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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Thanks for the info..
By 1973, were any of the ex-FACL "Jetson"* Fishbowls still running to for "Em-Tee-Yay", or had they already been retired?
What about the ex-SURFACE "Jetsons"?
"NYO"
["FACL"]
*Surprised that "The Little Red Bus That Could" didn't purchase one or two....... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2552 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.:
Thanks for the info..
By 1973, were any of the ex-FACL "Jetson"* Fishbowls still running to for "Em-Tee-Yay", or had they already been retired?
What about the ex-SURFACE "Jetsons"?
"NYO"
["FACL"]
*Surprised that "The Little Red Bus That Could" didn't purchase one or two....... |
All ex-FACL and Surface "Jetsons" (even the 10 A/C units) were retired by mid-'73 . . . once T6H-5309A's 4860-4819 arrived at, and were assigned to, Kingsbridge depot where those early "Jetsons" were all based in their last years. (I think the latest dating I saw of any of those first "Fishbowls" to take to the streets of Manhattan were early '73 or so.)
But I wonder if the "Em-Tee-Yay" figured they'd make more money sending 'em to "the crusher" rather than let them see a few more years of service under Avenue B. The photos taken at places like Fresh Pond are testament to this. Plus what I'd put up in the past. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Thanks, as always, for your input.
Yup, the "Em-Tee-Yay" was probably going to see more $$$$ in their coffers sending these still-serviceable buses to the scrappers, instead of selling them for further service elsewhere.....
I'm pretty sure a few of the old "Hudson County "indies" might have purchased a few; likewise, the a few of the last "Shemans" ('stoa"), which easily could have rolled on for at least several more years.
Ahhh, corporate mentality...........
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a few more interesting "contrasting" views taken between the BMT ramps at Fresh Pond, through the years.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?35309 (in this 1960s-era view, the area between the ramps is devoid of buses)
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?152698 (in this 1970 photo, note telltale marks in the snow, indicating where buses had been parked)
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6781 (undated photo, circa-1970; note "Shermans" only)
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2099 (now, in this 1971 photo, the area between the El ramps is jammed with Fishbowls)
It is interesting to note that only ONE nycsubway.org photo (link posted in previous post), shows "Dangerfields" at this location; too, it is obvious that retired "Pattons" were not parked between the El ramps ................
"NYO"
["FRESH POND RD."]
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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"Pattons" at Fresh Pond, 1968..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?146450
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
I just came across this rare view a few moments earlier; note the rows of recently-retired "Pattons" in the background; oddly none of the photos whose links I've posted here show any retired "Pattons" awaiting the trip to the scrapyard, in the narrow area between the BMT El ramps..............
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Here's an interesting aerial view of Fresh Pond yards in 2020, just four years back; note that, among the buses lined up to the right of the yard, there are no "Torpedoes" to be seen (look closely, though; that MIGHT be a lone "Torpedo" parked between the ramps)
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?158246
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Another 1969 view at Fresh Pond, showing a train of soon-to-be retired Standards (aka "Brooklyn Battleships"), with rows of already-retired "Pattons" in the background, silently awaiting their fate............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?88057
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Here is another interesting view at Fresh Pond, which also appears to have been taken in 1969...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?33273
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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In this 1975 view, we see a train of graffiti-splattered "R-42s" climbing the ramp at Fresh Pond; in the area between the inbound and outbound ramps, only a few forlorn Fishbowls are to be seen..............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5626
(courtesy: nycsubway.org0
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