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 22691 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 17 Views: 670 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:31 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "GRAND AVENUE"........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?97212 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?97221 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["EXIT TO STREET"]   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 17 Views: 670 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:18 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Note the unusual (and stylish) "EUCLID" displayed on the columns of said station; this, indeed, would have seemed quite "modern", back in 1948. Could the new SAS stations have f ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 17 Views: 670 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:02 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Regarding "Eye-En-Dee" tilework/station design, etc......... Recall, Euclid Avenue (1948) indeed was the hallmark of the IND, with its modern, sleek florescent lighting. The station wa ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:51 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses Indeed, the (premature) "end of the line".......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153835 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153794 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153 ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:43 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses W.B.: Great post (and info) as always. Seeing buses that were only on the streets for a little more than a decade scrapped is beyond wasteful, especially when Your's Truly can clearly recall 25- ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 23 Views: 2856 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:58 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Interesting that 10 of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro utilize rubber-tired trainsets, as is also commonplace in Paris and in Montreal. Here is yet another metro/subway system with an interes ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:45 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses Has anyone else noticed (regarding the former "bus repository" between the BMT ramps at Fresh Pond Road) that the buses, in every photo, are parked facing OUT from the narrowest part of the ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:30 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses These two dismal depressing photos depict prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars being scrapped at 207th Street and CIY*.......... (note the straps and number plates left intact as the cars were ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 17 Views: 670 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:21 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "8TH AVENUE" (BMT Canarsie line) (note new Vickers frieze in two photos)........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1463 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1464 (IND styling, f ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:13 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses Twenty-four years separate these IRT signs at 23rd Street and Main Street (Flushing)............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?540 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37 (courtesy: nycs ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:06 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses "BROADWAY NASSAU" (today's "FULTON STREET"), IND. The contours of the platform area eerily recall a typical London Underground deep-level tube station.......... https://www.n ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:51 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses W.B.: Thanks for posting these photos: I knew that the Broad Street station had been renovated/re-tiled sometime after I retired in 2004 (as I have recalled in the past, my building was right smack ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:30 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses In 1970, the last ex-SURFACE TDH-5106s were retired; for some time, they were stored in the yard at the Colesium depot. One of these distinctive buses (with the protruding front sign box) can be se ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:27 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses "EUCLID AVENUE" (IND)............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52738 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?942 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM']   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 133 Views: 2788 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:19 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses (SEE PREVIOUS POSTS) "BROADWAY" (Boston) Again, the "Noo Yawk" subway influence is at once obvious here........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69936 (courtesy: nyc ...   Page 1 of 1513 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1511, 1512, 1513  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