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  Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 750
Views: 473424

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 2:42 am   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News)
It's all one and the same to me..........

Over on SubChat, there was discussion about how tell an "R-160" from an "R-179".

For Your's Truly, it's all one and the same; a &quo ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 2:32 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B.:

Caught this while watching The Preekness earlier on NBC-4 (Your's Truly is also a LONG-time racing fan!) Wink

One of the horses (came in a CLOSE second!) bore the name of "Gosger&q ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 3:56 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
IMHO, it looks like both "Uncle Hoiman" and "Katnip" slept in late today, and didn't bother to schlep all the way up to "da Bronx" from Brooklyn, via the "Eye-Are-T ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 9:17 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B.:

$#@!&^??!! Mad

Thanks for the heads-up; know I know not to watch Otis Livingstpn's sports report on CBS-2 at 11.

I guess I still have a bitter taste in my mouth of just how arrogant ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 8:37 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
Indeed, it's going to be QUITE interesting, to say the least, having Yankees AND Mets fans all lumped up together en masse......and, of course, will that insidious "pendulum" start swingin' ...
  Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 750
Views: 473424

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 1:30 am   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News)
On this day in 1941........

The Dyre Avenue line (utilizing ex-NYW&B row in "da Bronx") began operations, utilizing refurbished open-platform El cars.

When the line opened, it was ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 1:23 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
'Course, it's a question mark the next two days, as both "Noo Yawk" teams will be playing each other at what passes for Yankee Stadium.
  Topic: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 24
Views: 21543

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 4:51 pm   Subject: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
Second from the top is CTA's historic "Dangerfield Wannabe" #8499.
(imagine FACCo or the "Tee-Yay" operating a fleet of these distinctive-looking buses!)

https://www.chicagorai ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 2:00 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
And, with that, "doze mice" finally have reached the 25-win threshold.
  Topic: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 24
Views: 21543

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 5:02 am   Subject: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
OUTSTANDING collection of historic "Shik-aga" bus photos (Old Looks, Fishbowls, "Oddballs", WHITES, BRILLS, etc; also rapid transit, streetcars, and trolleybuses!)

Just check ou ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 12:09 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
"Noo Yawk" baseball "nooze" for Monday ("foist" edition)..........

Our ol' buddy "Mr. Met" had good reason to be smiling again tonight! Wink

Crowded #7 ...
  Topic: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 24
Views: 21543

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 2:35 pm   Subject: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
Also of interest..........

https://prevostcar.com/h3-45-passenger-coach


Someone on the BusChat forum said he was breathing a sigh of relief that the new Pope's birth surname wasn't Van Hool or ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 12:30 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
"Noo Yawk" baseball "nooze" for Friday* ("foist" edition)......

Back home once more in "Eye-Are-Tee" territory, the Mets just beat the Cubs, 7-2! Very Happy

Agai ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1972
Views: 869857

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 5:03 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
The Yanks weren't the only ones to win in a squeaker (hence, the nickname "doze mice from da Bronx"); in the "En-Bee-Yay" Eastern Conference semifinals the "Ka-nicks" als ...
  Topic: "Closed Door" express service
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 67
Views: 116081

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 10:40 am   Subject: "Closed Door" express service
I've posted this link in the past elsewhere, but felt it was of related interest.........

https://forgotten-ny.com/2015/09/woodhaven-station-woodhaven/

Thinking now.........

1:

Imagine the ...
 
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