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While operating on the Frankford's Route 3, 5786 was involved in a major accident along Kensington Avenue and Hunting Park Avenue. The driver in the van traveling in front of the bus was talking on her cell phone and lost control of the vehicle and cut the bus off. Consequently, this caused the bus to crash into a MFL-El support pole on Kensington Avenue.  Overall, 18 people including the bus driver sustained injuries.  As far as 5786, the entire front partion of the bus has been destroyed.

According to Front5151 on the boards, #8222-8229 has been spotted in the Germantown depot Parking lot.   As also reported, 8231-8239 were spotted at a Detroit Diesel facility in Minneapolis getting work done. Photos of these buses are posted on the Chicagobus.org forums.

http://forum.chicagobus.org/index.php?showtopic=629&st=480&p=20635&#entry20635

Photo-Right: Taken by MVTArider on the Chicagoforums

This morning at Gulph Mills Station, 130 (ex 451) caught on fire.  Due to this fire, it may be out of service for a while.  More details coming soon in this thread in our forums: http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7101817/1/

It was only supposed to be a weekend bustitution as the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) did some routine maintenance.  However, apparently the sewer collapsed, so the 36 will be bustituting for around six weeks!

More info on the SEPTA site: http://www.septa.org/inside/gm_message.html

On Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22nd), TMA Bucks will celebrate Earth Day by offering free rides on all of its routes.  Additionally, the CNG Bus (G144) will operate all day long on the Street Road rushbus.

According to Front5151 on the boards, the unusual swap of buses between Southern and Callowhill is because the 2008 New Flyer buses have passenger counters installed on them.  Most of the hybrids on loan has been reported to operate on the Route 17. This is not the first time when buses were purposely assigned to a route due to passenger counters. Back in 2004, 5591 and 5592 were assigned on a daily basis onto 124 and 125 these routes because they counters installed.

It's been a pretty interesting day in the sightings First it was 8003 on the 21 to kick things off. Plus there were sightings of 81xx on the 17/G throughout the day.  So far, 8131, 8136, 8138, 8147, 8149 were reported on the route 17.  It's uncertain what is going on, but to say the least it's interesting. 

Here's the real kicker: 7233 was reported in the yard at Victory!!!

As soon as we get information on these interesting assignments, we keep you informed.

we keep you infomed.

Photos taken by DJ (SEPTA_KID on the boards)

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7057948/14/#new

The bastardized Volvo 40 footer #8590 is back on SEPTA property now at Berridge shops to be repainted.  Once the work is done, it will be sent back to the bus museum in Hershey.  What's most interesting with this bus is the fact the rear scheme of this bus now resembles a New Flyer.  The real kicker that is there are no taillights on the rear.  Perhaps the reason this bus was sent down to Berridge is because of their expertise with the Volvos though 1984-2000.

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7092013/

For more infomation this bus

http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/oddballs_III.php#Volvo40

These Photos were taken by Mr. Smith

At the end of April, SEPTA will offer a new, unlimited, daypass, called the "Independence Pass".  This will be good for unlimited trips on bus, trolley, subway-elevated, Regional Rail (after the morning rush hours), and PHLASH bus service.  The pass will cost $10 for individuals, and $25 for families. 

For more information, please view this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090327_SEPTA_to_offer_new_one-day_pass.html

Phase 2 of the Germantown reconstruction project began on Monday, March 30th.  Route 23 buses will be detoured off of Germantown Avenue until June.  Schedule details coming soon.  For more information about the detour, please visit SEPTA's Detour Page: http://www.septa.org/travel_advisory/bus.html

Today PTV forum member Southern_8100 spotted 9017 with an Orange LED sign. Both front and door side has been retrofitted. "the side sign in the interior is no longer there" - Southern_8100. 9017 is most likely the test car for this sign. A year ago SEPTA placed a bid on these sign with Twinvision as the lowest bidder. The Subway surface trolleys are already getting interior communications devices installed to. Get your cameras ready!

Shortly after PTV forum member buswizard spotted 9017 on the 36. 

E40LFR 800 Which is the prototype bus for the trackless trolley order is now in revenue service. The bus was originally delivered to SEPTA back in June 2007 for testing out Frankford but returned to New Flyer to be a control vehicle while 801-837 were constructed. 800 returned to SEPTA property after some modifications in late 2008 but was used to debug problems with the rest of the fleet. This unit was spotted in service for the first time on route 66 today.

Starting tomorrow, March 17, TMA Bucks will start running it's CNG Bus, #G144, on the Bristol rushbus route.   This bus, a Coach and Equipment Phoenix on a Ford 350 chassis, was recently converted from gasoline to compressed natural gas.  What a way to "Go Green" on St. Patrick's Day!

Greyhound's brand new Prevost X3-45s were spotted in the Philadelphia depot on Delaware Ave.  These buses are painted in the new "blue" scheme, which is a throwback to the scheme of the 1950s.  For pictures of the buses in the depot, click the following link: http://community-2.webtv.net/hey-paul2/NewPrevostsParkedat/

New Jersey Transit is using the $82 million it obtained from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to accelerate projects in Southern New Jersey.  These projects include:

• A new transfer station in Pennsauken for the River LINE and Atlantic City Line ($40 million)
• Signal upgrades for the River LINE for more frequent service and Positive Train Control ($24 million)
• Replacement of rail ties on the Atlantic City Line ($12.7 million)
• New mini buses for Access Link paratransit service
• New bus shelters
• New Atlantic City Jitney vehicles
• Other vehicles for rural transportation programs and other transportation services for several counties

For more details, please view New Jersey Transit's press release on their website: http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2492