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5201 in south jersey
Topic Started: Jun 1 2008, 03:59 AM (781 Views)
drewtwp	Jun 1 2008, 03:59 AM Post #1
New Rider Posts: 6 Group: Members Member #400 Joined: March 15, 2007	5201 is now in south jersey. The bus is at Washington Twp getting ready for testing on 400/403 lines. The bus will be out in the morning during rush hour and in the afternoon during rush hour. I talk to my supervior about the bus, he tells me we are getting 40 buses and we will be getting them before Newton Ave. I cant wait to get behind the wheel of this bus on the 400.



philabob1	Jun 12 2008, 07:11 AM Post #2
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	drewtwp Jun 1 2008, 03:59 AM 5201 is now in south jersey. The bus is at Washington Twp getting ready for testing on 400/403 lines. The bus will be out in the morning during rush hour and in the afternoon during rush hour. I talk to my supervior about the bus, he tells me we are getting 40 buses and we will be getting them before Newton Ave. I cant wait to get behind the wheel of this bus on the 400. ...and it is out and about this AM. Saw it at 10th & Market, with passengers, but marked Not in Service. I assume it was making its 'delivery' trip into Center City to deadhead back out.



CACrafter88bk2504	Jun 13 2008, 07:25 PM Post #3
Transit Historian Posts: 1,324 Group: Members Member #51 Joined: November 10, 2005	My question has no relation to the new 5201, but anyway: When did New Jersey Transit begin to phase their stickshifts out of revenue service(didn't they have a 1977 MCI 8 series cruiser)? I'm thinking that they had a group that survived into the early 1980s for use in North Jersey(the New York bound routes).



Mark	Jun 13 2008, 10:42 PM Post #4
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 436 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: February 18, 2005	Rode 5201 Today from the Gallery to the WRTC in Camden: Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Edited by Mark, Jun 13 2008, 10:51 PM.



Tritransit Area	Jun 14 2008, 10:52 PM Post #5
Transit Enthusiast Posts: 2,243 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: February 17, 2005	Ah, I was wondering when you were going to find it. Great catch!How did you like it? Do any of you know if it's on any particular run, or are they just throwing it out there randomly during the rush hour period? I hope to ride it soon (you know, before the rest of them come in)...just like I hope to get a picture of the ex WMATA Parktown Flx in its new wrap - it's very evasive! Can we use those pictures for the news page and NJT page of the website?



Mark	Jun 15 2008, 11:03 AM Post #6
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 436 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: February 18, 2005	Tritransit Area Jun 14 2008, 10:52 PM Ah, I was wondering when you were going to find it. Great catch!How did you like it? Do any of you know if it's on any particular run, or are they just throwing it out there randomly during the rush hour period? I hope to ride it soon (you know, before the rest of them come in)...just like I hope to get a picture of the ex WMATA Parktown Flx in its new wrap - it's very evasive! Can we use those pictures for the news page and NJT page of the website? I like the ride ofthe bus [it takes the bumps easier than the worn-out Flxs], and the AC was perfect on a very warm day. I think they are assigning to a particular driver on a particular route each day. Chances are that you will see it on either the 400, 403, and 406 lines. I think it rotates on each line. Fianlly, feel free to use the pictures on the website, just make sure I'm properly credited for the picture [photographer: Mark De Loatch].



philabob1	Jun 18 2008, 12:01 PM Post #7
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	philabob1 Jun 12 2008, 07:11 AM drewtwp Jun 1 2008, 03:59 AM 5201 is now in south jersey. The bus is at Washington Twp getting ready for testing on 400/403 lines. The bus will be out in the morning during rush hour and in the afternoon during rush hour. I talk to my supervior about the bus, he tells me we are getting 40 buses and we will be getting them before Newton Ave. I cant wait to get behind the wheel of this bus on the 400. ...and it is out and about this AM. Saw it at 10th & Market, with passengers, but marked Not in Service. I assume it was making its 'delivery' trip into Center City to deadhead back out. I seem to recall that the last of the stick-shifts in South Jersey started disappearing in the 85-86 time frame, not long after the first Flx Metro transits started arriving. When this happened I remember a number of the '76 Flx's being imported from North Jersey as they were displaced from transit routes there by the Metros. I'll have to check my photos on this. I know the Z500's were around longer than they probably should have once they got AC in the 77-78 time frame. They also received the white/blue stripe paint scheme similar to the Flx's at that time. The first batch of Jersey Cruisers were MC-9's and they arrived around '82 or so. That's when the big group of W-X700 suburbans began to disappear. There were some second-hand MC-8's that NJT bought and a few made it to the Southern Division but most of these ran in North Jersey.



philabob1	Jun 24 2008, 07:05 AM Post #8
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	5201 is on 406 this AM - saw it on Market St about 7:45 on the trip to the Industrial Park.



philabob1	Jul 1 2008, 11:54 AM Post #9
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	philabob1 Jun 24 2008, 07:05 AM 5201 is on 406 this AM - saw it on Market St about 7:45 on the trip to the Industrial Park. Saw 5201 again yesterday AM on the same 406 trip as I saw it last week. Is it now working out of Newton Ave, where 406 is based?



septanjtmta	Jul 1 2008, 12:41 PM Post #10
Transit Fan Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #2,452 Joined: March 25, 2008	philabob1 Jul 1 2008, 11:54 AM philabob1 Jun 24 2008, 07:05 AM 5201 is on 406 this AM - saw it on Market St about 7:45 on the trip to the Industrial Park. Saw 5201 again yesterday AM on the same 406 trip as I saw it last week. Is it now working out of Newton Ave, where 406 is based? No, 406 is at Washington Township depot and the Nabi 5201 is at the same depot as the 406.



rider65	Jul 1 2008, 03:28 PM Post #11
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 445 Group: Members Member #52 Joined: November 15, 2005	Some 406 trips run out of Newtown. The first inbound 407 trip to Philadelphia changes to the 4:37 AM 406 trip to New Jersey. There is also a 404 trip that turns into a 406 mid afternoon. However the 406 is mainly based out of Washington Twp.



CACrafter88bk2504	Jul 1 2008, 04:09 PM Post #12
Transit Historian Posts: 1,324 Group: Members Member #51 Joined: November 10, 2005	As for the New Jesey Transit routes that run to New York, are any of them interlined with another route(especially the 128, for that route runs from 4 different garages, with Howell being one of them)?



Michael-T-Greene	Jul 26 2008, 11:16 PM Post #13
Commuter Posts: 36 Group: Members Member #58 Joined: December 29, 2005	I seem to recall that the last of the stick-shifts in South Jersey started disappearing in the 85-86 time frame, not long after the first Flx Metro transits started arriving. When this happened I remember a number of the '76 Flx's being imported from North Jersey as they were displaced from transit routes there by the Metros. I'll have to check my photos on this. I know the Z500's were around longer than they probably should have once they got AC in the 77-78 time frame. They also received the white/blue stripe paint scheme similar to the Flx's at that time. The first batch of Jersey Cruisers were MC-9's and they arrived around '82 or so. That's when the big group of W-X700 suburbans began to disappear. There were some second-hand MC-8's that NJT bought and a few made it to the Southern Division but most of these ran in North Jersey.[/quote]As I recall, in those days, just about anything could turn up in South Jersey for NJT Bus except for GM city fishies. The GM fishies lasted until 1987, when the MC9B's began to show up...before that, I remember seeing P700's around as late as 1986, with some running on the 404...it was the first TNJ route to get a 400-series number, because it ran on the Chestnut Street Transitway WB(it had been formerly the NJT Route D, a subsidized service that had been part of the old Public Service Route 15), running opposite SEPTA's Route D, which would later become the 21 bus.



Nabi60SFW9620	Jul 27 2008, 07:32 AM Post #14
Foamer Posts: 2,129 Group: Members Member #10 Joined: February 21, 2005	So where is 5201 currently at right now and does anyone know where its operating next Saturday? I will be in the Philly area next Saturday. That would be good if 5201 was operating on a route thats going to Philly from Camden so I can ride it back to Philly instead of PATCO. I may consider taking NJT in either direction to Philly from Camden Saturday but Im not too sure. Edited by Nabi60SFW9620, Jul 27 2008, 07:33 AM.



Mark	Jul 27 2008, 10:32 AM Post #15
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 436 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: February 18, 2005	Nabi60SFW9620 Jul 27 2008, 07:32 AM So where is 5201 currently at right now and does anyone know where its operating next Saturday? I will be in the Philly area next Saturday. That would be good if 5201 was operating on a route thats going to Philly from Camden so I can ride it back to Philly instead of PATCO. I may consider taking NJT in either direction to Philly from Camden Saturday but Im not too sure. Forget it. 5201 is back in North Jersey, at the Fairview Garage.



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