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  Topic: B47 bus demolishes cars (Mill Basin)/Midwood B11 crash
frankie

Replies: 18
Views: 14799

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:44 pm   Subject: B47 bus demolishes cars (Mill Basin)/Midwood B11 crash
WHOA! Slow down fellas and let's concentrate on one story before completely going off topic.

Let's go back to the B-47 hitting parked cars. Just two threads and that's it? No photos or links to ...
  Topic: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)
frankie

Replies: 403
Views: 90288

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:44 pm   Subject: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)

You said your dad worked at the ENY depot (THAT had to have been interesting!)

Was he still working there when the Fishbowls began to arrive?

Yes, the buses of old were ever so much more fasci ...
  Topic: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)
frankie

Replies: 403
Views: 90288

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:24 pm   Subject: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)
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How odd that the very last order of "Shermans" (the 9000 series 5106's) were not only the last such buses purchased, but also, the only Old Looks to be equipped with sliding window ...
  Topic: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)
frankie

Replies: 403
Views: 90288

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:20 pm   Subject: Buses/subways in "All In The Family" (Da Bronx)
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How odd that the very last order of "Shermans" (the 9000 series 5106's) were not only the last such buses purchased, but also, the only Old Looks to be equipped with sliding window ...
  Topic: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore......
frankie

Replies: 890
Views: 409107

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 1:36 pm   Subject: The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore......
WHY ARE WE DRIFTING INTO FOREIGN TERRITORY? I don't see the connection with what this has to do with New York buses. Let's get back to what this forum was intended to be about.
  Topic: NYCT Bus Cockpit Project
frankie

Replies: 3
Views: 5843

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 11:14 am   Subject: NYCT Bus Cockpit Project
So how does this differ from the subway system before the full width cockpit came into use? Operators always had they're closet size cockpits. The concept for buses is the same but some modification ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
frankie

Replies: 1404
Views: 542675

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:28 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
A "Dangerfield" is the handle I bestowed upon the Flex New Looks awhile ago, given the little respect they received over the years in the "Tee-Yay" and "Em-tee-Yay" fleet ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
frankie

Replies: 1404
Views: 542675

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:21 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
What the heck is a dangerfield and why is it called that?
  Topic: Fifth Avenue Coach Mack C-50
frankie

Replies: 3
Views: 4548

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:01 am   Subject: Fifth Avenue Coach Mack C-50
Here's historic "Bulldog" #6259, silently recalling the good old days, while peacefully dozing at the Jackie Gleason Depot.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154346

(courtesy: ...
  Topic: Jolly Green Giants in Queens
frankie

Replies: 2
Views: 3612

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:52 am   Subject: Jolly Green Giants in Queens
You are completely correct Traildriver! Here's the same location today. Again, credit goes to Forgotten New York.
  Topic: Jolly Green Giants in Queens
frankie

Replies: 2
Views: 3612

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:53 pm   Subject: Jolly Green Giants in Queens
TDH-5101's under the magnificent arch bridge, probably steel clad in concrete, taking the Grand Central Parkway above Hollis Court Boulevard in Holliswood in the Fab Fifties. Hollis Court Boulevard us ...
  Topic: What if GM and Leyland Had Collaborated?
frankie

Replies: 4
Views: 9040

PostForum: Transit Bus Manufacturers   Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:06 pm   Subject: What if GM and Leyland Had Collaborated?
And then we have this one - also from Cuba.
  Topic: What if GM and Leyland Had Collaborated?
frankie

Replies: 4
Views: 9040

PostForum: Transit Bus Manufacturers   Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:32 pm   Subject: What if GM and Leyland Had Collaborated?
You can see part of the Leyland nameplate just above the front bumper. Typical British lug ring on the wheel. I would assume that the power train including engine is completely Leyland.

Here's ano ...
  Topic: What is This and Why?
frankie

Replies: 4
Views: 9196

PostForum: Transit Bus Manufacturers   Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:10 pm   Subject: What is This and Why?
Very weird! Did they actually cover paired windows back to appear like the older square windows? Confused

It's just a very cleaver paint job to make it appear that way.
  Topic: New MCI Coach
frankie

Replies: 5
Views: 11275

PostForum: Transit Bus Manufacturers   Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:18 pm   Subject: New MCI Coach
Do you know any more about it?
Do you think it evolved from the G4500?

You're best bet is to go to the MCI website and research it.
 
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