSE PLATE |align=left|Former bus from other agency |- align="center" id="5003" |5003 | |2008 |#########8####### |LICENSE PLATE |align=left|Former bus from other agency . . . etc. There are CSV-to-MediaWiki and HTML converters online that work, but they're not quite the format/language that we use in the CPTDB wiki, so the output code isn't the same. So it comes out like this: ! FLEET || THUMBNAIL || YEAR || VIN || LICENSE PLATE || NOTES |- | 5001 || || 2008 || #########8####### || LICENSE PLATE || . . . etc. Is there a specific program or website that anyone knows that can do that heavy lifting, but in the CPTDB wiki format?

Former XE60 slow-charge demonstrators 1754 (ex-1250) and 1755 (ex-1251) have found a home at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as 765 and 763, respectively.

Here's another provider for American plates. Sometimes it catches plates that vehiclehistory and dcontrol can't. https://epicvin.com/license-plate-lookup

Sylveon on YT makes a lot of airport videos. Here's one of the D40LFR at LGA:

From my first visit to Zion National Park: IMG_9284 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9152 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9238 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9121 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9330 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9341 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_9144 by GojiMet86, on Flickr

10 former Valley Metro D40LF running in service for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey_600-609 600 Ex-Valley Metro #6572 601 Ex-Valley Metro #6577 602 Ex-Valley Metro #6581 603 Ex-Valley Metro #6586 604 Ex-Valley Metro #6575 605 Ex-Valley Metro #6596 606 Ex-Valley Metro #6538 607 Ex-Valley Metro #6534 608 Ex-Valley Metro #6580 609 Ex-Valley Metro #6582 IMG_0370 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_0374 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_0380 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_0383 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Some D40LFR also made their way to LaGuardia Airport. 001 Ex-Valley Metro #6483 007 Ex-Valley Metro #6459 IMG_6542 by GojiMet86, on Flickr

Damn, wish I had seen that when I went there a couple of weeks ago. Do you have a link to a photo?

I'm not roasting you. All you had to do was just post it once in its own thread, not flood more than 10 threads with the exact message. Simple.

Spamming, by the Webster Dictionary definition, is: "unsolicited usually commercial messages (such as emails, text messages, or Internet postings) sent to a large number of recipients or posted in a large number of places". You have sent the exact same internet posting to a large number of places (threads). Yes, that's spamming.

Please stop spamming the forums with this.

Amtrak study on running trains to Scranton, PA: https://media.amtrak.com/2023/03/amtrak-study-examines-scranton-new-york-corridor/

No. Just being wrong makes you wrong.

If you guys want to counter Metrolinx and the Fords, you are more than welcome to start your own channels or videos or blogs. Steve Munro does the Herculian job here. Don't really post much in the Canadian part of the forums, but yeesh, some of you got me smh......I know envy and jealousy when I see it......I've seen it in the NYC railfan community......

DeCamp Bus Lines is stopping their NJT commuter services. No word yet if NJT is picking up the routes:

The NYCT Museum just posted an announcement for it.

Wait.........did Fairfax just move away from the 7700-7800 and 9600-9700 numbers for new buses? Mind blown. ???

I stopped by in the afternoon of opening day of Grand Central Madison. That long escalator isn't too bad, more comparable to the one in Hudson Yards. However, it is a maze to get to Madison. I entered the regular GC from the corner of Park and 42nd Street, then walked to its famous GC main concourse hall. From there, I followed what I thought was the LIRR directions, but that actually took me to MNRR Track 42 (I wanna say?). I had to go back to the GC main concourse, where I went to the dining concourse area, and it was then were I found a way down to Madison. I ended up in Madison Concourse at around where 43rd Street would be. The concourse is a long hallway that contains the ticketing area. From that spot I walked to the first escalator (underneath 45th Street); it took about 1 minute 45 seconds. I ended up at the Mezzanine, which is where the stairs to the platforms are. It has an interesting layout, where tracks 201-204 are actually above the Mezzanine (and you have to go up one short flight up), and tracks 301-304 are below (take stairs and escalators down). The tracks are located below Park Avenue. The westernmost platforms and tracks are 201-202, 301-302 (underneath the southbound Park Avenue lane), and the easternmost platforms and tracks are 203-204, 303-304 (underneath the northbound lane). (TRACK MAP original by Vanshnookenraggen; I added the lettering) As you can (and will see) by the track map and photos, the tracks do continue south. IMG_6701 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6707 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6712 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6716 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6719 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6722 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6724 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6726 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6727 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6728 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6732 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6733 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6737 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6738 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6739 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6742 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6746 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6760 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6767 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6777 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6780 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6782 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6783 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6785 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6789 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_6813 by GojiMet86, on Flickr

On January 25, 2023, Grand Central Madison opened to the public. The long-awaited station allows the Long Island Rail Road to access the East Side of Manhattan. Pictured is Kawasaki M9 #9060 preparing for the final outbound run of Opening Day.

You're right, I forget. I guess that still leaves the question as to why US original buses have just the last 3 numbers, but Canadian originals have the last 5.

What was the rationale behind the US units having DD in front, and the Canadian units having all the last 5 VIN numbers but not DD?

The new Amtrak Airo:

Went on a little trip to Mexico back in October. I spent my time near Paseo de Reforma, the corridor where Metrobus Line 7 and its ADL Enviro500s. The Trolebus has a lot of Yutong 12-meter and 18-meter buses, but there are still some older buses in service. I did not see the 2 Western Flyers, which I read are in storage, but I did see the MASAs. IMG_4571 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3036 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4376 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4375 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3845 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3005 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3060 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3118 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3324 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3325 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3790 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3815 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3819 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3827 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3828 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3830 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3912 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3926 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4151 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4344 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4540 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4561 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4569 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4591 by GojiMet86, on Flickr

The MTA will be receiving two hydrogen fuel cell buses (New Flyer XHE40), based out of Gun Hill depot. https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-receives-grant-first-zero-emission-hydrogen-buses