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 2501 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 195 Views: 5220 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 5:28 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: As always, greatly appreciate your input. Now, for comparison, let's recall "stoa's" distinctive "Shermans" with their "traditional"-type front sign boxes.... ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 5:24 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... H&M/PATH's long-gone Henderson yards, 1964........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?21179 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) 1: Note "Aitch & Em" (n foreground) "toid r ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 11:26 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: OUTSTANDING (and VERY "in-depth") responses; thank you for taking the time to respond. Regarding "subway" and "elevated"-style "toid rails" ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 195 Views: 5220 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:54 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! I seemed to remember Surface Transportation also having those small "slots" at right. Must've been some kinda' quirk among them and the "Bee O'Tee" which, in turn, after 1953, pas ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:46 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: As you are (obviously) quite knowledgeable with tracks/rails/speqs, I'm curious as to how modern rail (designed for today's "lightweight" NTT rolling stock) would have held up to th ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:40 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Further......... Differences (if any) between "toid rail" on the BMT and IND, in years past? I know, in the past, we've also briefly touched on the differences between "elevated&q ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 6:35 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... #108528 in particular looks like 115 lb. RE's are mounted in all those track sections. But as to that Nostrand Avenue pic, that for me is "Eye-En-Dee."   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 195 Views: 5220 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 4:06 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Thanks for the additional info. The "PA" buses ("Bombers") that I knew best were those operating in my general area, back in the 1980s. If I am not mistaken, a numbe ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 3:08 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: I now recall discussions elsewhere on why prewar cars are no longer allowed through the Montaque Street tunnels; this, now, reminded me of why the Museum "Lo-V's" and the "Trai ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 195 Views: 5220 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 2:24 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Thanks for this info; this was a greater number of buses than I had previously thought........... "NYO" I think the first buses in 6 years that the "Tee-Yay" and & ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 2:21 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: just picturing postwar SMEEs painted as these buses were............... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154956 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154597 (courtesy: nycsubway.org ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 2:10 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Right on the mark, on all counts! I often wonder why the new "Tee-Yay" did not have the SMEEs painted the in the same scheme that the "Shermans" and the "P ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 195 Views: 5220 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 2:02 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: I might have asked this awhile back here......... Roughly, how many buses ("Em-Tee-Yay"/"stoa") used the "PA" prefix? When/why were this prefix later elimi ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 1:33 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Compare the narrow door windows on the "Ey-Are-Tee's" 1938 "WF" cars with those on the "See-Tee-Yay's" 4000s........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45209 * htt ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 199 Views: 4060 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:32 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 ...   Page 1 of 167 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 165, 166, 167  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