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MSBA's Flexible 870 Metro order

 
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R62CNG
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:24 pm    Post subject: MSBA's Flexible 870 Metro order Reply with quote
Was #750-799 and #925-999 former NYCT units or were they brought new by Long Island bus? I know that the 1981 group of Metros (#1000-1034) were brought brand new.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:17 pm    Post subject: Re: MSBA's Flexible 870 Metro order Reply with quote
R62CNG wrote:
Was #750-799 and #925-999 former NYCT units or were they brought new by Long Island bus? I know that the 1981 group of Metros (#1000-1034) were brought brand new.


According to OMOT the 870 were brought new by MSBA.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
1000-1033 were 1984 Metros. 750-799/925-999 were 1981 870s.

MSBA got hand-me-down GM and Flxible New Looks and RTSes from NYCTA/MaBSTOA, but not Grummans.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Okay, but did Green Line's, Jamaica buses', and Triboro corp's get theirs from NYCT?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
No. NYCTA/MaBSTOA's Grummans went back to Grumman, where they were remanufactured and resold to NJ Transit, Queen City Metro in Cincinnati, PVTA in Springfield, MA, and elsewhere.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The NYCDOT private operators received new 870's immediately after the NYCTA/MaBSTOA order was built. All of the companies operating local routes received buses - Triboro Coach, Green Bus Lines, Jamaica Bus, Queens Transit and Steinway Transit. Avenue B & E. Broadway Transit was to receive 13 870's also but they went out of business before the buses were delivered and the coaches were delivered to NYCTA instead.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, because I noticed that most of them had the hoodlum lamps and I just assumed they were former NYCTA units.
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