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  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:06 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
In case you missed it, Van Hool is in trouble...

https://www.busandmotorcoachnews.com/van-hool-reorganization-wont-impact-2024-bus-production-says-abc-companies/
  Topic: [PA] Easton Coach Co. in Tauck service
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:59 pm   Subject: [PA] Easton Coach Co. in Tauck service
Easton Coach also had a contract with the American Queen Voyages Company, an operator of the American Queen and other river cruise boats. When I rode the American Queen, they had 5 Van Hool coaches, ...
  Topic: Van Hool goes bankrupt
traildriver

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PostForum: Hot Topics & Current Events   Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:17 pm   Subject: Van Hool goes bankrupt
Van Hool, who has become a major player in the US coach market, has gone bankrupt. ABC, their US partner and distributor, has tried to put a reassuring spin on it, but I have to wonder how this migh ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:14 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
This ancient, time-worn relic recalls those halcyon, long-ago days when all a traveler needed to find was a large sign sporting the single word "BUS", along with that ever-iconic "runni ...
  Topic: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
traildriver

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PostForum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:06 pm   Subject: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
Just heard on the news that a man was shot in the head (he is now in grave condition) on an "A" train at the Hoyt-Schemerhorn (IND) station.

News video showed passengers crouching and hid ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:53 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's a shot I found of the interior, sometime in the '70's...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/143182062368

traildriver:

Thanks for posting!

This photo looks to be from about 1970, going by the ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:59 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's a shot I found of the interior, sometime in the '70's...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/143182062368


It was an incredibly busy, vibrant transportation hub, with Post House Cafeteria, snack ba ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:47 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
More 'hound station nostalgia (Pittsburgh and elsewhere.......GREAT photos!) Wink

https://bus-time.netlify.app/greyhound-bus-station-pittsburgh-pennsylvania.html



The third edition of Pitt ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:21 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Speaking of Philly...here's the latest...

https://billypenn.com/2024/03/19/philly-intercity-bus-terminal-moves-again/
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:18 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
This classic, smart-looking GREYHOUND 4104 "bygone America" scene (Pittsburgh) dates to 1956, going by the then-new Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin romp playing at the "TERMINAL" movie hou ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:12 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
In speaking of through bus service to Philadelphia in years bast, mention must be made of the now-defunct "BIEBER"............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bieber_Transportation_Group
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  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:00 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver:

I also noticed that incorrect photo date as soon as I spotted that 4106; I would assume that the photo was depicting a portion of the TRAILWAYS terminal?

When that 1960's photo was ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:11 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's a timeless (and nostalgic!) "two-for-one" scene from Philadelphia, circa-early/mid-1960s........... Very Happy

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531213718523804025/

You are correct, and ob ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

Replies: 1166
Views: 438298

PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:09 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver:

I very fortunate (to say the least!) to come across this exhaustive page; it lists all of the companies (a large number of "Fallen Flag" companies here!) which once operated ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
traildriver

Replies: 1166
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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:29 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Forever an American icon................

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/640848221949449500/



Note in the background, bus 18454...that is the "Academy Express" articulated coach built ...
 
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