Atomic Taco Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Time for a new, dedicated thread. Has been discussed here and here, probably also another time or two in that thread. They have a few new buses running on the Health Sciences Express line. This photo was taken March 21 and sent to me: They are apparently Fords; can't tell who makes the body. The tracker shows those are 910-912, but the fleet number on the windshield/body of one actually shows 67912. 590-594 are officially done. 590 is on the auction block. 594 is parked next to it and will probably be listed in the next couple of weeks. The CPTDB Wiki page has details of much of the bus fleet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTArider Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 That 'bus' looks like the child of a Glaval and a bakery van... I hope the streets it travels aren't very bumpy. How much ridership does the UoWA HSE get? I wonder if these new things have a better capacity or if they are just supposed to be more cost efficient then getting and maintaining used 30' transit buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 LOL! Look at that New Flyer peeking out from behind, as if it's rolling its eyes and saying "you're really taking a picture of that thing?! Heh -- whatever floats your boat!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickycourtney Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 6:37 PM, Atomic Taco said: Time for a new, dedicated thread. Has been discussed here and here, probably also another time or two in that thread. They have a few new buses running on the Health Sciences Express line. This photo was taken March 21 and sent to me: They are apparently Fords; can't tell who makes the body. The tracker shows those are 910-912, but the fleet number on the windshield/body of one actually shows 67912. 590-594 are officially done. 590 is on the auction block. 594 is parked next to it and will probably be listed in the next couple of weeks. The CPTDB Wiki page has details of much of the bus fleet. It took quite a bit of research... but I found who made that bus body. It’s a Starcraft Quest XL. It appears to no longer be in production. It also appears to have been primarily designed to be a school bus. The body is on a Ford F-59 “step van” stripped chassis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 7:02 PM, MVTArider said: That 'bus' looks like the child of a Glaval and a bakery van... I hope the streets it travels aren't very bumpy. How much ridership does the UoWA HSE get? I wonder if these new things have a better capacity or if they are just supposed to be more cost efficient then getting and maintaining used 30' transit buses. Those tiny wheels and tires. Ugh. The UW HSE does get some decent ridership. I was surprised when their own 30ft Gilligs were retired and replaced with hand-me-downs from King County Metro. Their own coaches were a little newer and certainly had been subjected to less wear over their lifespan. But the UW motor pool or whatever they call it maintains these things along side their fleet of cars, vans and service trucks. I suspect something like this is a little easier to maintain than a heavy diesel bus for mechanics that spend most of their time on Fords, Chevys, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Taco Posted June 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 That was quick. 589 already up for auction. https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=120&acctid=6794 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Taco Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 1/4/2016 at 9:47 PM, northwesterner said: The Health Sciences Express Gilligs were acquired new. They replaced a mish-mash of junk, including a couple of school buses. Found one of those: parked outside Seadrunar Recycling permanantly signed as "Seadrunar" by way of painted on destination sign. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Taco Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 If you're a UW department and have a need to rent a bus good news: it's only $2578.70 per month and $1.19 per mile. Via https://facilities.uw.edu/services/rates/fleet (UW NetID required) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 23 hours ago, Atomic Taco said: If you're a UW department and have a need to rent a bus good news: it's only $2578.70 per month and $1.19 per mile. Via https://facilities.uw.edu/services/rates/fleet (UW NetID required) $1.19/mile is waaaaaay below market rate. Also, the UW has a blanket contract for charter bus services (non-athletic department) with specified rates..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Taco Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Am I in the twilight zone? 589 was auctioned almost 3 years ago. And yet today it's in service: Credit @bnsf27 for the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWTransit Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 10:02 PM, Atomic Taco said: Am I in the twilight zone? 589 was auctioned almost 3 years ago. And yet today it's in service: Credit @bnsf27 for the photo Wait really? Yeah I saw it in service just a few weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 87900 and 87901 in service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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