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 23011 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 179 Views: 4821 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:53 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here's "PA2330" ("stoa") working the "M3", back in 1983............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156261 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["M3"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:49 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's an old view of what was obviously a long-forgotten fantrip on the "SKOKIE" line (early 70s?); here we see a train of venerable 4000s with trolley poles raised, operating off the overh ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:43 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: I'm posting this 1961 photo link again: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?31942 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Look closely at the second car of this train of "4000s"; you can ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:39 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Further: Recall, also, that the 4000's were also the last prewar cars operated by the "See-Tee-Yay"; some were still equipped with trolley poles for running on lines where overhead wires ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 9:36 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Recall also "GOOD TIMES", which premiered in 1974; in the opening credits, there are shots of the elderly 4000's (just retired the previous year) as well as the iconic 6000's (the c ...   Topic: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 66 Views: 6575 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 12:16 am   Subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams Another interesting historical page, this one focusing on the trams that once ran in Hanoi (a number of rare vintage photos are also this page)............ https://vietnamnet.vn/en/spanshots-of-tra ...   Topic: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 66 Views: 6575 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 9:35 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams Here's an interesting historical page (w/photos) on Saigon's bygone trams, which made their final runs in 1957....... https://www.historicvietnam.com/sai-gon-tramway-network/ ["J.G.BRILL&qu ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 179 Views: 4821 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 9:14 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Cyberider: THANK YOU, sir, for the most unexpected (and MOST welcome!) kind words....I DO thank you! I've been a member of this forum for nearly two decades now; I have learned so much o ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 179 Views: 4821 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 6:27 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Broadway & 159th, 1983 ("stoa")........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156277 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["M5"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 6:19 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "Toid rail" in "Shik-aga"................ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?31942 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?14670 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["CTA" ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 174 Views: 3728 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 6:07 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: You're the expert on "toid rails", not Your's Truly! Speaking of which, recall, out in "Shik-aga", that the interurban trains of the CA&E and the NORTH SHOR ...   Topic: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 66 Views: 6575 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 2:26 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams Chinese tram systems (note one photo which shows tram that looks to have been patterned after a Peter Witt).......... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_China ["7-2276"]   Topic: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 66 Views: 6575 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 2:22 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams Urban rail transit in China............ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_rail_transit_in_China ["JX"]   Topic: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 66 Views: 6575 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 2:12 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway/Overseas subways/Metros/trams Beijing's sprawling network of rapid transit lines today totals nearly thirty in all. First opening in 1971, this system is quite complex and had extensive services; some lines extend out to the su ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 179 Views: 4821 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 10:12 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Back in 1983, we "stoa' RTS "PA2434" working the "M10".......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156286 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["M"]   Page 1 of 1535 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1533, 1534, 1535  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