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PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012

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Took a ride to Ithaca and Elmira on Friday to check out the new buses:

TCAT 2011 Gillig Low-Floor hybrid #1102 (at Green St. station in downtown Ithaca):

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TCAT 2011 Gillig Low-Floor diesel #1106 (on Tower Rd. on the Cornell campus):

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TCAT 2011 Orion 07.501 3G diesel #1106 (on East Ave. on the Cornell campus):

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C TRAN (Chemung County Transit) 2011 Gillig BRT diesel #1204 (at the Elmira Transportation Center):

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Enjoy!

Jim D.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by T8H5307N on Sat Apr 7 22:55:56 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Wow, nice! Last time I was in Ithaca it was TDH3502, TDH3301, and Flxettes.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 23:26:18 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by T8H5307N on Sat Apr 7 22:55:56 2012.

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Wow ... any pics?

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by daimlerbuses on Sat Apr 7 23:35:45 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Thanks a lot for the great photos Jim. Great to finally see some recent pictures from the area - especially the new TCAT Orions.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by T8H5307N on Sat Apr 7 23:42:39 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 23:26:18 2012.

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Nope....would have been lost in many moves since '78, anyway. I think at the end everything was replaced by Flxible New Looks (35096) and an AM General 9640. Branding changed from Community Transit to Ithaca Bus.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by RailBus63 on Sun Apr 8 00:01:39 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by daimlerbuses on Sat Apr 7 23:35:45 2012.

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Thanks - I'd been looking forward to getting down there for a while. I was very interested to see the O7's in TCAT colors (I figured the Gillig 1100's would look just like the 600's, 700's and 900's).

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by Joe V on Sun Apr 8 09:47:55 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Do they really need 40' buses ?

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Apr 8 12:16:27 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Very nice photos. I think the Orion VIIs might have looked a bit better in the original scheme that they had prior to the Gilligs, but it still doesn't look bad.

How many Orion Is, if any, did you see running around? Last I heard a few have yet to bite the dust.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Apr 8 12:16:37 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by Joe V on Sun Apr 8 09:47:55 2012.

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In Ithaca? Yes.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by D40LF on Sun Apr 8 21:40:01 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Loving the new Orions!!!

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Apr 9 10:16:35 2012, in response to PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Sat Apr 7 21:57:47 2012.

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Thanks for the Ithaca update. Been a while since I was up there (2006).

Photos from 2006:

















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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by RailBus63 on Mon Apr 9 21:49:07 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Apr 8 12:16:27 2012.

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I didn't see any of the Orion I's, but I only spent a short time downtown in the rush hour so I might have missed them. There was a group of them parked out in back of the garage.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by RailBus63 on Mon Apr 9 21:54:04 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Apr 9 10:16:35 2012.

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Nice photos - there are a lot of neat ways to incorporate the hills of Ithaca into images. A lot of changes since 2006 - much of the fleet has turned over with the RTS's gone and the Orion I's just about replaced, and route 52 is now directly operated by TCAT with full-sized buses.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by TERRapin station on Tue Apr 10 08:44:31 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Mon Apr 9 21:54:04 2012.

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Thanks. Cool.

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Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira

Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Apr 10 09:58:06 2012, in response to Re: PHOTOS - New buses in Ithaca and Elmira, posted by RailBus63 on Mon Apr 9 21:49:07 2012.

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There was a group of them parked out in back of the garage.

That isn't a good sign in terms of whether they are running or not...

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