airwolf Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Since Bolt Bus is a Greyhound Lines Inc subsidiary, I figured this was the best place to start a Bolt Bus topic. General discussion, spottings, photos, let's hear about it. Well let's start with this. Bolt had one of their D4505's in Vancouver yesterday. I wish I had noticed it before heading out to Revelstoke on my run so I could get a photo of it. It was numbered 86344. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huz66511 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Let us know what other bus numbers you see. Curious if anything from back here (East Coast) was moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 That was definitely the first D4505 I've seen out here. All we've seen up until this point was X3-45's. Numbers like 0860, 0862, 0863, 0864, and 0869 have shown up in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 That D4505 is the only Seattle based Bolt D4505. Apparently that coach was actually delivered to greyhound and was repainted, etc before being sent out to Seattle to support the Bolt schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 That would explain the Greyhound unit number on a Bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Casca Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 AFAIK, the 0860-series Prevosts were Northeast buses at one point, I rode 0863 one or twice on the Baltimore-NY run, back before it became Greenbelt-Baltimore-NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 0862 was in Vancouver today. It looked like she was being serviced for either a 19:00 south bound or an early AM south bound. I'll start taking photos as I see these coaches and post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I believe the 0860-series of Prevost X3-45s was the set of coaches Bolt used to launch their initial service on the east coast. After a few years of running the tires off them on Boston-NY-Boston round trips (done with one driver, 525 miles per day) they were moved out west to launch this service which is somewhat less intensive than the northeast corridor. Also note that Bolt used some MCI D4500s from Peter Pan to supplement the coaches bought for the service. Those MCIs were much older than those Prevosts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 0870 was in Vancouver this morning. I couldn't get a decent angle for a photo though. Maybe when I get back this evening, I'll have better luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I believe the 0860-series of Prevost X3-45s was the set of coaches Bolt used to launch their initial service on the east coast. After a few years of running the tires off them on Boston-NY-Boston round trips (done with one driver, 525 miles per day) they were moved out west to launch this service which is somewhat less intensive than the northeast corridor. Also note that Bolt used some MCI D4500s from Peter Pan to supplement the coaches bought for the service. Those MCIs were much older than those Prevosts.... Bolt Bus Boston-NYC-DC route uses 50% GHL provided X3-45's and 50% Peter Pan provided D4500's as its a joint venture in that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted July 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Here are a couple of photos I caught of 0867 in Bay # 4 at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver BC yesterday morning. She was preparing to board the 6:30am departure to Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 So I got to play around on a Bolt yesterday. The company decided that I needed to be trained to drive a Prevost of any kind before they would assign me to one for a trip, despite my having driven Prevosts in my past life at CBL. I got to drive 0867. She was a surprisingly comfortable coach. Lots of power to go down the road. And she can turn sharper than anything I've driven in the Greyhound fleet. I only wish I had thought to snap interior photos when I was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Back on September 19, 2012, I got photos of 0865 in south Seattle. Attached is the photo I captured. Also saw 0862, but it's not a great shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 The D4505 86344 is back in Vancouver tonight. I couldn't get a good shot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 So I find myself at the Seattle WA Horizon Coachlines/Greyhound Maintainance facility right now waiting for the next schedule to Vancouver. I was surprised to find another Bolt MCI D4505 in the ready line. She carries the number 0888. I'm told there are three more coming. I'm also told she has a Cummins in the back, and I can confirm an Allison World B500R tranny. I'll post a couple of photos when I get to Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Here are my photos of Bolt 0888 at the Seattle Garage this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I logged into this section of the forum to report the arrival of 0888 to Seattle ... airwolf beat me to it. Bolt has expanded their PNW schedules with service to Eugene OR and need more coaches to support this service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Keep us posted Northwesterner. I'm told that there are at least three more coming. Let us know which numbers arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 They're here... I believe these are brand new units (2014 model year)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 0889 and 0893 are present in Seattle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 0888 in service today on a Seattle-Portland schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 0887 was in Seattle today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwolf Posted November 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 0887 found her way to Vancouver in the last day or two. Here are some photos I shot yesterday at Pacific Central Station while she awaited her next southbound run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyTransitfan Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 More news... boarded a New MCI D4505 from Seattle to Vancouver last weekend... but it was not in the 08xx series. This coach had the number '86344' as is seen on the brand new Greyhound MCIs. :/ Was a little perplexed about that number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 As previously discussed in this thread .... 86344 was delivered as a blue Greyhound unit and was repainted as Bolt when transferred to Seattle for Bolt service. It is actually a couple of years old, not a new coach and was on site and in service long before the 08xx Bolt coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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