GMC T6H-5307N Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 15 hours ago, STO_1601 said: @GMC T6H-5307N It's been 2 months since the last update how are the Classics & 95-97 D40LFs doing now? Active classics: 102, 105, 107, 111, 115 and 116 Active LF’s: 9502, 9503, 9505, 9701, 9703, and 9706 Recently parked buses: 104 - Parked some time in August? 9508 - Likely retired after being parked since June 18th Provided nothing comes up with the buses, 107, 111, and 116 will probably be the last Classics on the road, as the safety on these buses expire in January 2019 And finally there is an order for 2019 Nova Bus LFS, but the exact number is unknown at this time. This is the last of the current contract we signed with Nova. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Watzke Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 SASKATOON TRANSIT HISTORY - Does anyone recollect one or more Flxible 30 foot transit buses on the Saskatoon fleet circa 1966 or earlier? I am referring specifically to a City Of Saskatoon Transit bus I rode in the summer of 1966, with Flxible markings (name inside an oval, WITHOUT Twin Coach). I don't think it had the Twin Coach "crew cuts", I'd have noticed that, rather it looked very much like the standee-window short Old Look GM's or Macks. And the upholstery was white and black two-tone, as I recall. Or would it have been a late short version of Twin design without the Twin nameplate and "crew cuts". I could find no reference to these buses in any City Of Saskatoon Transit fleet list, but there is a gap of 7 numbers in the early sixties that might have been these? I've found pictures of a 1954 Southern brochure that resembles this bus, also seen photos of short Twins with standee windows that seem reminiscent.. There seems to be an almost total absence of info on buses produced by Southern, or of the small transit buses made by Flxible at the Southern plant. Anyone have any info? I remember in 1966, riding on at least one thirty-foot Flxible transit bus in Saskatoon, SK. This bus would have been an Old Look made in the fifties or sixties, not sure if it was a shortened Twin Coach or an original Flxible design. The only name displayed was Flxible, no Twin Coach, no Canadair. Does anyone know about this particular model as I have been unable to find any photos or records of such a bus anywhere? There is an unaccounted gap of seven numbers, 313 to 319 around 1964-65 in the midst of the GM New Look list, thus I suspect that these numbers may have been old-look Flxibles built in the Alabama ex-Southern plant? The bus I was in, in 1966, looked to be in fairly new condition, despite its old-look styling. I suspect these buses may have been bought to replace some of the similarly sized CCF C-36A small gasoline Brills 101-125 from 1946-1953, but for some reason not kept long in the Saskatoon system. The below 1954 pictures of Southern buses do look like a pretty close match to the Saskatoon Flxible, so it's quite possible that Flxible opted to continue to build these under the Flxible name circa 1964-65. The other alternative is that Flxible may have chosen to continue building an "old look" short Twin Coach but without the "ears/crew-cut" and Twin Coach name, much like GM continued to build its small Old Look until 1968; the photos of later small Twins with standee windows do seem to bear a resemblance too. Manage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 I'm visiting S'toon for Christmas. Will the classics be active then? Also, what routes are they normally on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbdb Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 There may not be any on the road by then. A news release says: "objectives to attain a 100 per cent accessible fleet by the end of 2018". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 4:58 PM, Jaymaud0804 said: I'm visiting S'toon for Christmas. Will the classics be active then? Also, what routes are they normally on? The classics have active registrations until January 4th to 7th, 2019 but will very likely be off the road by then. The classics are only used as extra buses now, and only go out for a short few hours a day. They will be parked during the Christmas break here in Saskatoon, so they won’t be able to be seen during that time. If you want to see them on the road, I would suggest camping out at the garage in the early morning and early afternoon during your visit to be able to catch the Classics heading out from the garage. Other than that it would be pretty hard to be able to track them on the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Watzke Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 I know Regina has (or had) a system where anyone could view the location of any bus on the road, its location and its fleet number. Saskatoon doesn't have that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, Ralph Watzke said: I know Regina has (or had) a system where anyone could view the location of any bus on the road, its location and its fleet number. Saskatoon doesn't have that? Try this link: https://transit55.ca/saskatoon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gueguen Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 A bus was involved in an accident Friday night at the intersection of 108th Street and Egbert Avenue. There are no pictures of the immediate aftermath of the accident, so we don't know yet which bus it was. https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/pickup-truck-passengers-injured-in-collision-with-saskatoon-city-bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, tim gueguen said: A bus was involved in an accident Friday night at the intersection of 108th Street and Egbert Avenue. There are no pictures of the immediate aftermath of the accident, so we don't know yet which bus it was. https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/pickup-truck-passengers-injured-in-collision-with-saskatoon-city-bus Is it possible to see if a bus went out of service early on Transit55? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 4 hours ago, tim gueguen said: A bus was involved in an accident Friday night at the intersection of 108th Street and Egbert Avenue. There are no pictures of the immediate aftermath of the accident, so we don't know yet which bus it was. https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/pickup-truck-passengers-injured-in-collision-with-saskatoon-city-bus Bus was 1705. There were injuries but uncertain if they were passengers on the bus or in the truck that collided with the bus. 1705 was on the 26 when the collision happened. No word on the damage to the bus Transit has been sending multiple buses off to scrap in the past months. Some of the buses sent off include 108, 110, 112, 434, and 451. Some recent buses that have been parked are 102, 9503, and 9505. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 13 hours ago, GMC T6H-5307N said: Bus was 1705. There were injuries but uncertain if they were passengers on the bus or in the truck that collided with the bus. 1705 was on the 26 when the collision happened. No word on the damage to the bus Transit has been sending multiple buses off to scrap in the past months. Some of the buses sent off include 108, 110, 112, 434, and 451. Some recent buses that have been parked are 102, 9503, and 9505. So 5 Classics and 1 '95 D40LF left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 What routes do artics usually run on? I'm assuming only during rush hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 22 hours ago, Jaymaud0804 said: What routes do artics usually run on? I'm assuming only during rush hour Artics run on 43, 44, 45, 50, 55, 60, and 65 routes. And run from 5am from 7pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thager Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Freezing rain this morning caused this bus to lose control and slide on to someone's front yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, thager said: Freezing rain this morning caused this bus to lose control and slide on to someone's front yard. Bus involved was 107. Driver is alright after the accident. 107 will likely be decommissioned after this accident. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gueguen Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Artics also run on Route 18, because the buses on Route 18 become 50s and 55s when they reach the University of Saskatchewan, and 50s and 55s become 18s when they reach the University. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Why are there always so many ghost buses? Any idea what buses they might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Jaymaud0804 said: Why are there always so many ghost buses? Any idea what buses they might be? Transit recently updated the ITS system on most of the buses, the new system will see removal of the radio system and just be a better system overall. The 95’s and 97’s won’t receive the new system however. 0600’s and 0700’s will receive the new system, but will have to be have new driver screens installed. That’s why there’s so many ghost buses showing up on Transit55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 I tried to ride some buses today, but it seemed they were always going in the opposite direction I was. Spotted 111, 9502, 3 '02s, 2 hybrids (one green, one blue), and a D40LFR that was displaying a different route on each sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 16 hours ago, Jaymaud0804 said: I tried to ride some buses today, but it seemed they were always going in the opposite direction I was. Spotted 111, 9502, 3 '02s, 2 hybrids (one green, one blue), and a D40LFR that was displaying a different route on each sign. The green DE40LFR is 616, the only bus left in the old DART scheme. I have been informed that 105, 107, 111, 115, and possibly 116 have had their safeties renewed to March 2019, so it appears that they will hold onto the Classics for a while longer! 107 still hasn’t been repaired from last weeks accident however, so it is unknown what will happen to it still 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gueguen Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Since we're supposed to get another set of Novabus units in 2019 I wonder if this might be a sign they've been delayed for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gueguen Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 Saw 616 broken down at Confederation Mall bus terminal this morning. Brad's Towing was on scene to haul it away. I assume the cold weather caused it problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO_1601 Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hey @GMC T6H-5307N, It's been a while since your last update How many Classics and D40LFs are left now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandeWest_B35G Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 34 minutes ago, STO_1601 said: Hey @GMC T6H-5307N, It's been a while since your last update How many Classics and D40LFs are left now? All of the remaining classics have their safeties renewed until March, right? Also, any news on the 2019 Nova's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMC T6H-5307N Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 53 minutes ago, STO_1601 said: Hey @GMC T6H-5307N, It's been a while since your last update How many Classics and D40LFs are left now? Remaining classics are 105, 107, and 115. 107 received a new front end off of 109 and re entered service a few weeks ago. As for D40LF’s, we are down to 9701, 9703, and 9706. 9502 was rear ended by a stolen truck and has been parked due to the damage. The 2019 Nova Buses arrived on February 1st. There are 10 buses total I believe. Four of them entered service on February 7th. As they don’t have fare boxes or radios yet they are only for extras for the time being. Transit has sent 102, 103, 109, and 454 off to scrap in the past month or so also. On 2/7/2019 at 1:07 PM, tim gueguen said: Saw 616 broken down at Confederation Mall bus terminal this morning. Brad's Towing was on scene to haul it away. I assume the cold weather caused it problems. Unfortunately those 2006 Hybrids batteries are having lots of trouble in the cold recently. 616 was placed on extras exclusively last winter due to it’s unreliability in the cold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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