ctrabs74

Jul 20 2008, 08:28 PM

philabob1

Jul 15 2008, 02:38 PM

The hills on 27 were not kind to all 40' buses. The 3100-series Neos assigned to Allegheny had little trouble on them. The NABI's frequently did. Perhaps the toughest hill is the short rise southbound on Leverington Ave just off Henry where trouble waits because the bus must slow to make the turn from Henry so it's starting from almost stop. A close second is northbound on Manayunk Ave at Burnside St (the north side of the bridge over Shurs Lane), which is a service stop - if the bus doesn't have to make this, it will have much less trouble climbing that hill.

Even a 5500 would have very little trouble with the hills on the 27; if you thought the 5900s are going to master those hills, wait until they swap out the Series 50 engines with the ISL's next year.