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From what the media was saying it wasn't stuck on ice specifically, rather the brakes failed and locked to the 'on' position, so the bus wouldn't move (if it was ice I'd imagine the other bus would have managed to move it on the first try, instead of having to repeatedly ram it and barely get anywhere)

Yeah, I read that, but wouldn't there be some sort of warning prior to them failing? :lol:

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My aunt sent me a link to that article too... you think they would have tried to take the bike rack off first. It's probably mangled up now!

7706 was spotted this afternoon without it's bike rack Out of Service turning out of Anderson Station. Why they decided to use a bike rack bus yesterday, I have no idea, since there are so many other choices out there.

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6051 was parked there all Tuesday evening. Not sure when it got there, but I noticed it there at about 2035 when I went by on my route 301 (Tuesday).

Yep, I saw it too.

Also 6021 was dead heading into downtown, forget the road but it is the one the 301 takes to get into Downtown

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Pretty pathetic service in my opinion. At Anderson Station there aren't any clear signs telling you where to actually catch the shuttle. The only sign I saw was one right at the bus stop but it was mainly hidden behind a tree. They aren't running the artics in pairs, so they're pretty packed. On top of that, the bus waited about 8 - 10 at Anderson Station and left, literally, just as the next train was stopping. Entire trip down to Somerset I saw an amazing ....3.... other buses.

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I don't get why the CTrain replacement shuttles are so good when it's 7th ave that's closed, but so terrible when it's any other part of the line.

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Pretty pathetic service in my opinion. At Anderson Station there aren't any clear signs telling you where to actually catch the shuttle. The only sign I saw was one right at the bus stop but it was mainly hidden behind a tree. They aren't running the artics in pairs, so they're pretty packed. On top of that, the bus waited about 8 - 10 at Anderson Station and left, literally, just as the next train was stopping. Entire trip down to Somerset I saw an amazing ....3.... other buses.

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I don't get why the CTrain replacement shuttles are so good when it's 7th ave that's closed, but so terrible when it's any other part of the line.

There were 6 artics running on the 556 both days during the day, and considering the normal loads on the 201 for a weekend that's probably sufficient for a 60 minute round trip on the furthest end of the line. That said I rode it in the mornings only, so they probably were more packed than what I saw. I have to agree with you though, signage for the stop locations was pretty poor, and not just at Anderson.

Also, not many bike-rack artics were used this time around- Saturday was 6060, 6062, 6053, 6038, 6044, 6047, and Sunday was 6062, 6049, 6031, 6040, 6024 (plus one other). So with 4 bike rack artics, which they usually try to have all out for ctrain replacement shuttles, only 1-2 were out per day.

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Also, not many bike-rack artics were used this time around- Saturday was 6060, 6062, 6053, 6038, 6044, 6047, and Sunday was 6062, 6049, 6031, 6040, 6024 (plus one other). So with 4 bike rack artics, which they usually try to have all out for ctrain replacement shuttles, only 1-2 were out per day.

It is pretty much a fluke if any run get's a 60 footer with a bike rack (Including the BRT routes). As you know, only 6060-6063 have bike racks and they do not park them in the garage seperate from the rest of the 60 footers. They are randomly parked amongst the rest of the 60 footers.

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I got a text from a freind who who driving bus and he said it was very hush hush

Its not the first time it happened there, just goes to prove they need to move the signal north to the platform, that way if a train runs a signal it stops way before the switches.

Any idea if it was a u2 or a SD160?

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There was also a minor derailment in the yard at OBMF Monday afternoon (SD160 S-7) they had that fix up within a few hours.

It would have been nice if they had put in all powered switches in that yard. With so many manual switches, it seems we can't go a 3 weeks without someone running a switch in the OBMF yard.

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It would have been nice if they had put in all powered switches in that yard. With so many manual switches, it seems we can't go a 3 weeks without someone running a switch in the OBMF yard.

I don't think the manual switches are the problem. People just need to learn to pay attention to their switches....

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