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 22932 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 6:01 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: "Toid rail" on the "Moit" (1940's/1960s)............... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113320 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113321 https://www.nycsubwa ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:39 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: As the "Moit" was closed down only several years later (1969) one wonders why the "Tee-Yay" even bothered to install new "toid rail"? I still wonder a ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 149 Views: 3292 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:27 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Agreed; that photo was, indeed, NOT of the best quality.....not by a long shot. But, again, it was quite a symbolic image, especially that the veteran "Jetson" was still wearing ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 149 Views: 3292 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 4:32 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "LEADING THE SUCCESSOR" (Livingston & Boerum, 1981) This 1981 photo is indeed symbolic; here we have (still attired in classic "Tee-Yay" green) "Jetson" #2067, clo ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 3:11 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's an excellent photo page on the demolition of the old Culver Shuttle ("Rust In Pieces")............. https://forgotten-ny.com/2003/02/culvers-travels-the-demolition-of-a-brooklyn-el ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 3:00 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Speaking of "toid rails"........ Recall, in 1963, the "Q" cars had their old "El-style" third rail shoes swapped for the subway ("tongue") type..... ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:47 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's a few interesting shots taken at Ditmas Avenue; note photos of the new "Eye-En-Dee" connection being readied for operation.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?135542 h ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:21 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: I, also, recall reading somewhere quite awhile ago, regarding the "El"-type "toid rail" on the Culver shuttle; that I found quite interesting. I also recall reading qui ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 149 Views: 3292 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:12 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Merrick & 89th Avenue, 1981. Not only, at this late date, does "Dangerfield" #5673 still proudly wear its original green paint, but it is also mercifully free of any unsightly graffit ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 149 Views: 3292 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 9:45 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Merrick & 89th Avenue, 1981. Not only, at this late date, does "Dangerfield" #5673 still proudly wear its original green paint, but it is also mercifully free of any unsightly graffit ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 9:34 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Flashbacks........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40164 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4446 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4444 (courtesy: nycsubway.org)   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 9:29 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Interesting historical information, photos, etc............ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver_Shuttle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IND_Culver_Line ["F"]   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 54 Views: 5061 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 12:02 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros London's "METROPOLITAN" line has a rich and fascinating history; many interesting types of rolling stock have served the line through the decades. In 1863, it was the first underground ra ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 149 Views: 3292 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 11:39 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Wearing the original 'Tee-Yay" green of earlier days, we see "Dangerfield" #5677 at the Queens Village garage, on a bright, chilly day, back in 1977.............. https://www.nycsubw ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 122 Views: 2561 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 11:29 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Recalling now the long-abandoned, echoing lower level 9th Avenue station, showing assorted car classes in use (both on revenue trains and fan trips)....... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24012 ...   Page 1 of 1529 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1527, 1528, 1529  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