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upperharlemline4ever
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 Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: Westchester County Bee Line Orion VII sighted |
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| Earlier this afternoon I was near the Bee Line facility in Hawthorne and saw a Bee Line Bus Orion VII. Believe the number was 205. Did not have a camera so was not able to take a photo. |
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upperharlemline4ever
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Earlier today on the #6, saw another Orion VII on North Broadway in White Plains. It was number 209. |
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ripta42
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| Prevailing rumor is that the Orion VIIs are coming to the MTA along with the 400-series Orion Vs. |
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upperharlemline4ever
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you saying that the buses are coming as part of the MTA order? |
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asdfasdf
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| upperharlemline4ever wrote: | | Earlier today on the #6, saw another Orion VII on North Broadway in White Plains. It was number 209. |
205 and 209 are NABIs. There are currently being delivered and are/will be numbered 205-299. 201-204 are Orion VIIs
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upperharlemline4ever
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the information. Wow they are NABI's? They look so much like Orion VII's. Couldn't tell the difference but then again they were on the move and so was I and in different directions. What are the differeneces in appearance of the buses? Does anyone have photos of the NABI's?
With that size order, what are they doing, replacing the entire fleet again? No wonder taxes are so high in Westchester. |
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ripta42
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| Whoops; I wasn't paying attention to the bus number. #201-204 are Orion VIIs and may be sold to MTA Bus. |
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ctrabs74
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| ripta42 wrote: | | Whoops; I wasn't paying attention to the bus number. #201-204 are Orion VIIs and may be sold to MTA Bus. |
That must be new... I was under the impression that the 400 series Orions were being sold to MTA Bus; Westchester only bought the Orion VII hybrids within the past couple of years, so why would the sell them off that quickly? |
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ripta42
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| The Orion VIIs are oddballs. Again, this is an unsubstantiated rumor, but it makes sense. |
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RailBus63
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| Were the Orion hybrids purchased with federal funding? If so, that might complicate such a sale. |
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asdfasdf
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| RailBus63 wrote: | | Were the Orion hybrids purchased with federal funding? If so, that might complicate such a sale. |
If you can translate this, it would appear they are New York State funded, not federal:
100% SDF/NYSERDA
For the record they cost $569,569.26 each.
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