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DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cyberider:

Indeed!

It would be many decades before power steering and automatic transmissions became commonplace on the buses!

The last front-engined buses purchased (new) by DE CAMP were the "54-A"s, which entered service in 1934.

Some used "pullers" were purchased during WW2, for increased service to New York.

After the War, these tough, growling beasts were replaced by new GM-built buses (Old Looks)

I know that, back in those days, men (no matter what company they were going to drive for) HAD to be in TOP physical shape to be able to drive those gas-driven monsters (NO WONDER the driver's uniforms had a distinct "military" air to them!) Wink

"NYO"

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here's a rare photo of one of DE CAMP's postwar TD-4507s, looking quite handsome after being repainted in its new 1950s-era colors............ Wink

https://cptdb.ca/topic/12768-decamp-bus-lines-718

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Here's a rare photo of one of DE CAMP's postwar TD-4507s, looking quite handsome after being repainted in its new 1950s-era colors............ Wink

https://cptdb.ca/topic/12768-decamp-bus-lines-718

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That's interesting, Mr. Linsky's post...
Never knew DeCamp had a route all the way to Monticello, NY. I find it hard to accept that as a "commuter route", as even today, its about a two hour trip over expressways, and back in that era, it was probably over a three hour trip on two lane highways.

I recall Short Line who "owned" that route, having some competition from Intercity Bus Co. until some time in the sixties. Intercity's primary route was local service from NYC to Patterson.

BTW, the Old Look itstelf, looks so different with the original square windows and the lack of the standee windows. Only the front end looks familiar to my eye...

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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