Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 22, 2010 Board Admin Report Posted June 22, 2010 Skagit Transit seems to be a very poorly documented system, but here's a thread in hopes of increasing that! I was north of Seattle on Saturday, and was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of what appeared to be Skagit Transit's newest buses - restyled NABI 30LFWs. They have at least 3 of them. I also got a rear shot of a Optima Opus bus in service. The front shots I got are probably pretty poor and obstructed. No Gilligs in service that I saw. Will be posting pictures at some point. Member BC Transit has a photo of a Gillig Phantom that needs to be seen too.
HoustonMETROFan Posted June 22, 2010 Report Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) Skagit Transit seems to be a very poorly documented system, but here's a thread in hopes of increasing that!I was north of Seattle on Saturday, and was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of what appeared to be Skagit Transit's newest buses - restyled NABI 30LFWs. They have at least 3 of them. I also got a rear shot of a Optima Opus bus in service. The front shots I got are probably pretty poor and obstructed. No Gilligs in service that I saw. Will be posting pictures at some point. Member BC Transit has a photo of a Gillig Phantom that needs to be seen too. Get to work! I'll get to work at some point to show some pics that were given to me of our newest paratransit units here in Houston. Edited June 23, 2010 by HoustonMETROFan
Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 23, 2010 Author Board Admin Report Posted June 23, 2010 A few photos: Updated the Wiki reflecting my findings: http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Skagit_Transit
R. McConnell Posted June 23, 2010 Report Posted June 23, 2010 I wonder if these are the only 31-LFWs operating outside of Los Angeles, or if there are others we don't know about...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 23, 2010 Author Board Admin Report Posted June 23, 2010 Apparently New Jersey will be getting some...
MiExpress Posted June 23, 2010 Report Posted June 23, 2010 I wonder if these are the only 31-LFWs operating outside of Los Angeles, or if there are others we don't know about... Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit just recently took delivery of several 31-LFW units.
Buzz2kb Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 Hi! I've seen the picture of one of the six 2009 NABI 31-LFW at Skagit Transit on page seven of one of their newletters, available at http://www.skagittransit.org/images/editor...0Newsletter.pdf, and I'd like to raise a few questions on NABI's in Pacific NW and 31-LFW's in general. 1. Are these the only NABI LFW's in the state of Washington or even the entire Pacific NW (WA & OR)? 2. Are/were there any other NABI HF rigid/artic (both HF and LF) buses in this area? 3. Can I say Gillig pretty much dominates the rigid bus market for most TA's in these two states save Tri-Met, RVTD in Medford OR, Community Transit and Pierce Transit (all staunch New-Flyer users) and King County Metro (recent Orion convert)? 4. According to page 4 of the BJCTA (Birmingham AL) newsletter at http://www.bjcta.org/news/newsletters/July-August2010.pdf, they've also received 11 NABI 31-LFW's recently. So are BJCTA, LACMTA and Skagit Transit the only users of NABI 31-LFW's so far? 5. Are Skagit Transit's buses the only diesel examples so far? 6. Here attached are two frontal nearside and offside picture of Arlington Transit's 35-LFW CNG (restyled) bus 5256 taken back in March this year. Can anyone tell the difference between the 31-LFW and the 35-LFW restyled? 7. Finally, are TransFort (Fort Collins CO)'s new buses 31-LFW or 35-LFW? Thanks!
Board Admin A. Wong Posted August 13, 2010 Author Board Admin Report Posted August 13, 2010 I have more pictures of the Skagit units here: http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?showtopic=12062 (and even more not posted yet)
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 I must say, that looks longer than a 31 footer to me. Looks about 35 or 36 feet long.
Buzz2kb Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 071 for Skagit. Sounds like they are very-late model Phantoms similar to Sound Transit and Island Transit buses, as these and those at Modesto MAX & SLORTA (San Luis Obispo County, CA) are the only Phantoms equipped with particulate traps and revised exhaust pipes more heavily associated with post-2007 Gillig LF (and its derivatives). Can anyone confirm if Skagit Transit & Island Transit both got their buses on a piggy-back order with Sound Transit? Thanks!
R. McConnell Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 6. Here attached are two frontal nearside and offside picture of Arlington Transit's 35-LFW CNG (restyled) bus 5256 taken back in March this year. Can anyone tell the difference between the 31-LFW and the 35-LFW restyled? 35-LFWs have five windows on the driver's-side, whereas 31-LFWs have only four. (edited for accuracy)
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 35-LFWs have five windows on the curb-side, whereas 31-LFWs have only four. So I was not wrong in my earlier post then...
Buzz2kb Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 35-LFWs have five windows on the curb-side, whereas 31-LFWs have only four. But the Arlington Transit 35-LFW's I've pictured have only 4 windows on the curb-side as well, so this feature isn't sufficient to distinguish it from the 31-LFW ......
R. McConnell Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 But the Arlington Transit 35-LFW's I've pictured have only 4 windows on the curb-side as well, so this feature isn't sufficient to distinguish it from the 31-LFW ...... I should have specified "driver's side" -- that's what happens when I post at 1:30 in the morning!
118 Vashon via EXPRESS Posted August 14, 2010 Report Posted August 14, 2010 1. Are these the only NABI LFW's in the state of Washington or even the entire Pacific NW (WA & OR)? From what I've seen, most likely yes. 2. Are/were there any other NABI HF rigid/artic (both HF and LF) buses in this area? I think Community Transit may have had a NABI HF artic at one time (I know they had a few Ikarus artics, which were the same model as the NABI artics), but I'm not 100% certain. 3. Can I say Gillig pretty much dominates the rigid bus market for most TA's in these two states save Tri-Met, RVTD in Medford OR, Community Transit and Pierce Transit (all staunch New-Flyer users) and King County Metro (recent Orion convert)? It seems to be the case for some of the smaller transit agencies (Kitsap Transit, Island Transit, Everett Transit, Whatcom Transit Authority, Jefferson Transit). I don't know what Sound Transit will do for any future orders of non-artics (they seem to prefer either Gillig or MCI).
neopasturquoise Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 Just went to Mount Vernon for some bus shots: http://neopas.fotopic.net/c1943008.html
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 17, 2011 Author Board Admin Report Posted February 17, 2011 Cool shots! You went to the exact same places I did too LOL!
neopasturquoise Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 Cool shots! You went to the exact same places I did too LOL! Thanks! Those are the places that I don't want to miss in Mt. Vernon .
busdude.com Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Thanks! Those are the places that I don't want to miss in Mt. Vernon . They dont go by SKAT anymore.... Gee i wonder why????
kevlo86 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Posted August 2, 2012 Last month while touring through Washington and Oregon, I stopped in Mount Vernon, WA at Skagit Station and documented Skagit Transit's fleet. A few updates: They have several Arboc's, I got #103, so I assume given that number it is not the only unit. Since 103 appears to indicate the year of the bus and then the number after indicates the number of the bus. The have at least one Gillig Low Floor 35 Foot, I got #111, so this should be a 2011. Also captured their NABI 31LFW bsues and some Gillig Phantoms. Can see my photos (25 of them) at my website.http://www.kevinsbusrail.com/skagit.html As always a few previews here too! #111 2011 Gillig Low Floor 35 Foot #074 2007 Gillig Phantom 40 Foot #992- 1999 Gillig Phantom 35 Foot #091- 2009 NABI 31LFW
coordinator47 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Posted November 12, 2012 Yesterday I saw two 29' Gillig Low Floors in Mt Vernon, numbers 121 & 122, and both wearing a bright yellow promotional scheme. I .also saw a couple of smaller Phantoms and a NABI 31-LFW in service. I went by the Skagit county shops in Burlington; no sign of the Optima Opus coaches anywhere.
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Posted May 8, 2013 Yesterday I saw two 29' Gillig Low Floors in Mt Vernon, numbers 121 & 122, and both wearing a bright yellow promotional scheme. I .also saw a couple of smaller Phantoms and a NABI 31-LFW in service. I went by the Skagit county shops in Burlington; no sign of the Optima Opus coaches anywhere. I realize that this is an old post, but are these 29 foot Gillig's the BRT style? Also, I have added 15 photos of Skagit Transit to my website in this direct link: http://www.busdrawings.com/Transit/washington/skagit/index.htm
coordinator47 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 None of the Low Floors have BRT styling. They recently placed in service two 40' Low Floors (141 & 142) and two 35' Low Floors (143 & 144). An operator told me that 097 & 098 are used strictly for training as they lack video recording apparatus.
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 None of the Low Floors have BRT styling. They recently placed in service two 40' Low Floors (141 & 142) and two 35' Low Floors (143 & 144). An operator told me that 097 & 098 are used strictly for training as they lack video recording apparatus. Neat! So what kind of Low Floors are these?
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