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I Rode a Xcelsior !; The MTA's new fleet member
Topic Started: Dec 18 2011, 12:17 AM (2,012 Views)
Mark
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Friday, I had the fortune to get a ride on NFI's newest bus model the XCELSIOR. I rode two of them in Queens [NYC]. The first one was a packed bus on the Q2 to Belmont Park. The bus ran smooth and took the somewhat bumpy streets of NYC quite well. The bus also held crowds quite well for a low-floor bus. I rode this bus to Springfield Blvd and Hempstead Ave., just a few short blocks from the Q2's terminal at the entrance of Belmot park Racetrack.

The second bus I rode on [pictured below] was on the long Q27 run from Springfield and Hempstead to Main and Roosevelt in Downtown Flushing [and the end of the & subway line]. Since the bus was not a hybrid, but a straight diesel, I was amazed at how quiet the engine was, and the smoothe ride was more pronounced on the somewhar smoother streets in the less-trafficked sections of Flushing. Bus 4829 is quite a looker in NYC MTA blue and white. i wonder how it would look in SEPTA's scheme [unwrapped, of course.]


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Boy Talking about MTA's newest look Xcelsior i might go up to New York City to ride one of those New Flyer Xcelsior. I really love that new look of the Xcelsior that MTA had.
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Dec 19 2011, 12:13 PM
Boy Talking about MTA's newest look Xcelsior i might go up to New York City to ride one of those New Flyer Xcelsior. I really love that new look of the Xcelsior that MTA had.
The only place you can find the Xcelsior[4800 series] is in Eastern Queens, specifically the bus routes out of the Queens Village Depot [Q1, 2, 27, 36, 43, 46, 83]. By spring, you can ride them in Southern Brooklyn [Ulmer Park Depot], and on Staten Island [Castleton Depot]. They are the same depots running the Nova LFS [8000 series] and Orion 7 3g Diesel buses[7000 series].
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Don't forget D.C. has some too.
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And soon, so will CATA in State College. They are expecting 11 of them any day now, with CNG power, of course.
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Wow, they're invading expanding themselves in the northeast as operators turns to that model when ordering new buses.
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We're getting a total of 90 of them as part of the Bus Test & Evaluation Program. We have a couple of different small fleets coming in.

Hey Mark, i was wondering why this post looked familiar and realized Its on NYCTF as well.. Nice seein ya here! I have the same screen name there too.

Let em know here aboout the Fleet NYC got! LOL
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MARTA In Atlanta will get some too but XDE35 I have been looking at MARTA since My mother is trying to buy a house there. ANYWAY The Xcelsiors are expanding didnt even know NYCTMTA was getting some. UHH septa JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON PLEASE !!!!!
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WHY WONT NYC GET WITH 21st CENTURY. The block sign is old
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Dec 21 2011, 04:09 PM
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Dec 18 2011, 12:17 AM
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WHY WONT NYC GET WITH 21st CENTURY. The block sign is old
Those run number boxes have been in use for over 35 years. Its easier to fix, cheaper to maintain, and easier to change during the small number of routes that have a mid-run driver switch. Dont have to punch in another code just to switch the run number.

Our subways, on the other hand, have more 21st century tech than any other subway train in the US! (dont care what anyone says!LOL)
Edited by Far Rock Depot, Dec 21 2011, 05:19 PM.
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