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  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:38 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
Heard this on 1010 WINS.........

Earlier today, due to a police investigation at Grand Central, there was extremely limited Lexington Avenue "Eye-Are-Tee" service (4/5/6); #5 trains had b ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:37 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
One thing I noticed about all the pictures of "The Little Red Bus That Could": Is it my imagination, or was their red and cream paint scheme along the lines of Surface ("Ride The Surfa ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:03 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Avenue B did not buy those "Shermans" from Chicago. They were leased from Hausman Bus Sales and they were ex-South Suburban Bus Lines from the Chicago area.

Thanks for the correction: I ( ...
  Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS.....
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 453
Views: 310932

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:58 am   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS.....
WB: Interesting---thanks for this info; wondering now if "bowling alley" seating was at all considered for at least a portion of the "Torpedo" fleet? And-if Your's Truly is correc ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:55 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
.....at least two New York cities once operated New Look "Pattons" (Yonkers and Buffalo)

AFAIK, no New Jersey cities ever operated this type of "Patton".

Again, it would have ...
  Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 724
Views: 226178

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:26 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now)
-there are pics of a few "Jetsons" (still in "Tee-Yay" green) at nycsubwayorg-which were still running circa-1980 (I guess these were the "Tee-Yay" buses)-------"NY ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:23 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
If I am not mistaken, weren't the last "Pattons" running operating only on Brooklyn and SI routes, as they neared retirement in the late 1960's?
1969-70, they would be as far as the "T ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:41 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Most recent photo of a "Sherman" in Manhattan (Broadway & Park Row, 1972)......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154821

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Note that #7075's* sign box ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:14 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Just curious.......

When the now-iconic "Are-Tee-Ess" (aka "Torpedoes") were making their final runs in "Noo Yawk" several years ago, were there more running on ex-&qu ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:03 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B.:

Even though this circa-early 1970s photo is from Philadelphia, as soon as I came across this nostalgic "rear view" photo, you came to mind........ Wink

https://www.nycsubway.o ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:20 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Man, even an 870 (aka "New-and-improved 'Bomber' ") would be a welcome sight these days; last NJT buses I liked where the NOVA "Torpedoes" of the later 1990s, and even they are now ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:17 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Distinct era came to a sad end with the following:

The end of both FACL and SURFACE as independents.

The last "Tee-Yay" and "stoa" buses carrying the stylish script over the ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:48 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B.:

Dare I ask, WHAT (pray tell) "bus" is a "Rolling Wurlitzer"???? Shocked Shocked Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
Why, those usually called "Artics." (Wurlitzer was one of man ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:28 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
There's a Facebook page about the history of MaBSTOA depots / garages:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1414625268790115/

A few photos of both the old buses that were buses, as well as the newer ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 1404
Views: 542633

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:07 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
Further on nycsubway.org bus photos............

"Stoa" photos depicting "Shermans" only date to 1969/1970 (nothing at all from the early-"stoa" era); even these are in ...
 
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