SidneyTransitfan Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I see... my apologies. I assumed it was a new unit since it doesn't appear in the wiki... but I guess I should have looked first. As a wiki editor, I can correct this. Before I do though, I should check to see where the 2013 series ends after 0886. Is it 0886-0899? Will more be following in another series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I don't know how many they received in that 2013 series. The rest of that order is in LA - running LA-SF service. We need a spotter down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Just found these photos of 0883 in Shrewsbury MA after blowing an injector. Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 No fire suppression on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink fan Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Anyone know of an H3-45 #6669 that has joined the Bolt fleet? Photo is from a facebook group. Credit to original owner. Taken on the Portland-Seattle run according to the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Anyone know of an H3-45 #6669 that has joined the Bolt fleet? Photo is from a facebook group. Credit to original owner. Taken on the Portland-Seattle run according to the poster. 11539090_10154044267654348_7966243843385178854_o.jpg There is a batch of H3-45s that came from the Coach America bankruptcy. Had been operating Seattle-Vancouver Greyhound runs, mostly painted white. Apparently they need more Bolt coaches, so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 I saw 0861 heading to Portland Oregon from Vancouver BC: 0861 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 0861 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 0861 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Anyone know of an H3-45 #6669 that has joined the Bolt fleet? Photo is from a facebook group. Credit to original owner. Taken on the Portland-Seattle run according to the poster. 11539090_10154044267654348_7966243843385178854_o.jpg 6669 is indeed one of the Prevost H345's from coach America that has been running out of Seattle for GLI. All five have been transfered to Bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink fan Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Shot of #6667 off my phone today: BoltBus Prevost H3-45 #6667-2 by Dannny29, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Here is a photo of 6667: 6667 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr Does anyone know if the 6666 and 6668 were transferred to BoltBus from Greyhound America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Does anyone know if the 6666 and 6668 were transferred to BoltBus from Greyhound America? 6669 is indeed one of the Prevost H345's from coach America that has been running out of Seattle for GLI. All five have been transfered to Bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Does anyone know if the 6666 and 6668 were transferred to BoltBus from Greyhound America? 6669 is indeed one of the Prevost H345's from coach America that has been running out of Seattle for GLI. All five have been transfered to Bolt. Ok, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I may have spoken too soon when I said all five H3-45s operating between Seattle and Vancouver have been transferred to bolt. I can confirm 6667, 6669, and 6670 are definitely now Bolt buses. However, I haven't seen 6668 in a while and I saw 6666 last week in Seattle and still a GLI white bus. I was told that they were all being transferred but that now seems in doubt, at least in regards to 6666. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 86344 heading to Portland from Vancouver: 86344 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink fan Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Bolt 6670 from a few nights ago. Used to be in the Hound fleet before coming to Bolt. Has a Series 60 and ZF AS Tronic. 20171121_001507 by Dannny29, on Flickr 20171121_001447 by Dannny29, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 One of their X3-45s was sitting on the side of SB Hwy 99 just before King George tonight broken down. 3rd one I've seen broken down there in as many months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 17 hours ago, 9924 said: One of their X3-45s was sitting on the side of SB Hwy 99 just before King George tonight broken down. 3rd one I've seen broken down there in as many months. For better or worse the X3-45 is one of the most problem plagued buses I have ever encountered. A lot of those issues are electrical, emissions and design and build quality related. Even with top notch maintenance they have trouble staying on the road. I can only imagine what Greyhound’s X3’s are like with subpar Maintanance. The H3-45 doesn’t seem to share nearly as many problems. I have no idea why that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Still sitting there as of tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink fan Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 5:06 PM, ns8401 said: For better or worse the X3-45 is one of the most problem plagued buses I have ever encountered. A lot of those issues are electrical, emissions and design and build quality related. Even with top notch maintenance they have trouble staying on the road. I can only imagine what Greyhound’s X3’s are like with subpar Maintanance. The H3-45 doesn’t seem to share nearly as many problems. I have no idea why that is. I found the X3-45's from Bolt and Greyhound were by far the worst condition I've ever seen (worse than the First Canada Oil Sands X3's I worked on). It honestly depended where they come from. I found any buses I worked on from out of California was in better condition than buses from the Seattle garage. Bolt bus in Portland doesn't have much of a garage, and everything mostly would be kicked down to Seattle for repair. Before I got laid off, I heard Bolt had finally had a mechanic in Portland. But all he had was a shipping container and tent in a parking lot where Bolt parked. As for the H3-45's from bolt, #6670 was probably the only decent H3-45. #6667 was the worst. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 14 hours ago, translink fan said: I heard Bolt had finally had a mechanic in Portland. But all he had was a shipping container and tent in a parking lot where Bolt parked. One of the sites I worked at up north, we had one on duty mechanic for almost 150 buses (eventually got two), no shop, no tent, a shipping container for tools and parts and you work outside all day at -40 in blowing snow. Major work and inspections were done at a proper facility at another site, but fixing the bus on the spot and getting it to the shop (70kms away) was all on our on-site mechanic. Yet he always had a positive attitude. Anyway, looks like the Bolt bus was finally taken off the highway yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 They can't afford to give the guy a tent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 18 hours ago, Shaun said: They can't afford to give the guy a tent? The tent was always "on order" and should be arriving "next month" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrolinecoach111 Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 2:05 AM, translink fan said: I found the X3-45's from Bolt and Greyhound were by far the worst condition I've ever seen (worse than the First Canada Oil Sands X3's I worked on). It honestly depended where they come from. I found any buses I worked on from out of California was in better condition than buses from the Seattle garage. Bolt bus in Portland doesn't have much of a garage, and everything mostly would be kicked down to Seattle for repair. Before I got laid off, I heard Bolt had finally had a mechanic in Portland. But all he had was a shipping container and tent in a parking lot where Bolt parked. As for the H3-45's from bolt, #6670 was probably the only decent H3-45. #6667 was the worst. They are/were like that because they were not new as you know. They lived a very difficult life in the Northeast running 6-7 days a week, 500-700 miles a day before going out west. Coupled that with old age and the engine/transmission issues from that year model and you have the perfect storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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