BusTalk

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"All steel".........

Unlike New York, where all elevated cars were of wood construction, Boston began operations of all-steel El cars early on; in fact, by the 1920s, all wooden El equipment had been replaced by steel cars.

In New York, the very last wooden El cars were the iconic "Q" cars (rebuilt for the 1939 World's Fair) which ran until 1969, when Brooklyn's famed Myrtle Avenue El was closed.

At the time, they were the last examples of wooden revenue service rolling stock still in operation..........

"NYO"

["BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY"]

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Interesting.........

When the LIRR abandoned service to the Rockaways in the late 1940s (due to numerous trestle fires), the ROW lay dormant for some years until the NYCTA purchased it, and revamped it for subway service.

In Boston, the old electric narrow-gauge railway, the BOSTON, REVERE BEACH, & LYNNE was abandoned in 1940; its ROW lay intact (sans tracks and catenary) for years, and, by the early 1950s, was being operated as a new rapid transit line (again, using overhead wires), which is today's "BLUE LINE".

Indeed, interesting parallels between the two cities.......

"NYO"

["REVERE BEACH"]

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Here's an interesting article........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IND_Rockaway_Line

["HH"]

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Regarding the IND Rockaway line.........

Interesting that the old LIRR line utilized MU's powered by third rail, and the subway trains (also MUs) also utilized third rail; the old LIRR line was indeed easy to adapt to rapid transit, in most cases, as the stations were already of high-level platform configuration............

"NYO"

["S"]

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Boston buses, back in the day...........

Post WW-2, Boston, like Chicago, operated a number of different (ind interesting!) types of buses.

There were Old Looks, WHITE 798s, MACKS, and ACF-BRILLS (C-36)

Fishbowls arrived in the 1960s, followed by Flex New Looks (aka "Dangerfields")

Then, too, were the ACF-BRILL and P-S trolleybuses, which were replaced by NEW FLYERS during the 1970s.

Until the early 1960s, some prewar PULLMAN trolley buses were still in use, as rush-hour trippers.

Indeed, QUITE a bit of "bus diversity" in Boston, back the days......

"NYO"

["COOLIDGE COR.-BEACON"]

[Cyberider]

NYO,

By chance, I happened to see a photo of one of the Pullmans on FB this afternoon.

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