It appears that as many as fifty-three (53) 2001 new flyers has been overhauled. This makes the overhaul process on the 01' new flyers over half way completed.  link below for the latest on the New Flyer overhaul http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.bravehost.com/newflyervoh.htm

There's only 40 Neoplans left, over the last past few days Frankford has pulled three neoplans out of service bringing the total of 40 foot Neoplans left in service down to only 40 coaches system wide.
  New Additions to the Site - Due to the high demand of sounds of buses and other equipment. We are pleased to announce a Multimedia section addition to the site, make sure you check it out, with special thanks to Brandon Shaw and Joe Butler.
http://www.joey.fh-net.com/ptvmedia/cpg144/

Also on the list....

-Added Push Pull train information w/ assignments as well to the site as well  Check it out...

-Oddballs/demos of the fleet in the present and the past can also be found here, but please keep in mind that this page is a Work in Progress (WIP) , be sure to check this page out on a daily basis as it will continue to get updated.
Philadelphia transit Vehicles: Fleet Oddballs/Demos
  Bus Shuttle substitution for this weekend reminder - There's an EI shuttle set for this weekend from Friday, May 5th 2006 at 9pm to May 8th, also due to some track work, shuttle bus service will substitute for trains between Jenkintown and Glenside Stations on the R1 Glenside, R2 Warminster and R5 Lansdale/Doylestown lines as well. 

There's an EI shuttle set for this weekend from Friday, May 5th 2006 at 9pm to May 8th, also due to some track work, shuttle bus service will substitute for trains between Jenkintown and Glenside Stations on the R1 Glenside, R2 Warminster and R5 Lansdale/Doylestown lines as well.

can also be found here, but please keep in mind that this page is a Work in Progress (WIP) , be sure to check this page out on a daily basis as it will continue to get updated.
Philadelphia transit Vehicles: Fleet Oddballs/Demos

There's only 40 Neoplans left, over the last past few days Frankford has pulled three neoplans out of service bringing the total of 40 foot Neoplans left in service down to only 40 coaches system wide.

- Due to the high demand of sounds of buses and other equipment. We are pleased to announce a Multimedia section addition to the site, make sure you check it out, with special thanks to Brandon Shaw and Joe Butler.
http://www.joey.fh-net.com/ptvmedia/cpg144/

During the course of 1996-2003, New Jersey transit has purchases over 1000 40 foot version & 45 foot versions of the MCI. Earlier this year New Jersey transit has decided to purchase 53 coaches of the D4500 (45 foot version) for both commuter and lease operations with the fleet numbers of #9001-9053. Unlike their previous counterparts, New Jersey has accepted the option to have the Caterpillar C-13 engine on these units. Also another new feature is these units will feature Orange LED signs as well. All of these units will be delivered in North Jersey.

According to the SEPTA website, as of 6:00 PM this evening, Route 100 Hughes Park service is suspended due to emergency platform repairs at 69th Street. There is no further information on what happened but this probably means one of the 3 tracks is Out of service and only 2 tracks are available. Around 3:30 PM today, service on Route 100 was operating normally. Thorns to the SEPTA Website Maintainers for placing on the Subway and trolley travel advisories that Route 101 service to Hughes Park is suspended. Norristown rail vehicles will continue to stop at Hughes Park station in both directions.

4539, the Eldorado which caught fire in June of 2004 while operating on the old Route 116 on the property of Neumann College, has officially been scrapped despite the fact that it is still listed for VOH and is still on the Victory check list. According to Darryl Bulls, 4539 was moved to the Midvale Scrap Yard several weeks ago after the fire damage was determined to be beyond repair. The fire melted the entire rear of the bus from the backmost window back including the engine. The back of the seating area can be seen from the outside of the rear of the bus due to the heavy damage. 4539 is officially the first Eldorado to be scrapped, leaving 79 in the fleet. 4539 joins countless Neoplans, Volvo 7036, American Ikarus 5155, NABI 5267, and Cutaways 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2009 in being scrapped long before the rest of their counterparts.

The Adventure Aquarium of Camden, New Jersey has once again full wrapped a Red Arrow New Flyer for use on the Route 110. 

As seen, the wrap is very similar to the one from last year that appeared on 5430, 5588, and 5661. 

An Gillig low floor was spotted today on 22nd street turning left onto Market Street; it appears that ether the Philadelphia trolley works or some other company has managed to get some funds in place to buy this bus. It's a pretty nice looking bus with the designation sign being more likely a Twinvision NA amber to say "2401 Pennsylvania” with the change that says "Philadelphia" on it. The bus sounds like it has a Cummins ISL engine. The Gillig Advantage does indeed has a pretty nice scheme on it with text on the back that says “The Philadelphian”. Perhaps its a replacement of a bluebird fleet that runs in that area... We will pass more details when it becomes available.

Recently, SEPTA has started a practice of repainting buses on a regular basis.  When buses are in for routine maintenance, some are set aside and sent to the paint shop.  Many of these buses, particularly the New Flyer fleet not going through overhaul, are being repainted into various variations of the standard SEPTA red to blue fade away paint.  5589 recently returned from being repainted and show many odd variations of the paint scheme.  The numbers were in a different font than the rest of the SEPTA fleet and like 5851, the front stripe has more red than blue.  5589, along with 5570, also have purple on the rear stripe.  These variations are not occurring to the 5400 series New Flyers going through overhaul, however.  These buses are getting the correct paint scheme.

As described, 5589 features numbers in a font that appears to be Arial Narrow and purple made its way onto the SEPTA stripe on the front and rear as well as on the sides if you look close enough.  Photos by Joe Butler.

According to Creighton Rabs, a New Flyer DE40LF demo painted LACMTA-style orange with the new redesigned front appeared in Center City today. It is believed that this bus was being shown off to SEPTA officials to persuade SEPTA to go back to New Flyer for the next bus order to replace the American Ikarus and NABI 416.08TA fleet which dates back to 1996-1997. The replacements will be delivered in batches of 100 starting in 2008 with options in each year.