MK78 Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Cityflyer said: But iirc from the experts here, the plug doors are harder to maintain than standard sliding or flip out doors. That may very well be, but from a pure operation point they seem awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 16 hours ago, Cityflyer said: But iirc from the experts here, the plug doors are harder to maintain than standard sliding or flip out doors. They are - there are far more moving parts. That doesn't mean that they don't have their advantages or can't be reliable. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 16 hours ago, Cityflyer said: But iirc from the experts here, the plug doors are harder to maintain than standard sliding or flip out doors. Yes. For example, MBTA went through several revisions of plug doors on the Boeing cars before ditching them completely during a heavy rebuild. The original design had an obscene moving part count. The number I saw was just over 3,000 parts. I hope that number's wrong on the high side or a total including the stationary parts but I never found out for sure. The second revision got that a bit more manageable and dropped the sensitive edges for a wide, soft rubber strip as a strictly passive safety component, but they still never worked well to the point they replaced them completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidwizardplayer Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) From a post on Today Sightings 3725 was seen training at St Clair and Keele. Edited November 15, 2019 by splendidwizardplayer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 3700 was down at the Evergreen Brick works today for a private NFI Event. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 I saw one BYD on the 401 express near Avenue Rd around 4:35pm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabianColeyLOVESBUSES Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 3731 has entered service on route 6 Bay. 3701 is currently on the 927 Highway 27 Express. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 35 minutes ago, FabianColeyLOVESBUSES said: 3731 has entered service on route 6 Bay. 3701 is currently on the 927 Highway 27 Express. XE40s have been dispatched on the 927 a few times now. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabianColeyLOVESBUSES Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: XE40s have been dispatched on the 927 a few times now. Thanks for letting me know I wasn't aware that the XE40s were already dispatched on the 927. I am curious to how there performance is on that route so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 They seem to have returned to the 46 and 927 today maybe cause the weather is warmer. They chose routes closer to Arrow with runs staring at 6am instead of 5 during the colder days last week. Weekend dispatches were reduced too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Xtrazsteve said: They seem to have returned to the 46 and 927 today maybe cause the weather is warmer. They chose routes closer to Arrow with runs staring at 6am instead of 5 during the colder days last week. Weekend dispatches were reduced too. I wonder what's gonna happen when it hits -20C for several days... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidwizardplayer Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, MK78 said: I wonder what's gonna happen when it hits -20C for several days... Wait until 2040.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 18 hours ago, splendidwizardplayer said: Wait until 2040.. When we have amphibious buses? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelkupplung Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 19 hours ago, MK78 said: I wonder what's gonna happen when it hits -20C for several days... "Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming [...]!" 22 minutes ago, dowlingm said: When we have amphibious buses? We already did that https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Toronto_Hippo_Tours 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabianColeyLOVESBUSES Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 3733 has entered service on route 6 Bay. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Both 3725 and 3733 are on the 6 this morning. First time with two. Does anyone know when they will start afternoon service? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 5 hours ago, TTC Guy said: Both 3725 and 3733 are on the 6 this morning. First time with two. Does anyone know when they will start afternoon service? Theres been two out alot recently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusDude Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 5 hours ago, TTC Guy said: Both 3725 and 3733 are on the 6 this morning. First time with two. Does anyone know when they will start afternoon service? I have never seen an electric bus out in service on Bay street in the afternoon/evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 43 minutes ago, BusDude said: I have never seen an electric bus out in service on Bay street in the afternoon/evenings. That’s exactly why I’m asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Remember it took a while for the XE40s to start service in the afternoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabianColeyLOVESBUSES Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 3727 has entered service on the route 6 bay. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 4 hours ago, FabianColeyLOVESBUSES said: 3727 has entered service on the route 6 bay. I believe (don’t quote me on it) 3727 was out with sister 3728 on Bay on Friday. I might’ve been seen things 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidwizardplayer Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, bus_7246 said: I believe (don’t quote me on it) 3727 was out with sister 3728 on Bay on Friday. I might’ve been seen things It was 3725 and 3728 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabianColeyLOVESBUSES Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 I am not too sure if this was mentioned but 3732 is now trackable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looks like today marks the first day for an evening proterra. 3725 is out on the 6 Bay Edit: 3728 also just signed in 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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