James Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Interesting report on Facebook today. anyone able to confirm? "So I hear from operator badge #7,all the hybrids are being converted to straight diesel for maint. costs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Was up in Edmonton today and rode the orion VII demonstrator on the 100/101 pretty solid bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Does 6002 still have the blue ETS seats, tv's and other upgrades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Pardon my question: are the Orion hybrids still kicking around? (apparently they were up until at least April). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 5, 2011 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Does 6002 still have the blue ETS seats, tv's and other upgrades? Pretty sure it does, but haven't been on it. Pardon my question: are the Orion hybrids still kicking around?(apparently they were up until at least April). Yes they are still around. One had been sitting out of service for a long time, I think due for battery replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 10, 2011 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 This doesn't really count as a hybrid anymore, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmb3asv141 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 This doesn't really count as a hybrid anymore, but...http://www.awesysnet.ca/cptdb/uploads/ets6003.jpg did the a/c unit remove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 6005 and 6006 might be done. It's refurb time for the 2007 D40LFR's, and I can only imagine that would mean it was time for something to happen with those 2 oddballs as well, and when you have 100+ XD's coming in, I can only imagine the simplest option is to retire them rather then refurb 2 relatively unfamiliar buses. It's been 3 weeks since they regularly ran (except for a brief escape for 6005 on the 20th), and they haven't shown up on the 2 days of weekday service in September yet. Time will tell I guess. I'd hazard a guess they might be stored inside Tent C at Ferrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 I never did post it here, but 6005 was sitting in a bay at Paterson for 3-4 weeks. Missing wheels, farebox in tact and it looked like part of a body panel missing. It looked like there was at least a chance she was getting some mid-life work done. Well, she returned to service this morning and was back out in the afternoon. 6001 has been MIA for a few days. Last I saw it was sitting inside of Ferrier in the same location an Orion was just before 6005 showed up in Paterson. 6005 felt a bit smoother and just seemed "quicker". I can't say for sure if body work was done, but I had speculated at the time that with Ellerslie doing a lot of bodywork, it could have been drive train work in Paterson. ETS does power train and body refurbs separately on an as needed basis around the midlife of the bus. What's up with 6001 I'm not sure. It's too early to tell. Given 6001 had an significant accident early in life, the bus might not need as body refurb as early. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Is 6006 done? Hasn't run since August. Other than that, all of the hybrids were out today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 6006 showed up between the Ferrier tents with bike rack and farebox intact. Time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted December 28, 2019 Board Admin Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Update on 6006, still sitting around between the tents. They did replace the side decals with "Service". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 2 hours ago, A. Wong said: Update on 6006, still sitting around between the tents. They did replace the side decals with "Service". Yah they were both "rebranded" in 2017. Still a nice catch though! From August 2018: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translinkedi337m Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 11/12/2018 at 6:14 PM, M. Parsons said: I never did post it here, but 6005 was sitting in a bay at Paterson for 3-4 weeks. Missing wheels, farebox in tact and it looked like part of a body panel missing. It looked like there was at least a chance she was getting some mid-life work done. Well, she returned to service this morning and was back out in the afternoon. 6001 has been MIA for a few days. Last I saw it was sitting inside of Ferrier in the same location an Orion was just before 6005 showed up in Paterson. 6005 felt a bit smoother and just seemed "quicker". I can't say for sure if body work was done, but I had speculated at the time that with Ellerslie doing a lot of bodywork, it could have been drive train work in Paterson. ETS does power train and body refurbs separately on an as needed basis around the midlife of the bus. What's up with 6001 I'm not sure. It's too early to tell. Given 6001 had an significant accident early in life, the bus might not need as body refurb as early. While I haven't rode on 6001 for a while, I do remember seeing it sometime in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 According to Transit55, September was the last time 6001 was used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translinkedi337m Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Enviro_1203 said: According to Transit55, September was the last time 6001 was used That's sad. I've been on it a few times and it was also one of the more noticeable buses to me, because of its relation to 6002 (ETS Platinum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 It's parked dead in Tent A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brookiedbj Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 8 hours ago, M. Parsons said: It's parked dead in Tent A. That's a shame. Marked for retirement soon I'm guessing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 No, I suspect it will be back. Could just be a long lead time component. We've seen the various hybrids parked for periods at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/24/2020 at 8:14 PM, M. Parsons said: No, I suspect it will be back. Could just be a long lead time component. We've seen the various hybrids parked for periods at a time. 6001 tracking in service this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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