octabusfan92 Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Some updates that should be added: For the New Flyer XE40 1204: Build date 2022, not sure the VIN, plate is 1645958 For the Gillig Low Floor Plus CNG 2102: Build date 2022, not sure the VIN, temporary plate is BM05N58 2111: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3111N3196749, temporary plate is CE25L09 2113: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD311XN3196751, temporary plate is BM54L89 2114: Build date 2022, not sure the VIN, temporary plate is BM56L59 2117: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3117N3196755, temporary plate is BP08B21 2119: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3110N3196757, temporary plate is BP08B65 2123: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3112N3196761, temporary plate is CE25L05 2125: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3116N319763, temporary plate is BP08B72 2126: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3118N3196764, temporary plate is AV61K98 2128: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3111N3196766, temporary plate is BP09B53 2131: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3117N3196769, temporary plate is AV66K41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 As of the February 2023 bid, there will be some slight modifications Route 60 will serve Cal State Long Beach all day, discontinuation of the short line (Fruit and Tustin) on weekends Route 72 will layover at the Tustin Station, terminating the layover point at the District Route 83 will extend to the Fullerton Park and Ride on the I5, from Disneyland Routes 153 and 463 will be eliminated due to low ridership Route Bravo! 543 will not be working on weekends Route Bravo! 553 will extend to the South Coast Plaza from the current place at Main and MacArthur Route Bravo! 560 will no longer end at Cal State Long Beach, will truncate to Main and Locust New update got the VINs and plates of some Gilligs: 2102: Found the VIN 15GGD3115N3196740 2104: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3119N3196742, temporary plate is BN91W40 2105: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3110N3196743, temporary plate is BN91W41 2112: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3118N3196750, temporary plate is BM54L23 2116: Build date 2022, not sure the VIN, temporary plate is BN91W60 It should be noted that 5509, 5513, 5519, 5525 and 5529 are now based at Garden Grove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Just got some more update for the Gillig page: 2114: Found the VIN 15GGD3111N3196732 2127: Build date 2022, not sure the VIN, temporary plate is BP09B19 2132: Build date 2022, VIN is 15GGD3113N3196770, temporary plate is BN45S34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I felt like wanting to help out with adding pics for the wiki pages so here are for the Gilligs Here are the rest I couldn't upload them all in one file And here are for the C40LFR page I noticed some units don't have a pic Finally here's 1204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 I got another update for the Gillig page: 2104: New plate is 1612693 2109: VIN: 15GGD3118N3196747, temporary plate is CE25L08 2112: New plate is 1612697 2115: New plate is 1618300 New Flyer C40LFR 5501, 5503 and 5514 have shifted bases to Garden Grove, 5121-5123 have been moved to Irvine. Route changes: 153 and 463 have been discontinued, while 53X, 57X, 64X, 206, 211, 701, 721 and 794 have been permanently discontinued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 I feel like the OCTA bus pages should have more details regarding the history of the buses since the C40LFR has a history, the XN40s and XE40s should have a history too as well XN40 (5701-5799, 5801-5858): In 2015, OCTA announced an order of 202 new New Flyer CNG buses, which were meant to replace the NABI 40 LFW LNG and the remaining New Flyer D40LFs. This would increase the number of New Flyer buses to 556 buses in the fleet. Source: https://www.ngvglobal.com/blog/orange-county-buys-218-new-flyer-cng-buses-0710 All buses from this series are operated in house as of 2023. At the time of delivery, all units were based out of Santa Ana until sometime during 2017-2018 when units 5701-5799 and 5845-5858 were transferred to Garden Grove as the NABI 40-LFW LNGs were being retired. As of 2021, 5845-5850 were transferred back to Santa Ana and in October 2022, units 5851-5857 were transferred back to Santa Ana as Bravo C40LFRs 7576-7582 were transferred to Garden Grove. All of the units in this series were originally powered by the Cummins Westport ISL-G engines; which some of the units of this series have been repowered to the L9N. All units of this series will eventually get repowered to the Cummins Westport L9N. All units of this series are now retrofitted with the rear door announcement, driver barrier, three bike rack slot, and majority of the fleet has LED fog lights, while only 5715, 5718 and 5719 still retain the original LED/Halogen Hybrid Lights as of 2023. XE40 (1201-1210): In 2020, OCTA approved a contract with New Flyer for 10 Battery Electric buses, which came to a total of $10.4 million. These buses will come with charging USB outlets and a different seat design, similar to that found on the Gillig Low Floor Plus. Source: https://blog.octa.net/posts/octa-debuts-first-plug-in-battery-electric-buses/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 I got a new update for the New Flyer XE40 page: 1210: Plate is 1652783, VIN unknown and for the Gillig page: 2107: Plate is 1612696, VIN unknown and for the New Flyer C40LFR page: 5507, 5508 and 5516 is retired Not sure about the Irvine or Anaheim units, though 5571, 5579, and 5582 did re-enter service not too long ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 New update for the Gillig page: 2106: Plate is 1612695, VIN unknown 5525 I noticed had it's OCTA logos removed, the front and back now have OCbus decals similar to the hybrid OCbus/OCTA livery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 New update for the XE40 page: 1208: Plate is 1652781, VIN unknown, entered service on March 23, 2023 on Route 66 5719 has been retrofitted with the LED lights found on all other units, believe 5715 is the only XN40 to still retain the Hybrid Halogen/LED lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octabusfan92 Posted Wednesday at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:53 AM New update for the Gillig page: 2103: Plate is 1612692, VIN unknown 2113: New Plate is 1612699 2114: New Plate is 1612698 2121: Plate is 1468071, VIN Unknwon, entered service on March 28, 2023 on Route 167 2125: New Plate is 1468079 2132: New Plate is 1633723 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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