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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:14 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Red "R-29s" also served the Fair.............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?127689
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["COME TO FAIR BY SUBWAY"] |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:06 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
This (undated) photo, snapped at the World's Fair/Willets Point station (mid-1960s?) depicts a tantalizing variety of buses, the likes of which we will never see again.
PSNJ Fishbowls dominate, not ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:59 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Note these unusual vintage "streamlined" electric station signs at the "FAIRMOUNT" station on Philadelphia's BSS; I can easily picture such "moderne" signs at "Eye-E ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:32 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
And the ol' LIRR indeed made dang sure that their legions of "Dashing Dans" knew that they could arrive swiftly at the '64/'65 Fair, with no traffic or parking hassles to contend with....... ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:11 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Here is another timeless photo from 1964, also featuring a formidable "Patton"...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153632
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:05 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"SEE YOU AT THE FAIR"*...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155951
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*Some of these New Look "Pattons" were later sold to "BLUE ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:53 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Also in 1964.............
Recall that the first of the "Dangerfields" ("Tee-Yay") arrived that year (#s 5001-#5165)
Also in 1964, the TDH-5301 "Jetson" Fishbowls (w ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:31 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
The Toronto Subway opened in 1954, when Peter Witt streetcars were still pulling trailers about the city; PCC's were also running on a number of lines, back then.
The original 1950s trains were pai ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:23 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
Like many modern metro systems around the world nowadays, modern Montreal Metro trains have a certain "mutant insectoid" look about them....(!!)
https://en.wikipedia,org/wiki/MPM ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:12 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
The sleek, now-retired "MR-63" class cars ran on the Montreal Metro's lines for 52 years; when these runner-tired, Parisian-style cars were retired, they were among the oldest in revenue ser ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:04 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
Speaking of the Montreal Metro, check out this interesting, in-depth page on the system, which dates back to the 1960s (interesting note: the repair facilities/barns are known as "garages"!) ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:08 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Corona Yard was a very different place back in 1964, the year the Fair opened........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19891
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19894
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:34 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
And, of course, happy fairgoers also rode the buses out to the '64/'65 Fair........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154960
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153260
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:22 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Ahhh, how the future was presented us, sixty years ago; how well a much, much younger Your's Truly recalls the excitement and thrill of seeing AND riding aboard shiny new IRT "Bluebirds" and ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:55 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
95th Street/Fort Hamilton (BMT).............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4813
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1145
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1146
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