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BusFreak
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 Posted - 08/20/2008 : 12:50:34 PM
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| Yes. That's why I believe it is from Harrisonburg. They have IC transits that look just like the one in the picture....A/C and all. |
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IC-RE
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USA
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Posted - 08/20/2008 : 2:02:57 PM
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| And you can tell by the font of the numbers that it is from Kingmor |
 bus 1980, a 2008 IC RE 300 for Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia. |
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LBDboater
Advanced Member
USA
279 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2008 : 6:16:06 PM
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| Harrisonburg City Schools bus on Port Republic Road right by the campus. |
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2006bbvision
Senior Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2008 : 04:54:04 AM
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| Thanks Guys for all the info!!!!! A really nice specd bus! |
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vabuslover
Advanced Member
United States
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Posted - 08/22/2008 : 1:35:25 PM
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| 2006bbvision, do you happen to know what kind of new buses Newport News will be getting this year, or anything about them? |
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bsaund09
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USA
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IC-RE
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USA
4117 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2008 : 2:36:24 PM
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Wow very nice!
How is your birdy doing? |
bus 1980, a 2008 IC RE 300 for Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia. |
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bsaund09
Top Member
USA
609 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2008 : 6:17:06 PM
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| it is doing great has only been to the garage once all summer for regular check up . it is much nicer then that other stuff they got. those are going to be some lucky sped drivers i dont think we have ever gotten a sped with two roof vents plus all them have ac. |
keep those buses rolling
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IC-RE
Top Member
USA
4117 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 3:21:48 PM
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That's awesome to hear! Does your bus not have a/c?
check out floridachurchbus.com they have a few Loudoun buses on there... 21, and 175 and they used to have a mini bus |
bus 1980, a 2008 IC RE 300 for Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia. |
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bsaund09
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USA
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pbfreak30
Senior Member
USA
171 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 7:37:44 PM
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| anyone seen any of the new deliveries for Bedford County, i havent yet, and was wondering if they are spec'd the same as last year |
ARROW transportation RP..the best out there! |
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pbfreak30
Senior Member
USA
171 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 12:46:11 PM
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| well school started today..and to my surprise, the 2 buses i ride are both C2's!! one is an 07, and the other is a brand new 2009 model...some notes about the new model...almost identical to last years bus...the only difference is that ours now have the cummins engine, which is louder than the MBE...and the auxiliary fans kick on frequently which makes it sound like the engine is either A: a jet ..or B: revving to 9000 RPM's but both are still very nice buses..i just perfer the MBE engine |
ARROW transportation RP..the best out there! |
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bsaund09
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USA
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bsaund09
Top Member
USA
609 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 08:46:15 AM
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| Well, 182 days and counting who wants to join in. It ought to be easier then that to get a first day of school going but i guess we faired pretty good we did not make the national news anyway. |
keep those buses rolling
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IC RE 1629
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United States
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IC
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USA
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Posted - 09/03/2008 : 5:13:55 PM
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Originally posted by IC RE 1629
Michael Lundsford of Loudoun County Public Schools:
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/sep/03/driver-director-40-years/
"Lunsford remembers when he started out as abus driver, gas was only 36 cents a gallon."
The guy must be talking about high-test....I'm his exact same age age and I remember 27 cents a gallon when I started driving. And that was the name brand stuff...Brand X was even cheaper, like about 24 cents.... |
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2006bbvision
Senior Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2008 : 4:07:41 PM
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vabuslover Newport News city schools purchased about 25 IC-Ce unfortunately again this year we retired most of the 94's Tc-2000 RE's and some Fe's.
I will try to get some pictures when I go back home.
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IC RE 1629
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United States
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IC RE 1629
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BusFreak
Top Member
USA
798 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2008 : 10:20:53 PM
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| That last one is 100% a Chesapeake City Public Schools bus. They were buying Thomas ERs since 92, and only since Virginia started allowing 78 pax conventionals they have been buying Visions. |
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IC RE 1629
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poor_driver
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 5:28:35 PM
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Question
With Virginia now allowing the 78 passenger conventionals, do you this this is the start of the Transit style fading away? This mostly focusing on the more rural districts because it know with the turing radius that the transits will stay strong in the city. |
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IC RE 1629
Top Member
United States
5097 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2008 : 5:40:20 PM
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I believe we may be seeing a decline in Type D bus purchases in Virginia. Even Fairfax is showing a decline in transit purchases by making the decision to purchase Type C buses for our special education office.
Loudoun and Prince William are also purchasing only Type C buses too. |
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IC-RE
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 7:55:58 PM
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| Oh yes!!! Even Williams Bus Lines gets C2's now as opposed to the HDX's it seems, same for IC's... CE's vs. RE's |
bus 1980, a 2008 IC RE 300 for Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia. |
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BusFreak
Top Member
USA
798 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2008 : 11:21:16 AM
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| I know that many districts will continue to purchase REs, not for their entire fleet, but as a few "heavier duty" trip buses. York county does this, City of Suffolk does this, and I'm sure that Loudoun will do this as they replace their fleet of Activity buses. Last I heard, Henrico County was getting HDXs along with their C2s. Does anyone know what Richmond City is getting these days? They used to have a TON of Vistas that they were replacing with REs. They used to have some old Thomas ERs too with round head lights, but I'm sure those are long gone. |
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bsaund09
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poor_driver
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Posted - 09/12/2008 : 6:21:33 PM
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Not quite bus freak, Richmond still have a few poking around, mostly as spares i would imagine. I think the last i seen one was a couple of months ago, i believe the guy that runs the florida church bus website has most of them now. I do see alot of Ic Re's up in Richmond City now speckled with vistas here and there.
Petersburg is still running alot of Vistas and the freightliner fs-65 buses |
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IC RE 1629
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bsaund09
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pbfreak30
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USA
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Posted - 09/13/2008 : 8:35:16 PM
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| here in bedford, we always have been and always will be 100% conventional, and 100% Thomas...those C2's keep rollin in...Gotta love em |
ARROW transportation RP..the best out there! |
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bsaund09
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IC RE 1629
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bsaund09
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2006bbvision
Senior Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 5:53:59 PM
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Bsaund09: Love the new update!!!!! Wow I did not know that VA BEACH purchased new visions with the High profile strobe light... Does anyone know why ?Thomas started making every bus with them since like 2004?
Also it looked like bus 268 had one of the strobe light branch protectors on it, does it really have one, our am I just seeing things wrong in the photo?
Went down to Atlanta GA recently Saw a lot of nice IC all over the place, Man cobb county really specs there Ic Re really nice!!! and it seemed the City of Atlanta is 100% Blue bird transit.
once again wonderful add to you photo account.
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bsaund09
Top Member
USA
609 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 05:38:55 AM
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| Thanks 2006bbvision , yeah some of the older strobes have tree guards on them not very many. I had just noticed last week that the strobes on the bluebirds were different this year not sure why they made the change . |
keep those buses rolling
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Official Virginia School Bus Thread
