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The Adventure Aquarium of Camden, New Jersey has once again full wrapped a Red Arrow New Flyer for use on the Route 110. 

 

 

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As seen, the wrap is very similar to the one from last year that appeared on 5430, 5588, and 5661. 

4551 was spotted today on the 3:30PM 111 to Chadds Ford on the 4462 block. The bus left 69th Street Terminal with every seat taken up but no standing load. Also using an Eldorado today was 110 4437 block, using 4535. The first trip on this block is the 3:45PM to Springfield Mall. This bus left with a full load. The use of an Eldorado on this trip is not too bad of an idea since after the Springfield Mall trip, the block only has 2 or 3 Pilgrim Gardens short turns to do. Red Arrow operator Dave Dalessio has been taking out an Eldorado on his 110 4436 block lately but as seen above, today he had 5597. This may be why 4551 was on the 111.

Original or extra crispy? – Well, apparently 7194 wanted to be extra crispy. This bus was placed out of service on April 17th, 2006, after reportedly catching fire. No further details are known other than the fact that it is at Allegheny waiting to be towed to the Berridge Heavy Maintenance Shops. Also out of service with fire damage is Comly 5546, which suffered a fire in December 2005, and Midvale 5742, which suffered a fire while on the Route C in June of 2005. All of these buses are expected to be out of service for an extended period of time.

4539, the Eldorado which caught fire in June of 2004 while operating on the old Route 116 on the property of Neumann College, has officially been scrapped despite the fact that it is still listed for VOH and is still on the Victory check list. According to Darryl Bulls, 4539 was moved to the Midvale Scrap Yard several weeks ago after the fire damage was determined to be beyond repair. The fire melted the entire rear of the bus from the backmost window back including the engine. The back of the seating area can be seen from the outside of the rear of the bus due to the heavy damage. 4539 is officially the first Eldorado to be scrapped, leaving 79 in the fleet. 4539 joins countless Neoplans, Volvo 7036, American Ikarus 5155, NABI 5267, and Cutaways 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2009 in being scrapped long before the rest of their counterparts.

According to the SEPTA website, as of 6:00 PM this evening, Route 100 Hughes Park service is suspended due to emergency platform repairs at 69th Street. There is no further information on what happened but this probably means one of the 3 tracks is Out of service and only 2 tracks are available. Around 3:30 PM today, service on Route 100 was operating normally. Thorns to the SEPTA Website Maintainers for placing on the Subway and trolley travel advisories that Route 101 service to Hughes Park is suspended. Norristown rail vehicles will continue to stop at Hughes Park station in both directions.

During the course of 1996-2003, New Jersey transit has purchases over 1000 40 foot version & 45 foot versions of the MCI. Earlier this year New Jersey transit has decided to purchase 53 coaches of the D4500 (45 foot version) for both commuter and lease operations with the fleet numbers of #9001-9053. Unlike their previous counterparts, New Jersey has accepted the option to have the Caterpillar C-13 engine on these units. Also another new feature is these units will feature Orange LED signs as well. All of these units will be delivered in North Jersey.

– Due to the high demand of sounds of buses and other equipment. We are pleased to announce a Multimedia section addition to the site, make sure you check it out, with special thanks to Brandon Shaw and Joe Butler.
http://www.joey.fh-net.com/ptvmedia/cpg144/

There’s only 40 Neoplans left, over the last past few days Frankford has pulled three neoplans out of service bringing the total of 40 foot Neoplans left in service down to only 40 coaches system wide.

can also be found here, but please keep in mind that this page is a Work in Progress (WIP) , be sure to check this page out on a daily basis as it will continue to get updated.
Philadelphia transit Vehicles: Fleet Oddballs/Demos

There’s an EI shuttle set for this weekend from Friday, May 5th 2006 at 9pm to May 8th, also due to some track work, shuttle bus service will substitute for trains between Jenkintown and Glenside Stations on the R1 Glenside, R2 Warminster and R5 Lansdale/Doylestown lines as well.