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  Topic: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:10 pm   Subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
There is also a photo at "NewDavesRailpix" from the 1930s, showing two 700-series TARS cars operating on Route "P", passing by the NYW&B's Webster Avenue station on the Port Ch ...
  Topic: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:13 am   Subject: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
Yesterday, a man was struck in the face by a man brandishing a glass bottle on the platform at Columbus Circle/59th Street.

It just keeps on getting worse, with no end in sight.............

&quo ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:02 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
........recall, also, that the old "Westchester" bit the dust decades before massive subsidies were available to bail out ailing transit operations.

What might have transpired had the rai ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:52 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
............still thinking about what the scenario might have been like, had "The Little Red Bus That Could" still been independent (now operating "Borough Bombers"), and their fle ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:31 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's a nostalgic picture of a VERMONT TRANSIT 4106; note "SCENICRUISER SERVICE" emblazoned above the windows.............

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531213718529696593/

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  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:24 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
In 1975, VERMONT TRANSIT was acquired by GREYHOUND, and became a subsidiary line...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Transit_Lines

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  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:20 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
If my memory serves me correctly, the "mystery" VanHool I had previously mentioned was a Model T-900 (I know that "WESTERN TRAILWAYS" once operated several of this type, back in la ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:50 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver:

Thanks for this info; I was not aware of this development.

I've always considered VanHool an "exotic" bus, as they are, indeed, not to be seen in my area.

I DID, howeve ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 580
Views: 160291

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:28 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
While on the subject of the long-forgotten "WESTCHESTER"...........

www.nywbry.com

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  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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Views: 543061

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:26 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B.:

Compare these "SURFACE" and "AVENUE B" photos..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154552

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153092

(courtesy: nycsubway ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 580
Views: 160291

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:16 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
W.B.:

Agreed.

I still wonder why it took from 1941 (when the Dyre Avenue shuttle opened on the ex-NYW&B row up in "da Bronx") until 1957 to tie the line into the "Eye-Are-Tee' ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 1404
Views: 543061

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:10 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
One thing I noticed about all the pictures of "The Little Red Bus That Could": Is it my imagination, or was their red and cream paint scheme along the lines of Surface ("Ride The Surfa ...
  Topic: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:38 pm   Subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
A few long-defunct operators........

WEST FORDHAM TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION

WHITE PLAINS BUS COMPANY

WHITE PLAINS & PLEASANTVILLE BUS LINES

WESTCHESTER COACH COMPANY

LINCOLN COACH ...
  Topic: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:26 pm   Subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee-Line_Bus_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Avenue_Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_Electric_Railroad

https://en.wikipedia.o ...
  Topic: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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Views: 128

PostForum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:19 pm   Subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
Speaking of the long-defunct (and largely forgotten) NYW&B Ry, here is an excellent historical site...........

www.nywbry.com

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