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 22732 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:55 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! The now-dated chrome "BUS & SUBWAY" sign over the entrance to the workaday, utilitarian Rockaway Parkway (BMT) station house, at one, time, was quite sleek and up-to-date (recall such &q ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:41 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Interestingly, the "Eye-Are-Tee" was the only "Noo Yawk" subway division to purchase NEW cars for the 1939/1940 Fair. Though more "modern" than the older rolling stock ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:28 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here are two rare views of IND trains running on the temporary World's Fair line: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2355 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?71098 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 29 Views: 3150 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:54 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Athens, on the other hand, boasts a more extensive metro system (electrified in 1904)........... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Metro   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:47 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here are two interesting signs (for motormen) at Rockefeller Center....... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?133268 * *(I LOVE this sign: TRUE, up-front "Noo Yawk-ese"!) https://w ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:43 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! I used to like the distinctive art deco signs for the IND at the Rockefeller Center complex...they were distinctive from standard signs used elsewhere on the system. They were most likely provided by ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:37 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! I used to like the distinctive art deco signs for the IND at the Rockefeller Center complex...they were distinctive from standard signs used elsewhere on the system. They were most likely provided by ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:29 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... The "Eye-En-Dee" was the only one of the New York subway systems to build an entirely new line to serve the 1939/1940............... https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_1939_Worlds_Fair_Li ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:19 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... 1939/1940 FairWe know, of course, that the "Bee-Em-Tee" rebuilt a number of old elevated gate cars into more modern units classified as the "Q"-types, and were painted in the Fair' ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:13 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... WF interior paint.......... I have also seen a few pictures showing "R-14"/"Arnine" interiors repainted in in blue/orange for the '64 Fair. I wonder now how many cars receive ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:06 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Thanks for the "heads up"! If Your's Truly is correct, there were (oddly enough) no "State" cars for either "Noo Yawk" or "Noo Joisey"? :rol ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 29 Views: 3150 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:21 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros "Subways" do not usually come to mind when one mentions Sicily, but there is one small system in Cantania; interestingly, it is not only the only metro on the island, it is also the southern ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 24 Views: 258 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:10 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here we have #9440 ("STATE OF RHODE ISLAND") at the Corona Yard, in 1964............... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19894 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["COME TO THE FAIR B ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:02 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! This photo shows the Rockaway Park (IND) station house in 2009; look closely, and you can tell where the old electric "SUBWAY" sign had been mounted............ https://www.nycsubway.org/ ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 32 Views: 922 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:41 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here is a photo of the IND Rockaway Park station house when the old 1950s- era electric "SUBWAY" sign was still intact, before it was foolishly removed (no regard for local history)....... ...   Page 1 of 1516 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1514, 1515, 1516  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