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Topic: Stabbing on MTA bus (Staten Island)/Staten Island items |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:59 am Subject: Stabbing on MTA bus (Staten Island)/Staten Island items |
Another source
https://metro.fandom.com/wiki/Staten_Island_bus_route_history |
Topic: Stabbing on MTA bus (Staten Island)/Staten Island items |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:46 am Subject: Stabbing on MTA bus (Staten Island)/Staten Island items |
Destination of 8717? I'm wondering where Syles Ular boarded. |
Topic: [RI] Using Wave card on RIPTA |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 3:03 pm Subject: [RI] Using Wave card on RIPTA |
I lack mobility in my age, but I would enjoy reading about Rhode Island local buses and the use of Wave cards. My emphasis is on the Wave card one can buy for $5 at a 7-Eleven. It seems the $2 base fa ... |
Topic: October 31, 1956: An Era Ends In Brooklyn |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:50 pm Subject: October 31, 1956: An Era Ends In Brooklyn |
There could be various reasons why the Board of Transportation did not establish an interborough bus route across the Brooklyn Bridge after the 1950 reconstruction. For one, the city had invested in f ... |
Topic: October 31, 1956: An Era Ends In Brooklyn |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:56 pm Subject: October 31, 1956: An Era Ends In Brooklyn |
Photos of PCC's alongside BMT elevated trains on the Brooklyn Bridge are fairly rare; in this 1942 photo, we have a PCC alongside a BMT train; just two years after this nostalgic photo was snapped, th ... |
Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:11 pm Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
Don't some municipal bus firms still have baseball signs flashing above the driver's window? In streetcar days, it would be a placard next to the front door, Game Today.
https://vahistorical.wordpre ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:09 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
There is an excellent track map of Brooklyn streetcar lines in 1946. It may be enlarged for a study of Grand Army Plaza or anyplace else. At the bottom right corner is a list of those who contributed ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:11 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
Circa-1949/1950, we have a 6000-series car meeting PCC #1069 (Vanderbilt & Grand Army Plaza)
Note, also, the pole-mounted "TROLLEY STATION" sign, once numerous throughout Brooklyn.... ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:34 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
Not a complete "must." Until robberies caused transit operators to use locked fareboxes in the early 1960's, operators often made change when the vehicle was in motion. The big problem occur ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:09 am Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
Here at the 9th Avenue depot's lover level, side-by-side, we see PCC #1032 and Peter Witt #8361, making for an interesting comparison between the two types of cars, built many years apart.........
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Topic: On This Day in 1936 (March 25) . . . |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 5:47 pm Subject: On This Day in 1936 (March 25) . . . |
I'm no expert, but someplace at Times Square, the two systems shared running rails, but there were two conduits. The plow could move side to side. In the 1940's, at some places the TARS conduit was of ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:54 am Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
Memory can be tricky, but I am certain this chaotic scene is not at the Ninth Avenue car house, either upper level or lower level. I have no recollection of the setting of DeKalb car house.
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Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:56 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
This interesting 1942 photo has a PCC gliding along Brooklyn Bridge trackage with a BMT El train (note the convertible car) rumbling alongside.
In 1944, when the El trains stopped running across th ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:05 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
CTA 7034 is given a 1940 date. Can't be date of photo, since CTA was organized in 1947. Note the door configuration, 3 +2. Much faster loading than the transit buses GM or Flxible built for years and ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
N4 Jamaica
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Views: 97368
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:35 pm Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
Thanks for the explanation of major PCC repairs at the DeKalb Carhouse. i was unaware of it.
The research that went into creating the 1936 PCC was extensive and expensive, yet this photo shows one of ... |
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