wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 So we have 916 918 924. And now I just seen 932 behide FRG with parts taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 And the replacements will be nothing short of 40 ft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 This is 932 with missing bumpers, which I just saw today while biking. I'd expect Winnipeg to at least keep the 2001 buses going for awhile on routes like 1, 2, 3, 95, 99, and probably others. There's at least one or two repainted 2001 D30LF's. On the other hand though, recently I've seen 40 foot buses on 95 more often, and even 1 and 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit geek Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 How come Winnipeg ordered such short buses in the first place? Probably to support NFI's local manufacturing efforts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctf101 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 2017-09-04 at 3:24 PM, Taylorover9001 said: This is 932 with missing bumpers, which I just saw today while biking. I'd expect Winnipeg to at least keep the 2001 buses going for awhile on routes like 1, 2, 3, 95, 99, and probably others. There's at least one or two repainted 2001 D30LF's. On the other hand though, recently I've seen 40 foot buses on 95 more often, and even 1 and 2. 931 and 936 are the 2 2001 d30lfs that were repainted white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 2017-09-04 at 8:33 PM, Transit geek said: How come Winnipeg ordered such short buses in the first place? Probably to support NFI's local manufacturing efforts. I believe it was to service routes that didn't have enough passengers for 40-foot buses such as 82-99. Some of those routes now have 40-foot buses (2, 10, 84-87, 89) on weekdays while others (1, 51, 53, 56 and DART) still have the short buses. I think it depends on ridership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 The 95 usually has the 30-foot buses especially on weekdays, but they have the 40-foot buses more often on the weekends for some reason. They're usually pretty empty, especially on the weekends, when for some reason it only goes to Pan Am Pool. The 95 is not the most ridden route, hence why it uses the 30-foot buses, though I use it because it's a half block away from my house. It's used a fair amount by Churchill High School students though, which is a block away. Outside of that, when and where I ride the 95, it's usually half empty with the 30-foot buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Compared to the 84-87 routes, I don't think the 95 services a lot of retail or schools. Those first four routes tend have 40-foot buses now especially during rush hour. I saw a D40LFR doing the 84/86 this afternoon at Fort Rouge Station and have seen 40-footers on the 85 and 87. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 25 minutes ago, Viafreak said: Compared to the 84-87 routes, I don't think the 95 services a lot of retail or schools. Those first four routes tend have 40-foot buses now especially during rush hour. I saw a D40LFR doing the 84/86 this afternoon at Fort Rouge Station and have seen 40-footers on the 85 and 87. I wonder what the the plan Is to use for darts? Cause they can't use 40-footers on them. The only ones with 30-footers are 1-2-3 12HSC 53/56 82 83-1 1 of the 3 84/86 88 95 98 101 102 109 110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 22 hours ago, Taylorover9001 said: The 95 usually has the 30-foot buses especially on weekdays, but they have the 40-foot buses more often on the weekends for some reason. They're usually pretty empty, especially on the weekends, when for some reason it only goes to Pan Am Pool. The 95 is not the most ridden route, hence why it uses the 30-foot buses, though I use it because it's a half block away from my house. It's used a fair amount by Churchill High School students though, which is a block away. Outside of that, when and where I ride the 95, it's usually half empty with the 30-foot buses. When it was the 97 Kenaston bus in the 1980s, I used to catch it at 8:10 AM and transfer at Grant @ Kenaston for the Stafford School Bus. Back then we didn't have this route operate at all on the weekends, and it was not until the late-1980s that it even went west of Kenaston / Taylor intersection into the newer parts of Tuxedo. The current route 95 Morley is waaay too long... Should be broken up as separate pieces like beore ... 95 Morley and...97 is now taken up with a route in the N. End. Get rid of 68 Crescnt then and put some service back on the 20 Academy-Watt ... Use 68 as the new "Kenaston/Taylor" feeder. On 9/4/2017 at 8:33 PM, Transit geek said: How come Winnipeg ordered such short buses in the first place? Probably to support NFI's local manufacturing efforts. Back in the early 1980s WT had bought a few 30' and 35' Orion I buses from Ont. The budgeted $ used to purchase these came from the failed Sherbrook-McGregpr Overpass project (aka the Northern Fwy.). Prior to that, WT purchased in the early 1970s (?) some 35 ft. GMC suburban feeders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/6/2017 at 0:28 AM, Taylorover9001 said: The 95 usually has the 30-foot buses especially on weekdays, but they have the 40-foot buses more often on the weekends for some reason. They're usually pretty empty, especially on the weekends, when for some reason it only goes to Pan Am Pool. The 95 is not the most ridden route, hence why it uses the 30-foot buses, though I use it because it's a half block away from my house. It's used a fair amount by Churchill High School students though, which is a block away. Outside of that, when and where I ride the 95, it's usually half empty with the 30-foot buses. In the 1960s and 70s, before route numbers, Morley usually used 35-foot buses, along with other routes such as William and McPhillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 I support having longer routes in general. I think, for my uses, the 95 is mostly fine, except when it only goes from Riverview to Pan Am Pool. I don't recall ever seeing a 30-foot bus on the 84/86. I'm pretty sure that's a 40-foot route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpgtransit183-2 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 On 16/09/2017 at 7:16 PM, Taylorover9001 said: I support having longer routes in general. I think, for my uses, the 95 is mostly fine, except when it only goes from Riverview to Pan Am Pool. I don't recall ever seeing a 30-foot bus on the 84/86. I'm pretty sure that's a 40-foot route. It gets 30 footers to one the 3 runs get a 30 foot bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted October 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Does anyone know what D30LFs are left? Mostly the old one. My listI have 914 915 919 and 925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 On 9/7/2017 at 5:31 PM, Mark Walton said: In the 1960s and 70s, before route numbers, Morley usually used 35-foot buses, along with other routes such as William and McPhillips. The Jubilee bus! Yeah, my "Baba" (b. Jan. 1900 d. Nov. 1973) lived on Manitoba Ave. near Selkirk Ave. CPR tracks to cross. But if I remember correctly she rode the McGregor bus to downtown and transferred the Corydon to Corydon @ Harrow close to where we lived at the time. What a long ride that would have been. If she had live say 10 more years she probably could have rode the 33 Maples Express and then switched to the 18 Corydon. But she would have been 83/84 yo. by then. Or did the 33 Maples Express used to be called "(Red) Express | Maples" in around 1980? I miss her so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 11 hours ago, bus is coming 1965 said: Does anyone know what D30LFs are left? Mostly the old one. My listI have 914 915 919 and 925 Rode 921 last Tuesday on 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctf101 Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 2017-10-29 at 8:10 PM, bus is coming 1965 said: Does anyone know what D30LFs are left? Mostly the old one. My listI have 914 915 919 and 925 I'm pretty sure only 914 915 919 921 923 and 925 are left and maybe 919 is also gone by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Should the MTHA preserve a D30LF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 22 minutes ago, DavidW said: Should the MTHA preserve a D30LF? Yes. 925 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctf101 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 I wish they bought new flyer md35s or grande west vicinitys to replace the d30lfs but not gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Bus 915 is retired now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctf101 Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, Taylorover9001 said: Bus 915 is retired now. So only 914, 921, 922, 923 and 925 left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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