gilligfanboi Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Transit man2015 said: Yes VTA in California has it on their hybrid buses it’s weird in my opinion I googled this and found a few photos of the VTA buses. I had been starting to think it might be some kind of weight-savings measure, weighing less than the full BRT front cap, and perhaps a strategy for squeezing the most range out of an electric design. But seeing that it’s been used on more conventional buses, I’m just trying to figure out the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XN40 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 5:42 PM, gilligfanboi said: I was just browsing Gillig’s site today and came upon the battery electric page for the first time today: https://www.gillig.com/beze The attached photo is cropped from the main pic on that page. Did I miss something? When did they introduce this front cap that looks like a combination of the standard and BRT styling options? Is this on any production buses anywhere? You can order this front end on any Gillig bus for that matter whether it is CNG, Diesel, hybrid, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilligfanboi Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 18 hours ago, XN40 said: You can order this front end on any Gillig bus for that matter whether it is CNG, Diesel, hybrid, etc. Is it available with or without the BRTplus roof cap? Any idea what the point is? Are they trying to phase out the original front cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoartic7101 Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 KCATA/RideKC should be receiving new CNG standard buses this year to replace the rest of the 2300's and some of the 2400 series Gilligs they already have (and may replace the 2005 BRTs 3500-3512), wonder if they will receive this front cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin607 Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 I hadn't realised that Cummins had started making electric powertrains. That's a sensible move from their point of view but where do they get the experience and expertise to guarantee performance and reliability to demanding customers? In contrast New Flyer uses electric motors from Siemens, which has over 100 years experience in electric traction - railways, tramways and trolleybuses 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 On 5/12/2018 at 5:06 PM, martin607 said: I hadn't realised that Cummins had started making electric powertrains. That's a sensible move from their point of view but where do they get the experience and expertise to guarantee performance and reliability to demanding customers? In contrast New Flyer uses electric motors from Siemens, which has over 100 years experience in electric traction - railways, tramways and trolleybuses The question is who is supplying Cummins with the components? I highly doubt Cummins has started winding their own traction motors. Who built the traction motors in Allison parallel hybrids? Who built the traction motors for the BAE hybrids? I don't know, and I am genuinely curious. Hell, who built the traction motors in the Vossloh Kiepe E40LFR's? Not Kiepe, as I recall they are actually Skoda traction motors. So at the end of the day, the traction motors could be a moot point. Cummins is probably more so the systems integrator with all of the components. Certainly, Cummins I'm sure has some experience in the electrification of drivetrains in the form of such features as the electrically driven cooling fans, rather than belt driven. How much, I'm honestly not sure, but, I'm sure they've gained experience already on some of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 I honestly can’t say who actually did the casting and armature winding, but the BAE traction motors are patented and proprietary to BAE only, right down to the hybridrive logo cast into the aluminum casing. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 12 hours ago, M. Parsons said: Hell, who built the traction motors in the Vossloh Kiepe E40LFR's? Not Kiepe, as I recall they are actually Skoda traction motors. They may have spec'd Skoda motors on Vancouver's E40LFs, but Kiepe has been well known to spec and build their own control systems, right down to the traction motors. Dan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin607 Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, smallspy said: They may have spec'd Skoda motors on Vancouver's E40LFs, but Kiepe has been well known to spec and build their own control systems, right down to the traction motors. Dan Quite. Kiepe has been the main contractor for the traction equipment for New flyer trolleybuses to Vancouver, Seattle and San Francisco. They simply chose to buy in traction motors from Skoda (lower cost? speed of delivery?). But they could have manufactured in-house. As this is a Gillig thread, has anybody posted about the new Next Generation Trolleybuses being ordered by Dayton Ohio? These are full dual mode battery trolleybuses capable of running 15 miles in battery mode. The batteries are recharged while running under the trolleybus wires - yay no need for the 10 minute charging waits that pure battery buses need. Interestingly the transit authority seems to be contracting directly with Kiepe Electric, who in turn are using Gillig bus bodies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XN40 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 8:28 PM, gilligfanboi said: Is it available with or without the BRTplus roof cap? Any idea what the point is? Are they trying to phase out the original front cap? This was originally designed for Santa Clara VTA, but apparently, any Gillig customer can buy it and you dont need BRT styling as you could buy a Diesel bus with this front end and no roof decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 Gillig has always been very customer-focused in that way. Special doors (or no front doors), or the BRT front without the roof fairings and back end? No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQ RIDE Posted May 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 55 minutes ago, RailBus63 said: Gillig has always been very customer-focused in that way. Special doors (or no front doors), or the BRT front without the roof fairings and back end? No problem. Speaking of doors, I wonder which TAs have the mid-width slide guide rear doors. This seems to be a rare option, as most seem to either go with the narrow flip-out rear doors or the wide plug rear doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBus63 Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 16 hours ago, ABQ RIDE said: Speaking of doors, I wonder which TAs have the mid-width slide guide rear doors. This seems to be a rare option, as most seem to either go with the narrow flip-out rear doors or the wide plug rear doors. I don't recall ever seeing those on a Gillig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZ350 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 I can say this, We were trying to get some prices from the manufacturers for buses for a Shuttle contract. Even though Gillig was basically unable to help us, as they were not willing to go through the hassle, of getting buses approved for sale in Canada for a potential 5 bus order. They were still very easy to contact, and were still willing to talk to us. More-so than New Flyer. Nova was also pretty easy to deal with though. Contract didn't pan out, but I was pretty impressed with the willingness of Gillig to set a bus up just the way you want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Actual Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 18 hours ago, RZ350 said: -snip- not willing to go through the hassle, of getting buses approved for sale in Canada -snip- On this note, has there EVER been a Gillig bus or two run in Canada? Even second hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZ350 Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Bravo Actual said: On this note, has there EVER been a Gillig bus or two run in Canada? Even second hand? Big Bus had three that were let in and Licensed by the province. One has been scrapped and two were converted to Open Tops and sent to Big Bus Victoria, which I'm not certain is in business any more. We also had the only accidentally Legal Crown Supercoach II in Canada. These are all school buses. There were also some Gillig Phantoms being used at Pearson Airport. I think they were Phantoms, 30 footers I believe. Someone can correct me on that one if I have it wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 Correct 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 On 6/2/2018 at 6:51 PM, Bravo Actual said: On this note, has there EVER been a Gillig bus or two run in Canada? Even second hand? A Gillig Phantom hybrid visited Edmonton for ETS to look at. It didn't operate in revenue service. Edison Transportation had a large number running in Canada during the 2010 Olympic's. On 6/2/2018 at 12:13 AM, RZ350 said: as they were not willing to go through the hassle, of getting buses approved for sale in Canada for a potential 5 bus order. As much as a 5 bus order is quite small, Proterra seems willing to do what they need to as they're supplying 10 buses to the TTC for their electric bus project. Proterra also bid on the ETS electric bus tender which was for an initial 5 buses, with the possibility of up to 35 more and that was contingent upon funding, successful operation of the first 5 etc. With Federal funding however, it seems the full 40 will happen. It seems Proterra is willing to get their buses approved for sale in Canada for a low initial volume of units, so I don't think it's that tough to get done Of course, Proterra and Gillig are different... Proterra is supplying electric buses and trying to gain market share, while Gillig has significant market share in the US with a proven product. Could be that in general, Gillig doesn't want or need the Canadian market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted June 4, 2018 Board Admin Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 23 hours ago, RZ350 said: There were also some Gillig Phantoms being used at Pearson Airport. I think they were Phantoms, 30 footers I believe. Someone can correct me on that one if I have it wrong. I think those are the ones that ran for the now defunct Canada 3000 airline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, A. Wong said: I think those are the ones that ran for the now defunct Canada 3000 airline? Yes, those were 1992 models. Edited June 4, 2018 by Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2044 Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Detroit Diesel 6V92TA said: Yes, those were 1992 models. How many did they have in total and do you have the model numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 12 hours ago, ADB said: How many did they have in total and do you have the model numbers? For some reason I thought there was more than 1 unit, but I only see 1 unit. VIN: 15GCA091_N1084561 Year: 1992 Model: 3096TB6V92T Canada 3000 Airlines (Toronto, ON) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neoplan Rider Studios Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 4:36 AM, XN40 said: You can order this front end on any Gillig bus for that matter whether it is CNG, Diesel, hybrid, etc. Is this equipped with a front grille for gillig brt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTArider Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 7:42 PM, gilligfanboi said: I was just browsing Gillig’s site today and came upon the battery electric page for the first time today: https://www.gillig.com/beze Well I got to give Gillig a little credit for at least attempting to update the 1980's vintage headlights on the standard front. Still I think that is a rather funky looking redesign. IMO even a 2003 Caetano Nimbus bodywork* has a more stylish appearance with the headlights: *EDIT, should clarify bodywork as it's a British bus, so technically it's a Dart SLF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT_BMT_IND Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/2/2018 at 8:51 PM, Bravo Actual said: On this note, has there EVER been a Gillig bus or two run in Canada? Even second hand? Many Gillig buses were operated in shuttle service during the Vancouver Olympics. This was probably the largest Gillig operation in Canada. I think the buses were never technically imported into Canada, they ran with American IRP plates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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