BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 1038 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:04 am   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Not really related to this topic but the MTA either leased or sold a handful of Dangerfields in the 7000 series to the New York City area USPS. These buses were repainted white with post office letter ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:04 am   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Not really related to this topic but the MTA either leased or sold a handful of Dangerfields in the 7000 series to the New York City area USPS. These buses were repainted white with post office letter ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:26 am   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154214 This was my route hence my username MaBSTOA 15 but I know you guys knew that. I rode on that bus many times as well as her batwing sisters and non bat ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 12:06 pm   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Remember that the private companies in NYC bought the RTS-03 slope back series and had them in service for quite some time. I lived in Miami when the first Dangerfields arrived. Eventually they wer ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:47 pm   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... No fare boxes no front license plate therefore they are brand new! https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156299   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:45 pm   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MTA RTS-III #200 was a slope back demo.   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 430 Views: 244551 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:09 pm   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Note the brackets for the front end ad rack https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155217   Topic: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 891 Views: 319547 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:23 pm   Subject: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... Talk about oddballs... you can't get any more odd than a Pickwick Duplex used by North Shore Bus Company in transit service! It was acquired in 1931 and numbered 626. Renumbered to 700 in 1932 and ...   Topic: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 891 Views: 319547 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:15 pm   Subject: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... And just as odd are the Fords acquired by Public Service in the 1940s. 240 model 49B in 1944 40 model 69B in 1946 246 model 79B in 1947   Topic: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 891 Views: 319547 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:12 pm   Subject: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... Speaking of oddballs what about the White model 1144 sent to Surface Transportation as a demo in early 1950s and numbered W-50 and it worked on the M104 Broadway line.   Topic: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 891 Views: 319547 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:08 am   Subject: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore...... All three NYC private companies, FACCo, NYCO, and Surface Transportation, each had one White model 788 all acquired in 1938 as demos. FACCo... #1086 NYCO..... #499 ST...........#1200 The ex-NYC ...   Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 756 Views: 211015 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:00 pm   Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! Number 3164, a GM TDH-5301, ex-Surface Transit (still in Surface colors) now under MaBSTOA ownership (note the rooftop script) working on the ex-Fifth Avenue Coach route 4! Note the reversed destin ...   Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 756 Views: 211015 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:53 am   Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! The same emblem applied to an ex-NYCTA TDH-4510, now in MaBSTOA service. A close up, as best I can from number 1168 from the previous post   Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 756 Views: 211015 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:50 am   Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! This is the emblem applied to buses by the NYCTA. When MaBSTOA was created a similar emblem was designed except it had a fishbowl and the lettering Manhattan and Bronx... You can see the emblem ...   Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! MaBSTOA 15 Replies: 756 Views: 211015 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:58 pm   Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! FACCo in 1928-1930 had 10 Yellow Coach model Y-W-320 numbers 50-59 and assigned to route 15, Jackson Heights for express service between Jackson Heights and midtown.   Page 1 of 70 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 68, 69, 70  Next All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum PLEASE READ FIRST!----------------Announcements & InformationMember Introductions and AnnouncementsMember Feedback & Help Featured Forums----------------Hot Topics & Current EventsGeneral Bus Forum - All Bus TopicsGeneral Transportation - All Other ModesHobbyist Trips, Events, Outings, & MeetingsSurface Transit Resources on the Web New York Transit Forums----------------New York City BusesNew York City Bus RostersLong Island & Westchester BusesUpstate New York Surface TransitMTA News, Current Events & HappeningsToday in New York City Transit History Surface Transportation Worldwide----------------Transit Bus ManufacturersSurface Transit - Eastern United StatesSurface Transit - Western United StatesSurface Transit - CanadaSurface Transit - Everywhere ElseOver The Road Carriers Transit Employees & Employment----------------Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & IssuesBus Transportation Planning The Transit Hobbyist, Historian, Enthusiast----------------Photographs, Bus Logs and Route Suggestion IdeasBuses in Pop CultureExchange Place & Collector's CornerBus Preservation, Conversion, & SalesThe Bus Modeler  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group