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N4 Jamaica




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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:32 pm    Post subject: Question about a Washington Metrobus? Reply with quote
Could someone help me with which model Orion this bus is? Is it CNG or hybrid? Many thanks. Joe McMahon
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nycbusfan




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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That bus is a New Flyer C40LF.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mycbusfan,

I know that the experts are going to get me on this one if I'm wrong but I have always assumed that the large enclosure over the roof was a natural gas storage tank for 'CNG' operation.

Usually, you will see the blue diamond shapped 'CNG' sticker both in front and back, but there is none visible in this shot.

I'd love to know what the legend over the passenger windows says.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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N4 Jamaica




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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nybusfan and Mr Linsky,
Many thanks for your help, as it shows the value of this message board. How wrong I was to guess Orion! Thanks to the correction, I was able to look up the New Flyer site and see the specs on a C40LF. Along the side, above the windows, is a slogan like "This is a clean-air bus." I should have recognized that the slogan made no reference to "electric" or "hybrid."
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mr. Linsky wrote:
I'd love to know what the legend over the passenger windows says.


"THIS BUS IS RUNNING ON CLEAN NATURAL GAS"
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
N4 Jamaica wrote:
nybusfan and Mr Linsky,
Many thanks for your help, as it shows the value of this message board. How wrong I was to guess Orion! Thanks to the correction, I was able to look up the New Flyer site and see the specs on a C40LF. Along the side, above the windows, is a slogan like "This is a clean-air bus." I should have recognized that the slogan made no reference to "electric" or "hybrid."
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Joe


Here's another shot of a WMATA New Flyer C40LF



WMATA's Orion VII CNG have the same banner



...and here's what they do on their New Flyer DE40LF & DE40LFR

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