Washington Metropolitian Area Transit Authority 2009 New Flyer DE62LFA #5449

[fargeeks]

hey is that bus powered by the same cummins deisel engine found on the 2007 newflyer D series buses?????

emample New flyer D40lf, New flyer D60lf, New flyer D40lfr

[Nabinut]

@fargeeks No, if you're talking about Metrobus then the 6100/6200s have Cummins ISMs

[fargeeks]

@Nabinut in other words yes but in mesa Arizona VALLEY METRO Transit has the D62 LFA which is that same bus only its just powered by that DEISEL engine and not hybrid so therefore it has rear A/C

it runs LINK

just like Clevland Ohio runs SWIFT

[CSIS25]

IS that one of them Extended busses ?

[Nabinut]

Yup. This bus is 62 feet long, otherwise known as an articulated bus

[CSIS25]

WOW 62feet thats crazy, i never ever seen one that long before, i see a place on the bus though where u can stand im gussing thats where the bus bends ?

[Nabinut]

Yup. The bus is really 60 feet by design but 2 feet are added by the extended front end. If you think that's bad, another city is buying 100 65 foot buses!!

[fargeeks]

@CSIS25 you wouldnt beleive it if I told but in other countries they have buses 3 times longer than those 62 footers. those buses are BI ARTICULATED and they are illegal in America they are up to 90ft LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jfs1988]

New Flyer should of came up with its own BRT design. They look exactly similar to NABI BRT.

[Nabinut]

Don't you know everyone rips off everyone. The Orion VII NGs look like the D40LFRs, the The Gillig BRTs look like a Van Hool. Not too much original design around anymore

[cleanairbus]

@jfs1988 Well, in all fairness, the New Flyer BRT concept, designed around 2005, IINM, was based off of the Invero premium bus design, introduced in 1998, but NABI designed its 60-BRT with LA Metro's ideas in mind atop a modified version of the same frame/chassis as the 60-LFW design that CTA was the guinea pig for.

[bigken6005]

Ah. So N708 does get a tic. I know a Northern operator who has that run come next week.

[cleanairbus]

Nice video. BTW, the articulateds have the Allison Ev50 hybrid drive, the shorter buses have the Ev40. The Ev50 is used on larger buses, which is also the idea behind larger buses, like highway motorcoaches and artics, using the B500 Allison, and the Ev40 is used on smaller buses, like 40-foot and shorter transit buses using the B400 Allison.

[WMATAvids]

I think its EP40 because if it was 50 it would sound just like MTA Marylands DE60LFR's.

[cleanairbus]

@WMATAvids They both sound alike, it's just that the 40 is used for anything up to 40ft, the 50 is used for over 40ft buses, such as the artics. The 40 would be underpowered for the artic.

[Annex4421]

ha told you boi

[Nabinut]

Damn that Wikipedia. It listed the artics as having EP40 Hybrid Drive