View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
The Port of Authority
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Hong Kong
|
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: New Flyer Vikings - any update? |
|
|
I haven't seen one of the elusive New Flyer D45S buses in service since December 2005. I've only seen them sitting idle in Stengel since then.
Are they still in service? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
GBL Rebel Moderator
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 608 Location: Long Island, N.Y.
|
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I actually know someone who drives one of them. So yes, they are in service but very limited use. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
TrolleyFan1943
Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Jackson Hgts., NY
|
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject: VIKINGS |
|
|
There are only three of them to begin with. I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time to see one |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Pipe
Age: 82 Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 78 Location: Tobyhanna PA
|
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: Re: VIKINGS |
|
|
TrolleyFan1943 wrote: |
There are only three of them to begin with. I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time to see one | Trolley Fan. Did you every drive the Viking Buses? I know that they only work on the X-51. "Pipe" |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Bjc
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 20
|
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I saw them in JAN when I was in Manhattan. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
TrolleyFan1943
Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Jackson Hgts., NY
|
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: VIKINGS |
|
|
Pipe wrote: | TrolleyFan1943 wrote: |
There are only three of them to begin with. I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time to see one | Trolley Fan. Did you every drive the Viking Buses? I know that they only work on the X-51. "Pipe" |
No, Pipe, not on the road, but in the yard drilling. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
trains21
Age: 35 Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 2
|
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
the buses are for sale on mta.info in spare parts. their life is over for nycta |
|
Back to top |
|
|
petabread
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 28
|
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I saw a viking last week in Manhattan during the evening commute. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
R160A 4567
Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 5
|
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: |
|
|
998 is the only one active. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
shortlineMCI
Age: 54 Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 241
|
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
NJ transit has one as well. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
The Port of Authority
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Hong Kong
|
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
shortlineMCI wrote: | NJ transit has one as well. |
Are you sure? The only other known Vikings in existence are in Houston, TX, as well as the original Viking demonstrator at the New Flyer facility in Winnipeg. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
shortlineMCI
Age: 54 Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 241
|
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
The Port of Authority wrote: | shortlineMCI wrote: | NJ transit has one as well. |
Are you sure? The only other known Vikings in existence are in Houston, TX, as well as the original Viking demonstrator at the New Flyer facility in Winnipeg. |
Yup..I saw it as I was on the 495 outbound helix. It was in the bus lane heading inbound so it was only for a split second heading the opposite direction from me and from what I saw it was in NJT colors.
Whether or not it was in service, that I cannot say. But it certainly stood out from anything I've ever seen. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Mr RT
Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 102
|
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
A BusChat poster put up a couple of pictures 3/20. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
shortlineMCI
Age: 54 Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 241
|
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
Mr RT wrote: | A BusChat poster put up a couple of pictures 3/20. |
Can you put a link to these pix? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ripta42 Site Admin
Age: 45 Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1035 Location: Pawtucket, RI / Woburn, MA
|
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
998 (2 pics) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|