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  Topic: Stabbing on MTA bus (Staten Island)/Staten Island items
N4 Jamaica

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PostForum: 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

Replies: 53
Views: 3122

PostForum: 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

Replies: 0
Views: 1006

PostForum: 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

Replies: 397
Views: 118063

PostForum: 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

Replies: 397
Views: 118063

PostForum: 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

Replies: 694
Views: 145548

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 3
Views: 2438

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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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The ...
  Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els
N4 Jamaica

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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

Replies: 373
Views: 97368

PostForum: 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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