MCTAbus Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 2007 Gilligs were sold off to battle creek transit as 625 and 626, no idea which 27xx units they were, info passed to me from user COTA Bus. http://wbckfm.com/battle-creek-transit-welcomes-two-new-buses-to-their-fleet/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 COTA is now also looking to add electric buses to the fleet alongside new flyer Xcelsiors but sadly no manufacturer has been chosen yet. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/06/27/cota-plans-to-add-electric-buses-to-fleet-as-it.html NO updates to the last post about which 2 27xx units were sold off to battle creek transit up in Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotabus Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Update on the mystery livery. It is bus 1617 Also an insane amount of baby gillig 30 ft at Easton seen 7 in less than 30 minutes including a broken down 2832 with 1044 another 30 ft baby gillig to replace it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted September 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 3 of COTA's 2005 gilligs have now wound up at STARS: They are 2501, 2504 and 25??. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin L Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 Added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted October 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 COTA had an auction today: 3 25xx Gilligs (I assume the last of them) and a bunch of mainstream were sold off. Sadly my camera died on me this morning so all i had was my cellphone which sucks Bus 2512 was the only complete bus and ran just like it did when it was in service bus 2503 had side panels ripped off possibly from an accident. bus was still running. bus 2510 appears to have been used as a parts bus (maybe to fix up other 25xx units that were privately sold off?). Driver's Seat and one passenger window were missing. Surprisingly the bus was RUNNING. COTA Mainstream: bus 1269 was auctioned off in running condition 1273 became a parts bus and was auctioned off full of used rims and ac covers as well as other junk. Bus didn't run Bus 1264 was auctioned off as a non runner. appears part of the drive shaft broke??? (I hit my photo limit for the forums here so from here on to the end I posted the links to the photos on my deviant art page) Bus 1263 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1263-at-Auction-769105163 Bus 1270 was auctioned off as a non running unit Like 1263 this bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1270-At-Auction-769106007 Bus 1166 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Bus appeared to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1166-at-Auction-769107237 Bus 1278 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Some parts were missing https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1278-At-Auction-769107567 Bus 1275 was auctioned off as a running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1275-At-Auction-769107936 Bus 1261 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus was a one of a kind in the fleet as it was a knelling bus and only had 1 door for passengers and wheelchairs. The battery door was open so I bet it was likely a dead battery. The bus didn't look like it was missing any parts https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1261-at-Auction-769108223 Bus 1165 was auctioned off as a non running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1165-At-Auction-769109206 Non Auction related news: All current active and retired chevy buses for COTA Mainstream are Chevy/Champion Cutaways with the exception of 1261. Bus 1261 may not be a champion. Also all buses had duramax Diesel engines as seen here: https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/Duramax-Diesel-Engine-769108828 Fleet number range for the 12XX chevys appear to be 1261-1281 but i wont know for sure until all are retired. buses 1041 and 2909 were out of service and sitting next to the auction stuff. both had their wheelchair ramps missing. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1041-Out-Of-Service-769110301 COTA's newest batch of Mainstream vehicles are are ford transit vans. Only spotted 1 but it was #1863 sadly i couldn't get a photo of it at the time. All 27xx units are out of service. A good number of 28xx units are also out of service 2808 was the only one i could easily spot before the Number 12 came to my bus stop. and finally i can now confirm all 17xx Gilligs (CMAX and regular units) have electric doors. This means these are the first buses to feature electric doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin L Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Info added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted October 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Kevin L said: Info added. i added more info and photo links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted October 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 I may be late on this but all 5 2005 new flyers were sold to CATA. 2524 was renumberd as 627. info and photo passed to me by the usersimonsevillematt also the forums glitched on me when i tried to add more info in my auction post so i'm re posting the new info that i tried to add the first time Bus 1263 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1263-at-Auction-769105163 Bus 1270 was auctioned off as a non running unit Like 1263 this bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1270-At-Auction-769106007 Bus 1166 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Bus appeared to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1166-at-Auction-769107237 Bus 1278 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Some parts were missing https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1278-At-Auction-769107567 Bus 1275 was auctioned off as a running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1275-At-Auction-769107936 Bus 1261 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus was a one of a kind in the fleet as it was a knelling bus and only had 1 door for passengers and wheelchairs. The battery door was open so I bet it was likely a dead battery. The bus didn't look like it was missing any parts https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1261-at-Auction-769108223 Bus 1165 was auctioned off as a non running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1165-At-Auction-769109206 Non Auction related news: All current active and retired chevy buses for COTA Mainstream are Chevy/Champion Cutaways with the exception of 1261. Bus 1261 may not be a champion. Also all buses had duramax Diesel engines as seen here: https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/Duramax-Diesel-Engine-769108828 Fleet number range for the 12XX chevys appear to be 1261-1281 but i wont know for sure until all are retired. buses 1041 and 2909 were out of service and sitting next to the auction stuff. both had their wheelchair ramps missing. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1041-Out-Of-Service-769110301 COTA's newest batch of Mainstream vehicles are are ford transit vans. Only spotted 1 but it was #1863 sadly i couldn't get a photo of it at the time. All 27xx units are out of service. A good number of 28xx units are also out of service 2808 was the only one i could easily spot before the Number 12 came to my bus stop. and finally i can now confirm all 17xx Gilligs (CMAX and regular units) have electric doors. This means these are the first buses to feature electric doors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 3, 2018 Report Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 6/5/2018 at 11:04 AM, Cotabus said: A second 2005 new flyer has been on the road as a training bus 2522 looks to be in perfect condition 2522 is now either CATA 628 or 630. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotabus Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 4:25 PM, simonsevillematt said: 2522 is now either CATA 628 or 630. Does CATA have any other COTA D40LFs ??? On 10/27/2018 at 11:31 AM, MCTAbus said: I may be late on this but all 5 2005 new flyers were sold to CATA. 2524 was renumberd as 627. info and photo passed to me by the usersimonsevillematt also the forums glitched on me when i tried to add more info in my auction post so i'm re posting the new info that i tried to add the first time Bus 1263 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1263-at-Auction-769105163 Bus 1270 was auctioned off as a non running unit Like 1263 this bus appears to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1270-At-Auction-769106007 Bus 1166 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Bus appeared to be in good shape https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1166-at-Auction-769107237 Bus 1278 was auctioned off as a non running unit. Some parts were missing https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1278-At-Auction-769107567 Bus 1275 was auctioned off as a running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1275-At-Auction-769107936 Bus 1261 was auctioned off as a non running unit. This bus was a one of a kind in the fleet as it was a knelling bus and only had 1 door for passengers and wheelchairs. The battery door was open so I bet it was likely a dead battery. The bus didn't look like it was missing any parts https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1261-at-Auction-769108223 Bus 1165 was auctioned off as a non running unit. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1165-At-Auction-769109206 Non Auction related news: All current active and retired chevy buses for COTA Mainstream are Chevy/Champion Cutaways with the exception of 1261. Bus 1261 may not be a champion. Also all buses had duramax Diesel engines as seen here: https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/Duramax-Diesel-Engine-769108828 Fleet number range for the 12XX chevys appear to be 1261-1281 but i wont know for sure until all are retired. buses 1041 and 2909 were out of service and sitting next to the auction stuff. both had their wheelchair ramps missing. https://www.deviantart.com/tape-city/art/COTA-Bus-1041-Out-Of-Service-769110301 COTA's newest batch of Mainstream vehicles are are ford transit vans. Only spotted 1 but it was #1863 sadly i couldn't get a photo of it at the time. All 27xx units are out of service. A good number of 28xx units are also out of service 2808 was the only one i could easily spot before the Number 12 came to my bus stop. and finally i can now confirm all 17xx Gilligs (CMAX and regular units) have electric doors. This means these are the first buses to feature electric doors maybe they were getting were getting new ramps because I am pretty sure I seen 2909 2 weeks ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Cotabus said: Does CATA have any other COTA D40LFs ??? all 5 2005 units are now with CATA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotabus Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 but still no news on 24xxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotabus Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 2802 active on 9 2909 active on 9 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 here are the numbers, and i have more photos for you guys from CATA 627 - 2524 628 - 2521 629 - 2520 630 - 2522 631 - 2523 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, simonsevillematt said: here are the numbers, and i have more photos for you guys from CATA 627 - 2524 628 - 2521 629 - 2520 630 - 2522 631 - 2523 Thanks for the info. I've created a new CATA page for these units, added the CATA numbers to the COTA page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Articulated said: Thanks for the info. I've created a new CATA page for these units, added the CATA numbers to the COTA page. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted November 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 Either Battle Creek has bought more of these buses or the Site that mentioned the 2 former COTA buses got their numbers wrong @simonsevillematt Spotted 2715 in battle creek as 630 with its original Livery intact but featuring ads and different rims. Now trying to contact Battke creek to Get an answer... Images are from Discord. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Guys, CATA also 2402, and 2403, 2402 is our Parts Bus, 2403 is 633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 an update to the cota buses sold to battle creek. the website that posted the news about the new buses got some info wrong and I can now confirm that 625 and 626 are actually brand new buses bought with a federal grant. 630 is Ex cota 2715. The other unit is being fitted for service but its fleet number is with BCT (and its former COTA number) are unknown. all information is verified as i asked Battle creek transit themselves on facebook. COTA buses 2402 and 2403 were also sold to CATA but 2402 is being used used as a parts bus. the info about them being removed in november of 2016 is now known to be incorrect (I guess they were moved from 1 bus barn to the other around that time??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 i know the front is off, but the Passenger Side of 2524 is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 hey guys, here is 2403 as 633 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted November 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 2 bits of info Ford transit vans: i have now seen units 1861 and 1862 active. so now i know of at least 3 units. 2010 gillig advantage Bus 1031 sufferd some sort of radiator leak on 4/12/18 and leaked fluid on the interstate. A car hit the fluid and crashed as a result with the driver not surviving the incident. I have spotted that bus active this week. I couldn't find the full news article unfortunately https://abc6onyourside.com/on-your-side/cota-employees-raise-concern-about-safety-of-buses-after-deadly-accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsevillematt Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 @MCTAbus the link is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTAbus Posted November 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 23 hours ago, simonsevillematt said: @MCTAbus the link is dead. odd its working for me. still cant find the full video though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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