81-717 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 YRT 318 deadheading westbound on Sheppard west on the Don River overpass (east of Bathurst) at 21:12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.bird.fan Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 20 hours ago, 81-717 said: YRT 318 deadheading westbound on Sheppard west on the Don River overpass (east of Bathurst) at 21:12. Could it have been deadheading from Finch to Sheppard West to start service on the 105? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 2 hours ago, blue.bird.fan said: Could it have been deadheading from Finch to Sheppard West to start service on the 105? Maybe, who knows, I'm not nearly as familiar with YRT as much as TTC, but it's the 1st time I've seen this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wil9402 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 3 hours ago, blue.bird.fan said: Could it have been deadheading from Finch to Sheppard West to start service on the 105? Looking at the tracking data that's exactly what it was doing. It finished service on 88 at Finch and deadheaded to Sheppard West Station to do 105. Looks like this is a scheduled block as 509 did the same thing on Tuesday and 801 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 TTC 8386 is out on the 332 covering the 4:33x run in (I don’t recall the run number off hand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitFan88 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 TTC 9115 is currently on the 125 but it looks like it’s going to be changed off with 1367 shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7749 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 TTC 1045 did a trip yesterday on 169 and got changed off with 3484 (1603 seemed to have had an issue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Aquarius Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Bunch of interesting buses showed up at Upper Canada Mall today: EX-TTC Orion V 9411 Ex OC Transpo Classic 8776 EX-Greyhound MCI (MC-9?) 4583 Saw what also appeared to be an ex-Woodstock Classic arrive as well along with an older Prevost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.bird.fan Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 TTC 8587 spotted on Euston Avenue, one block west of Donlands along Danforth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumiko Oumae Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 TTC #8009 (Airport Bus) is on 16 McCOWAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Island Transit Fan Posted September 16, 2022 Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 TTC 1062 and 1083 were helping out on the 506C shuttle today. I took 1083 and customers were all very confused with all the detours, poor driver had a constant crowd of at least 5 people at the front asking for directions. Also overheard some Eglinton relief driver at Castle Frank complaining to a Birchmount driver about the detours, citing the tight right turns and left turns that take ages to do with no priority arrow. 8689 was on the 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7749 Posted September 16, 2022 Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 1 hour ago, West Island Transit Fan said: TTC 1062 and 1083 were helping out on the 506C shuttle today. I took 1083 and customers were all very confused with all the detours, poor driver had a constant crowd of at least 5 people at the front asking for directions. Also overheard some Eglinton relief driver at Castle Frank complaining to a Birchmount driver about the detours, citing the tight right turns and left turns that take ages to do with no priority arrow. 8689 was on the 94. They've been sending mtd rads everyday on the 506C it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted September 16, 2022 Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 5 hours ago, 7749 said: They've been sending mtd rads everyday on the 506C it seems It's impossible to turn the scheduled route when additional detours are added to the route. The Carlton/Church detour was suppose to finish. I don't know what kind of animal brain at the TTC thought this route is okay to push out the door as the people taking it doesn't have other options. The route gets a F- for impossible to use and extensive queuing at turning intersections. They should just tell everyone to take streetcars on Dundas instead. Oh the sign that STILL says 506C to Ossington via Ossington. No comment... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Island Transit Fan Posted September 16, 2022 Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: It's impossible to turn the scheduled route when additional detours are added to the route. The Carlton/Church detour was suppose to finish. I don't know what kind of animal brain at the TTC thought this route is okay to push out the door as the people taking it doesn't have other options. The route gets a F- for impossible to use and extensive queuing at turning intersections. They should just tell everyone to take streetcars on Dundas instead. Oh the sign that STILL says 506C to Ossington via Ossington. No comment... I spotted quite a few buses signed incorrectly as 504C to Exhibition via Strachan too. I was masochistic enough to take almost the entire route from Parliament/Carlton to Ossington station and the whole thing took 65 minutes, while walking that is 70 minutes according to Google maps. I got on around 14:50 and off around 15:55, so not even at the height of rush hour. It was also very busy, suggesting a large gap with the previous bus. I suggested to a few passengers to give up on the bus and walk because it's likely faster, looks like that is indeed the case. Edit: just spotted 1001 on the 506C, so I won't post these sightings here if they happen daily. Edited September 16, 2022 by West Island Transit Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4 5600 Posted September 16, 2022 Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 TTC 1407 is currently on the 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC7447 Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 Visual Sighting TTC 1549 on 11A Bayview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC7447 Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 Visual Sighting TTC 3425 on 54 Lawrence East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitFan88 Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 TTC 9084 is currently on the 53, on a Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 TTC 8927 was on the 35A J A N E for much of Saturday afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Island Transit Fan Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 TTC 7909 on the 97F now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, West Island Transit Fan said: TTC 7909 on the 97F now. The only time Yonge st. riders will get the handmedown experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, 81-717 said: The only time Yonge st. riders will get the handmedown experience The 7900s were originally from Wilson and ran on the 97 when they were new. The 8100/8300s are pretty much handmedowns now without being handed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 9 hours ago, 81-717 said: The only time Yonge st. riders will get the handmedown experience In recent times, sure, but not historically. The 97 was out of New Eglinton until 2008, and when that opened it had all kinds of hand me downs from various divisions, including Old Eglinton. And if you want to go further back, most of the H5s ran out of Greenwood (5722/24*-5807) (5722-5724 were frequently tossed back and forth between Wilson and Greenwood) until the late 80s/early 90s when the H6s displaced them. And about a decade before that, all the H1s were consolidated at Wilson, on the opening of the Spadina line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 hours ago, T3G said: In recent times, sure, but not historically. The 97 was out of New Eglinton until 2008, and when that opened it had all kinds of hand me downs from various divisions, including Old Eglinton. And if you want to go further back, most of the H5s ran out of Greenwood (5722/24*-5807) (5722-5724 were frequently tossed back and forth between Wilson and Greenwood) until the late 80s/early 90s when the H6s displaced them. And about a decade before that, all the H1s were consolidated at Wilson, on the opening of the Spadina line. I was primarily referring to the present day line 1 and how it got both the T1s & TRs first, lol. This'll likely change when the next subways come out, though, since they'll probably go on line 2. And that still wouldn't really make the TRs handmedowns, since they wouldn't be handed down. 10 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: The 8100/8300s are pretty much handmedowns now without being handed down. The 8100s were originally split between Birchmount & Wilson iirc, and are now consolidated at Wilson, while the 8300s are confined to Wilson their whole life since day 1. So in this case the only handmedowns are the ex-Birchmount units, the rest are in the same situation as the TRs probably will be. 10 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: The 7900s were originally from Wilson and ran on the 97 when they were new. True, but according to some on here, a 7900 is the textbook definition of a handmedown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 5 hours ago, 81-717 said: The 8100s were originally split between Birchmount & Wilson iirc, and are now consolidated at Wilson, while the 8300s are confined to Wilson their whole life since day 1. So in this case the only handmedowns are the ex-Birchmount units, the rest are in the same situation as the TRs probably will be. The 8100-8219 order was all delivered to Wilson when new. Sometime in 2014-2015, they were split up and Birchmount received a good number of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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