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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Appreciate the info.
Man, imagine seeing photos of the "gen-u-wine" Jackie Gleason Bus in "soivice!" 
Some Kodak-equipped bus enthusiasts back then, I'm sure, HAD to snap off a pic or two of this noteworthy bus......... 
"MYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 58
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Location: New York, New York, USA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.:
Appreciate the info.
Man, imagine seeing photos of the "gen-u-wine" Jackie Gleason Bus in "soivice!"
Some Kodak-equipped bus enthusiasts back then, I'm sure, HAD to snap off a pic or two of this noteworthy bus.........
"MYO"
['GOTHAM BUS COMPANY"] |
I don't know if there were that many such enthusiasts living around 86th Street in the 1950-67 period . . . the earliest I've seen on nycsubway.org was taken in 1970, and by then it was all Fishbowls. We know one of its cousins, #2966, put in a brief appearance in BUtterfield 8.
Incidentally, the name change from NYCO to Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. - on June 1, 1956 - occurred one day before the airing of the Classic 39 Honeymooners episode "Alice and the Blonde," Audrey Meadows' favorite of that batch.
[" . . . and I'm calling Bellevue, 'cause you're nuts!"] |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 8:51 am Post subject: |
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W.B.:
I SHUDDER to think how Ralph would react to the sight of one of today's insipid, oversized milk cartons, or giant, mutated caterpillars........
"HomnaHomnaHomnaHomna"(!!)
Today, there is not ONE sitcom that could even HOPE to come within light-years of "The Classic 39" (small wonder I watch little television, except for a few select shows)
Somehow, the thought of a modern-day "Ralph Kramden", piloting an ultra-bland "BINO", and working in a politically-correct "co-ed" job just doesnt cut it (for me, anyway) 
Once again, too bad we never got to see a b/w "Honeymooners" episode with "Ralph" behind the wheel of a "Gotham Bus Company" Old Look.............. 
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Just was thinking...........
During the "Color Honeymooners" tenure, just prior to the "Jackie Gleason Show" going off the air, it's interesting to think of a "farewell" episode having "Ralph" retire after some 30-odd years of "briving a dus".
Imagine the publicity photos, showing "The Great One" as "Ralph", posing with a Miami Fishbow,l lettered "GOTHAM BUS COMPANY"? 
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Thought................
In 1952, the CMCCo was taken over by the CTA.
A decade later (1962) in "Noo Yawk", FACL also vanished forever, now under the auspices of "MaBSTOA".
Now, this took place after the 1962 FACL strike.
My question is this.......
Had there been NO strike in 1962, how many more years do you think FACL could have remained an independent company, without takeover by the NYCTA/MTA?
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Thought................
In 1952, the CMCCo was taken over by the CTA.
A decade later (1962) in "Noo Yawk", FACL also vanished forever, now under the auspices of "MaBSTOA".
Now, this took place after the 1962 FACL strike.
My question is this.......
Had there been NO strike in 1962, how many more years do you think FACL could have remained an independent company, without takeover by the NYCTA/MTA?
"NYO"
["FIFTH AVENUE COACH LINES"] |
Some would say the real question was, what if Harry Weinberg hadn't taken over FACL in February of 1962 as he had? Because one factor in their failing finances was trying to head him off. I'd've given the company 2-3 years at best. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
I would tend to agree.
I would say (IMHO) that FACL would have been taken over by the "Tee-Yay" ("Stoa") by about 1966; personally, I don't think FACL could have lasted much beyond that date...........
"NYO"
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