Zortan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Ah, so they did take I-5 today - I was wondering what routing they took with the bridge being out of service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay8g Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Seems like some of them took I-5, while others took the long way around via the Montlake Bridge. I have to wonder, is this the first time the trolleys have taken the freeway (in large numbers, at least)? I've never seen that happen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zortan Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 It's only been possible for them to take the freeway since the XTs were delivered, so if no one can remember another time in the past few years, then I guess it's probably the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWTransit Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 1:19 PM, Kennys bus drawings said: I saw a bunch of trolleys on the i-5 apparently it's cause the university bridge is closed, but I wonder if the trolleys on the battery can get up to freeway speeds Woah that's cool... wish I knew about that then I could have gotten a ride on one of those 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 yeah I saw them on the freeway and I was like I wonder if they're doing some sort of testing and then I remembered that the bridge was stuck, and I heard on the radio scanner that you have to make sure the battery has at least 90% charge and the lights and hvac have to be turned off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 weird question, does anyone have a picture of a rapid ride xde60 6246 running the new route 79 on the 12th of november? I could've sworn I saw a picture of that somewhere but now i can't seem to find it anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyrs77 Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Kennys bus drawings said: weird question, does anyone have a picture of a rapid ride xde60 6246 running the new route 79 on the 12th of november? I could've sworn I saw a picture of that somewhere but now i can't seem to find it anywhere. Wasn’t a good picture, but it’s better than nothing. Was going to try and get a better picture later, but was so busy with the bridge stuck open that night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 Oh ok thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zortan Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 On 11/19/2021 at 4:52 PM, Kennys bus drawings said: weird question, does anyone have a picture of a rapid ride xde60 6246 running the new route 79 on the 12th of november? I could've sworn I saw a picture of that somewhere but now i can't seem to find it anywhere. I think I might have seen it somewhere on Instagram? Not sure where else it would've been other than here or Instagram haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 stupid off topic statement, but yesterday 7247 was the only green colored bus at north base and I thought it was gonna stay that way but today it seems to have transferred to south base, so north base no longer has anymore green xde40's. I remember riding 7250 and 7242 and a bunch of other higher numbered ones until they all got transferred to south base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyrs77 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Kennys bus drawings said: stupid off topic statement, but yesterday 7247 was the only green colored bus at north base and I thought it was gonna stay that way but today it seems to have transferred to south base, so north base no longer has anymore green xde40's. I remember riding 7250 and 7242 and a bunch of other higher numbered ones until they all got transferred to south base North will retire the 26/27/2800’s by Dec 3rd. They will need some of the twenty 7200’s that were sent to south, back, in order to have enough coaches. The plan was to send those coaches back any, each time a 4700 went into service, but now they’ll need to come back sooner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaryahJohnson1996 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, caseyrs77 said: North will retire the 26/27/2800’s by Dec 3rd. They will need some of the twenty 7200’s that were sent to south, back, in order to have enough coaches. The plan was to send those coaches back any, each time a 4700 went into service, but now they’ll need to come back sooner Oh, you for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, caseyrs77 said: North will retire the 26/27/2800’s by Dec 3rd. They will need some of the twenty 7200’s that were sent to south, back, in order to have enough coaches. The plan was to send those coaches back any, each time a 4700 went into service, but now they’ll need to come back sooner oh cool, I wonder if they'll be the 7240s and 50s that north used to have, or even the 7220's that got transferred. interesting that they're replacing 30 60 foot buses with 20 40 foot buses tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay8g Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 I think that will be the third time the 2600s were retired from North Base! We'll see if it sticks this time... I know Metro has been wanting to retire them for quite some time, but they haven't had enough coaches, especially at North Base. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaryahJohnson1996 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 I went to ride the bus coach number (2789) DE60LF on rt. 73 from Roosevelt Square to U District last afternoon yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Casper Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Quote North will retire the 26/27/2800’s by Dec 3rd. They will need some of the twenty 7200’s that were sent to south, back, in order to have enough coaches. The plan was to send those coaches back any, each time a 4700 went into service, but now they’ll need to come back sooner I don't know if I believe that. They were originally retired from North in June, but brought back in October. Even if they are taken off the roads by the 3rd. They'll most likely return to service again in 2-4 months. In fact, I can count five coaches originally pulled from the roads in Late 2020 to Early 2021, but they came back. Those coaches are 2649, 2690, 2694, 2705 (my favorite coaach out of the whole series), and 2812. Plus, I know some people at Atlantic Base and I've heard 2600 itself is being completely refitted with an all-new electronic system. It's sitting down at Component Supply Center (CSC) waiting to be refitted with an automatic driver shield. CSC specializes in remanufacturing engines, transmissions, etc. It is adjacent to South Base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 I hope the retrofit them with automatic driver shields, then more drivers would be willing to drive the 2600's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Casper Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Kennys bus drawings said: I hope the retrofit them with automatic driver shields, then more drivers would be willing to drive the 2600's I'm not even a driver at Metro, but I'd drive 'em with or without the shields.I've rode them hundreds of times and they're, second to the 3200's, 1100's, and 2300's, my favorite buses. They share the second place spot with the now retired 3600's and the now retired 2005 D60LF's (2870-2899). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyrs77 Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Kennys bus drawings said: I hope the retrofit them with automatic driver shields, then more drivers would be willing to drive the 2600's It’s $8K per bus to retrofit. The coaches were supposed to be retired awhile ago, so they’re not going to spend the money, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 ohh sad I was gonna say I heard from a driver that the manual shields caused shoulder injuries or something but if the kept the shield closed then during the night there would be a bunch of glare off of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 does anyone else not like these new timetable cover designs or is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Casper Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/29/2021 at 5:19 PM, Kennys bus drawings said: does anyone else not like these new timetable cover designs or is it just me? Not the only one. I preferred the old design, and the teal color much more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 supposedly the 2600's are gone tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyrs77 Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Kennys bus drawings said: supposedly the 2600's are gone tomorrow Pushed to the 10th. They might start dwindling throughout next week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennys bus drawings Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 oh ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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