MCW Metrobus Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Alright people. For the greater good of the general population, by decree of Me, from this day forward, a new rule is in force. Please post all "T-Comm sightings" in this thread. This isn't an outright ban on any discussion of T-Comm anywhere else in the forum. A lot of you conspiracy theorists may be thinking that I'm trying to mastermind some draconian return to the long-lost era of waiting on street corners in the dead of winter, freezing our @$$es off, hoping against hope that some rare bus might show up and make our trip worth it. No, that's not the point of this rule. Making reports based on what you read on the Internet is not being outright prohibited. Really what's at issue here is what constitutes a "sighting". I would prefer that the definition of a "sighting" be restricted to something you see with your own two eyes, likely during a trip you're making with your own two feet, or your own four wheels, or transit's six wheels, or however many wheels happen to be on the vehicle you're driving or riding. In other words, to make a "sighting" involves you getting up out of your swivel chair, putting down your smartphone, going outside, and using your eyes to look at something other than a glowing screen. If you make a sighting that fits the above criteria, as in, you saw a bus (or train) with your own two eyes and feel that the general board population needs to know, or might want to know about it, post it in one of the sightings threads. As has always been the case, you are to use your discretion when deciding what to post, and which thread to post it in. If the bus you saw was in pieces, or it was missing a few wheels or a headlight, or maybe it was only half-painted, then chances are the bus you spotted was at BTC Fleet Overhaul, and it might make sense for you to post it in the Fleet Overhaul thread. If you spotted R3140 on the 491, then you spotted a Ghost Bus on a Ghost Route, meaning you should definitely post it in the special sightings thread, because there is no Ghost Bus Sightings thread yet. (Or maybe you should get some sleep, because you're clearly hallucinating.) The same applies to sightings made by other people and then passed on to you second-hand. Again, use your discretion, because second-hand information is not always reliable, and you always need to consider the source. If your high school classmate usually rides a Nova to school on the 41, but yesterday his run had a D40LF, think about it before you decide whether the entire board needs to know, because the information you got might well be accurate, but is it really significant? If your cousin's college roommate said he saw a double decker bus numbered R4408 at UBC the other day, allow yourself to consider just how high he was when he went wandering off to the bus loop. If your grandma says she rode an old "BC Hydro bus" on Renfrew (no really! It was one of the old trolley buses from the 60s and it stopped and picked me up, and I rang the bell and got off!).... well, actually that did happen once, on a TRAMS tour, so scrap that example. But you get the picture. These examples all have one thing in common. Someone used their eyes to obtain information from a source that did not require a glowing screen. So here's the deal. If your "sighting" does not fit that criterium (in other words, if you want to report something that you read on the internet), your sighting therefore does not constitute a sighting. From here on in, all such sightings will be referred to as "e-sightings" and shall be posted in this thread, and this thread only. As with all rules like this, of course, there will be caveats. The most important one is this: discussion of T-Comm e-sightings outside of this thread is permitted only in the event that someone has already confirmed and verified the sighting with their own two eyes, and that does not include second-hand reports. Example: Member A posts in a sightings thread that he saw Bus X on Route Y, and Member B confirms its position via a T-Comm e-sighting. This practice allows real sightings to be verified by e-sightings, and vice-versa in this thread - if Member B posts an e-sighting in this thread, and Member A can verify it with his eyes, discussion may continue in either thread. In other words, cross-referencing is allowed. What I would like to do is shift any and all discussion that originates solely from a number someone reads on a screen, into this thread. We all saw what happened on April 1st, and in future I'd like storms of excitement like that one (i.e. all over nothing) to be contained in this teacup. (For the metaphorically challenged, the teacup is this thread.) Any questions, please feel free to ask. Just post them here, my PM box is full from all the report-a-posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Fantastic! Thanks for doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 About damn time! Thanks for putting your foot down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
323 Surrey Ctrl Stn Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 R12024 is out in Surrey right now. First spotted it heading SB Scott Road at 80th, then at Scottsdale, and now EB 72nd at 132nd. Looks to be tracing the 319/301 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Bus Fan Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Could be one of those skytrain specials, spotted several XDE60's at Metrotown Stn as the skytrain special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
323 Surrey Ctrl Stn Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Could be one of those skytrain specials, spotted several XDE60's at Metrotown Stn as the skytrain special. A little far out from Skytrain to be a Skytrain shuttle. I think it was an overload on the 301, which would have been an option for SoF travelers avoiding the Skytrain debacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Bus Fan Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 A little far out from Skytrain to be a Skytrain shuttle. I think it was an overload on the 301, which would have been an option for SoF travelers avoiding the Skytrain debacle. Could be as it seemed like it was pulled off from the 403. Darn, wished I was out to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Heres something weird: Searching on Tcomm, I find that bus "0" is running on the 143. Additionally, it also shows up on next bus. Clicking on it on tcomm leads to an error page. Is this a glitched entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The 7444 is doing the 555. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro 500 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 A little far out from Skytrain to be a Skytrain shuttle. I think it was an overload on the 301, which would have been an option for SoF travelers avoiding the Skytrain debacle.It was an OL for 301, he was following my friend driving 26/301 all the way from Brighouse. Should've seen the lineup on that day for 301, started from Bay 1 and wrapped around onto Cook, almost down to Bay 5 near Staples where the 402 terminates!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_leafs_go02 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 The 7444 is doing the 555. That's the second conventional bus I've seen on the 555 in the past week or so. Seen the same bus as you around 5:00 PM at Carvolth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 The first D60LFR in West Vancouver Blue Bus has being spotted on T-Comm. The 80714 is on the 257. http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/80714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 In addition to this, all D40LFs have been registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 S1301 is (one of?) the first G4500 shuttle to be resgistered.It appears S1302-S1304 got them too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Mmmkay. After finishing its block on the 49 tonight, The supervisors decided to swap R12008 onto R7423's block, presumably due to fireworks crowds.http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/12008http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/7423Here's R12013 swapping with R7256http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/12013http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/7256Same thing happened with R8053 taking over R7165's work...http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=8053http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=7165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It carries on today as... R12016 takes care of R3287's work R12025 completes the rest of R7160's block R12014 finishes off R7387's shift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 P7375 on 555 this morning... http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/7375 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Bus Fan Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 P7375 on 555 this morning... http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/7375 I was just going to post that ,--, but dammit, I wished it was on a all day run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Something interesting... They called P9220 to cover the rest of S7493's work this evening at around 7pm. http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=7493 http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=9220 Also, I used Tcomm to find out that around less than half of the 2007 shuttles are still active. They should be all done by next spring I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citaro Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 2105 is back in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 2105 is back in service. Was that the unit that got hit on Bdwy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citaro Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Was that the unit that got hit on Bdwy ? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I thought 125 was run by artics only. It appears 9608 did a tripper this morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieOscar98 Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I thought 125 was run by artics only. It appears 9608 did a tripper this morning... They pretty much put anything that runs from Burnaby on the 125... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 What's going on here?http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=11304This is a school special trip, right?http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus?busId=7432 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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