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  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:20 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
Seen here at the 207th Street yards back in 2001, and flanked by classic rolling stock, it is obvious that "62" #1370 had recently suffered one heckuva "Excedrin" day (hopefully, n ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 8:27 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Also.........

Note that, on the a/c buses, the windows are open, despite the fact that the photo was snapped in June.

Too, regarding the "batwing" Fishbowl, it is obvious that the rear ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 8:22 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
This 1970 photo taken at St. George in 1970 (note "Sherman" heading westbound at upper left) shows another, far more "bizarre" clearance train (again, for the "R-44s" th ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:50 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B.:

GOOD LUCK! Wink

A photo in "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES" (Martin) caught my eye earlier this evening; the photo on page #76 shows "Tee-Yay" #2033 (a TDH-5301), displ ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:04 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
"Missing" nycsubway.org vintage bus photos (continued):

1:

Early "Jetson"-era photos (there's perhaps two or three, if that, at nycsubway.org, found with the subway photos)
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  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:55 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
And if any such pics existed, most likely it was I that brought them here!
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:04 am   Subject: Re: 44A-Union Turpike, Q44B-Malba Shu
The Q44 likely had the largest number of alpha-numeric variations of any NYC bus route: Q44A-Union Turnpike (now Q46); Q44B-Malba Shuttle (gone); Q44FS-Flushing Shuttle (basically replaced by the Q20B ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:57 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Here are a few more early 1970s (Fishbowl) photos from Queens........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153272

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:52 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
"Tee-Yay" rolling stock running on "foreign rails"..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24431

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113309

https://www.nycsubway ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:50 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
Interesting..........

The "Eye-En-Dee's" new "R-1s" were tested on "Bee-Em-Tee" rails.

In the last few years of service, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars operate ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 4:35 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
WB.:

You're the one for this......

How many buses did the "Em-Tee-Yay" roster with the "PA" prefix before the number?

See:

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154962
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  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:33 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
Shuttle memories............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6879

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45874

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2875

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 132
Views: 2893

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:56 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
W.B.:

Any idea which depot RTS "#PA2383" was based out of, at the time of "Crocodile Dundee"?

Any clue as to the route(s) it then operated on?

Appreciate info, as always.. ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:43 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B.:

Again, excellent information and stats; again, this subject is one I am sure that even many "serious" enthusiasts are not aware of.

Gap fillers......

I know the old South Ferr ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B. Fishbowl

Replies: 99
Views: 2143

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:03 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B.:

FASCINATING historical information, and something that even many serious enthusiasts are not aware of.

Many of us (Your's Truly included) tend to think of platforms as either simply being ...
 
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