Cimon8000 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, SarniaTransit said: Omg i know right! They retired them because the ridership was "too low" and then 10 years later they turn around and buy 5 40footers I know, it is what a waste! I remembered my first visit to Sarnia 13 years back, only #922 left in service together with the last 40ft Fishbowl #791, where 921 and 923 were already retired and sitting at the yard for parts already, what a waste when they were only 11 years old(maybe not even when they were actually off the road)............ Ironically, DRT is now wasting their 2003 Orion V and get rid of them at very low age and mileage, and selling them off while Sarnia is picking them up............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 4 hours ago, SarniaTransit said: PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!! No pictures on my end, I was turning right and noticed 164 heading straight in front of me. It looks very similar to the livery on the 16 Nova's, that said I didn't get a great view of the sides so much as the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 On December 21, 2016 at 5:01 PM, DL1892 said: No pictures on my end, I was turning right and noticed 164 heading straight in front of me. It looks very similar to the livery on the 16 Nova's, that said I didn't get a great view of the sides so much as the back. The livery is slightly different. The back is plain white. The lower skirt panels on the sides of the body are gray and the blue stripe does not extend to the bottom of the bus but rather the top of the side skirts. The destination sign did not appear to be working today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 11/01/2017 at 11:00 AM, DL1892 said: The livery is slightly different. The back is plain white. The lower skirt panels on the sides of the body are gray and the blue stripe does not extend to the bottom of the bus but rather the top of the side skirts. The destination sign did not appear to be working today. 164 replaced 062. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97SCT Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I took a run down to Sarnia, 164 was in service on the 1 Confederation today. Picture provided; 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomRailfan151 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 21 hours ago, 97SCT said: I took a run down to Sarnia, 164 was in service on the 1 Confederation today. Picture provided; Nice, it looks like they left the DRT green trim around the destination sign on as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 19 hours ago, SarniaTransit151 said: Nice, it looks like they left the DRT green trim around the destination sign on as well. Yes they have, it would be really hard to take it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Bullock Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 On 2017-03-23 at 1:05 PM, TheAverageJoe said: Yes they have, it would be really hard to take it off. From the pictures Jared provided, the inside is relatively unchanged. Still has "8050" with the two 0's horizontal to make an 8, and all the DRT info signs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 171/172 are scheduled to enter service on Monday. http://www.theobserver.ca/2017/11/17/online-bus-information-system-planned-for-2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 10 hours ago, DL1892 said: 171/172 are scheduled to enter service on Monday. http://www.theobserver.ca/2017/11/17/online-bus-information-system-planned-for-2018 Thanks for the info! Guess that is the end for the Orion 1's possibly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 171 entered service today on the 9 and 172 entered service on the 14. I really hope that is where they are gonna put a bigger bus because that route needs it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 21/11/2017 at 3:03 PM, SarniaTransit said: 171 entered service today on the 9 and 172 entered service on the 14. I really hope that is where they are gonna put a bigger bus because that route needs it! Hopefully 164 will be active when i go there in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 8 hours ago, TTC 9701 said: Hopefully 164 will be active when i go there in a few weeks. 164 has been active a lot lately. It was on the 9 almost all of last week and now that the college isnt on strike anymore, it has been doing the College Express everyday this week so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 On 2017-11-18 at 3:46 AM, TTC 9701 said: Thanks for the info! Guess that is the end for the Orion 1's possibly. Saw one out yesterday on the 9, not sure which number but they're not dead yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerr-Eastlake Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 043 is the only Orion 1 Still active. The plan is that it retires along with 053 next year around spring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted December 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 17 minutes ago, Kerr-Eastlake said: 043 is the only Orion 1 Still active. The plan is that it retires along with 053 next year around spring What about 164 the DRT bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC T6H-5307N 2252 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 hour ago, TTC 9701 said: What about 164 the DRT bus? I heard 164 will be kept as a backup bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted December 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 01/12/2017 at 12:33 PM, TTC T6H-5307N 2252 said: I heard 164 will be kept as a backup bus. I will find out about that when I go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerr-Eastlake Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 2017-12-01 at 11:15 AM, TTC 9701 said: What about 164 the DRT bus? they have no plans of retiring that any time soon. We were told its been a great bus for them. Considering it was rebuilt before DRT parked it i wouldn't be worried about it going anywhere anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted December 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 49 minutes ago, Kerr-Eastlake said: they have no plans of retiring that any time soon. We were told its been a great bus for them. Considering it was rebuilt before DRT parked it i wouldn't be worried about it going anywhere anytime soon Thank you. I look forward to seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 031, 032, 041, 042, 051 and 063 are retired from service. 062 was never bought at auction so it is still on property. 043 is the only Orion 1 left in active service in Canada. 032 has a bike rack as well so it was used in regular service until retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted December 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 164 seems to be a favorite on the 10 South Vidal. It was nice to see a real bus back on that route. 043 has not been out but is still sitting as a back up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 161 has a full body wrap for Exit Realty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 15 hours ago, SarniaTransit said: 161 has a full body wrap for Exit Realty That'll be there for a bit. Last time there was any good wraps was on an Orion 1. This is probably the first time they ever got a full wrap done there unless they had the painted ads back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 6 hours ago, TTC 9701 said: That'll be there for a bit. Last time there was any good wraps was on an Orion 1. This is probably the first time they ever got a full wrap done there unless they had the painted ads back in the day. 092 had a full body wrap for H&M when it was opening up in out mall. This was a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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