MCW Metrobus Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I've been told that the 1996/1998 D40LFs that have been recently retired from the training department are being replaced with other recently retired D40LFs (read: 7400s). I don't have any numbers though, nor have I seen this for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 20 hours ago, MCW Metrobus said: I've been told that the 1996/1998 D40LFs that have been recently retired from the training department are being replaced with other recently retired D40LFs (read: 7400s). I don't have any numbers though, nor have I seen this for myself. 7413 is one of those buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 New additions to the RTC Retirement Line N7180, H7184, S7312. I'm suspecting these were training buses out of VTC? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99.bline Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 3296 is retired 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 57 minutes ago, dover5949 said: New additions to the RTC Retirement Line N7180, H7184, S7312. I'm suspecting these were training buses out of VTC? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops1719 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, 99.bline said: 3296 is retired End of an era, all C40LF's gone. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob32189 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 41 minutes ago, popillil said: End of an era, all C40LF's gone. If this is the case then good riddance The only memory I have of these busses is reporting more than one of them to maintenance because of fumes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 New additions to the RTC retirement line R3296, H7291, S7308 & R7431. 7439 could be on the retirement list as it has not seen service since February 27th? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Van Fan Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, dover5949 said: New additions to the RTC retirement line R3296, H7291, S7308 & R7431. 7439 could be on the retirement list as it has not seen service since February 27th? It's a good thing I rode 7291, two days ago . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 3 hours ago, dover5949 said: New additions to the RTC retirement line R3296, H7291, S7308 & R7431. 7439 could be on the retirement list as it has not seen service since February 27th? 7431 blew it's transmission yesterday on hwy 99 about a kilometer east of Ladner Trunk rd while doing a 352, I talked to the driver who had the breakdown so I wasn't surprised to hear this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ1400 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 there're some Surrey buses that weren't in service on t-comm: S7325, S7370, S7428, i guess they're already retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleowin Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 with RTC officially without any D40LF's, HTC has about 16 left, and there still about 17 Nova HEV's left to enter service, so id say less than a month and HTC will be all HEV/XN40. The total # of hev's at HTC will probably be 96-97 once everything is said and done. With that being said, i think the 2019 XN40 order will goto STC. IF they goto HTC, then htc will probably transfer out 47 older XN40's to STC to retire the rest of STC's D40LF's, but D40LF's will be exclusive out of STC for a few months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Phillip said: 7431 blew it's transmission yesterday on hwy 99 about a kilometer east of Ladner Trunk rd while doing a 352, I talked to the driver who had the breakdown so I wasn't surprised to hear this! I think the reason why these are dropping like flies now is that Translink is not keeping up with regular servicing now & just driving them into the ground until something goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops1719 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 44 minutes ago, dover5949 said: I think the reason why these are dropping like flies now is that Translink is not keeping up with regular servicing now & just driving them into the ground until something goes? I figure that as so, probably to save a few bucks here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 8 hours ago, popillil said: I figure that as so, probably to save a few bucks here and there? Yeah, no point sinking money into them at this point. 8036 was having issues with it's front tires/axle, it was wobbling violently at highway speeds. Let's see if that one ever sees service again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buizelbus Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 18 hours ago, Phillip said: 7431 blew it's transmission yesterday on hwy 99 about a kilometer east of Ladner Trunk rd while doing a 352, I talked to the driver who had the breakdown so I wasn't surprised to hear this! I also know the driver. She says she almost didn't make the exit! EDIT: *safe spot on the highway, not an exit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 5 hours ago, buizelbus said: I also know the driver. She says she almost didn't make the exit! EDIT: *safe spot on the highway, not an exit. Yes she was pulled over on the shoulder, I saw her with two road supervisor vans, they deemed it an emergency situation. It took them about 25 minutes to get to her and the passengers were freaking out. So that's 7431's tragic end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 4/5/2019 at 5:58 AM, Phillip said: Yeah, no point sinking money into them at this point. 8036 was having issues with it's front tires/axle, it was wobbling violently at highway speeds. Let's see if that one ever sees service again. I saw that one in the shop last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 For reasons unknown to me, a number of retired D40LFs, some of which have been out of service for ages, have reappeared in RTC. Some numbers include 7251, 7257, 7261, 3286, and 7326. There are at least two others, I'll try to get numbers later today. EDIT: the two others are 7225 and 7341. Also on the retirement line I spotted 7296 and 7305, both of which were still in service within the past few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, MCW Metrobus said: For reasons unknown to me, a number of retired D40LFs, some of which have been out of service for ages, have reappeared in RTC. Some numbers include 7251, 7257, 7261, 3286, and 7326. There are at least two others, I'll try to get numbers later today. The toilet plant buses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmward Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Express691 said: The toilet plant buses! I did spot 7257 outside of that warehouse about a week ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, jmward said: I did spot 7257 outside of that warehouse about a week ago That's been out there for more than 12 months 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Express691 said: The toilet plant buses! What is this "Toilet Plant" you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Bus Fan Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Thomasw said: What is this "Toilet Plant" you speak of? It's a warehouse that buses were stored, located just south of the highway 1 overpass on North Road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 6:21 PM, MCW Metrobus said: I saw that one in the shop last night. 8036 is back on the active tracks. So all that repairs to keep for a short period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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