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2 Novas on the R4 are booked out for 14 and 19 hours (blocks 4 & 11), yet there are XDE60s that are only booked out for a few hours during peak. I don't even care about the branding at this point, I just don't understand how these bookouts work.

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10 hours ago, 8010 said:

2 Novas on the R4 are booked out for 14 and 19 hours (blocks 4 & 11), yet there are XDE60s that are only booked out for a few hours during peak. I don't even care about the branding at this point, I just don't understand how these bookouts work.

Honestly, branding is among the least important thing when it comes to everything. We had B-Line branded buses on non B-Line routes for years and no one cared.

With that being set aside, I'm just as confused as you are about these bookouts.

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On 1/28/2020 at 6:45 AM, 8010 said:

2 Novas on the R4 are booked out for 14 and 19 hours (blocks 4 & 11), yet there are XDE60s that are only booked out for a few hours during peak. I don't even care about the branding at this point, I just don't understand how these bookouts work.

And today theres 16006 on the R4 for a 19 hour block. What the heck is going on

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12 hours ago, dover5949 said:

Spotted 19401 displaying "Training Vehicle" this afternoon at 5 Road & Steveston Hwy. Not sure if this is a RTC operator getting training or a new CMBC operator?

Double Decker bus training, Either an operator who transferred to RTC or someone who hasn't received training yet. 

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These trolley's must have some major mechanical issues as they have not been in service this year, followed by the last date in service ...2103 July 8, 2119 Apr 18, 2160 Sept 7, 2215 Dec 3, 2228 Aug 24, 2232 Nov 22, 2276 Nov 7, 2279 Nov 6, 2503, June 11, 2542 Nov 6, 2566 Nov 9

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2 hours ago, dover5949 said:

These trolley's must have some major mechanical issues as they have not been in service this year, followed by the last date in service ...2103 July 8, 2119 Apr 18, 2160 Sept 7, 2215 Dec 3, 2228 Aug 24, 2232 Nov 22, 2276 Nov 7, 2279 Nov 6, 2503, June 11, 2542 Nov 6, 2566 Nov 9

So? in a fleet of 262 trollies, there are bound to be a few not working so well.

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On 2/4/2020 at 4:52 AM, dover5949 said:

These trolley's must have some major mechanical issues as they have not been in service this year, followed by the last date in service ...2103 July 8, 2119 Apr 18, 2160 Sept 7, 2215 Dec 3, 2228 Aug 24, 2232 Nov 22, 2276 Nov 7, 2279 Nov 6, 2503, June 11, 2542 Nov 6, 2566 Nov 9

Wonder whether some are waiting for special components -say from Kiepe HQ in Germany?

Or maybe it's just cost-cutting, given that the trolleybus requirement will be a lot less once the 9 is diesellised for Broadway subway works.

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9 hours ago, Stormscape said:

the trolleys from the 9 would be repurposed for the 41, there would be no reason to reduce active fleet.

The 41 won't need even ten trolleys; the 9 uses far more -at least 20 IIRC. So even after the 41 changes to trolley there will be at least ten unused. These could of course be used to increase frequencies on other routes as demand grows. 

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