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TTC Destination Sign Exposure Inconsistencies
wil9402 replied to TransitFan88's topic in Greater Toronto Area
Noticed one, possibly two, artics on 903A today sporting a new more clearer front destination sign. The new sign shows: "903A Kennedy-Scarb Express" (two line, same as original) > "903A To Kennedy Stn" or "903A To Centennial College" (one line) > "903A via Scarborough Ctr Stn" (one line). No "Express Network" exposure. -
Today's Special Sightings
wil9402 replied to new.flyer.408's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
TTC 877X (8772 I believe) on 995 earlier this afternoon. -
3645 is wrapped for Black History Month. It looks like the wrap was printed to fit a diesel Nova. Only the rear section of the roof panels is wrapped.
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Missing in Action buses
wil9402 replied to 409 Thornton's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
I believe I saw this one doing some sort of test run exiting STC and heading south on McCowan in the late afternoon some time last week. The Training Bus sign was up but it didn't look like operator training, possibly mechanics. I'm not 100% sure I remember the number correctly though. -
Spotted it as well northbound on McCowan at Sheppard around 6pm today.
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It's a result of a recent track geometry survey. They are working on fixing the issues found to remove the slow orders.
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If you compare them to one of the W500-W647 ProMasters, you can see that W648 and up are larger. Look at the length between the rear wheels and the rear end.
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Looking at the latest Service Summary it looks like W648 and up are listed as ARBOC/Creative Carriage ProMaster Plus. They've grouped them with the W700s so the fleet range is W648-W790. So I'm assuming from this that W648-W699 will likely be these 7-metre ProMasters. Also of note, looks like 1 of the original ProMasters from the W500-W579 batch is retired.
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The pilot project ran at Queensway in 2006, likely the 9 months you're referring to. It was then expanded to all divisions and in use until 2009. Here's a link to the Procurement Authorization Amendment to stop using Biodiesel in 2009 from the August 28, 2008 Board Meeting.
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Spotted two all white D40LFs travelling east on the 401 at Neilson Rd around 2:10p today. Would I be safe to assume they were headed to DRT or are they decaled before delivery?
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TTC Orion VII Retirement Tracker
wil9402 replied to Mar_AC_23's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
At the last meeting the Board was discussing the Sale and Removal of Retired Buses Contract. A citizen made a deputation in which they asked the TTC to consider preserving 3 Orions (2 as parts buses) partially because of the history of Orion to the Province. The item was then amended to include this request, plus a few other amendments, and was approved on a 7-1 vote by the board. The Sale and Removal Contract that includes the Preservation request covers all remaining Orions. The contract is also for the next 5 years. So it can be any of the remaining Orions. -
Based on the revised schedule (Appendix A, page 12 of the PDF) presented in September, only Donlands, Castle Frank and Glencairn are scheduled be done by the end of the year. All other stations will be done in 2025 with the exception of Spadina (Line 1), King and Islington which will be done in 2026. Old Mill is the only station that construction has not started at, and has no completion date.
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TTC New Flyer Hybrid Electric Buses
wil9402 replied to Mar_AC_23's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
When it comes to operators travelling to/from the relief point on the street, it closer to Mt Dennis and even Wilson. The deadheading is about the same for all three divisions though (Arrow, Mt Dennis, Wilson). Overall, I think Mt Dennis is the most ideal division for it. -
TTC New Flyer Hybrid Electric Buses
wil9402 replied to Mar_AC_23's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
I don't mean to derail this thread but I just wanted to input my two cents. In my opinion, with an increase to the artic fleet it doesn't make sense to reduce the number of divisions that they are allocated to just based on the amount of space they take up for storage and the availability of maintenance space for them. All this talk of Arrow losing all their artics just because they don't have Finch anymore doesn't make sense either. Finch West and Eglinton West are large routes to lose so I expect some shuffling of routes in the west to even out the work at each division. I have a feeling Arrow could also lose 52/952 and pick up possibly 60/960, 35/935 and/or 45/945. These routes along with 927 are all possible candidates for artics along with the 36A that has been using them since earlier this year. -
At the start of the November board when 38 was extended to Kennedy, signs for 38A and 38B were programmed without a branch letter. They fixed it with an update a few weeks into the board period but there are a few buses that I've seen that didn't get updated. The update also has branch letters showing on the westbound trip even though the A and B go the same way.