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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:51 pm Post subject:

A truly modernistic GREYHOUND coach from the '39/'40 Fair........

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc241/MRLINDEL/YELLOW39WORLDSFAIR-1.jpg

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:02 pm Post subject:

Gentlemen:

Just came across this interesting page, complete with comments from our own always knowledgeable Mr. Linsky...... Wink

"THE BUSES OF EXPOSITION GREYHOUND"

http://worldsfaircommunity.org/topic/7498-the-buses-of-exposition-greyhound/

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:10 pm Post subject:

All aboard for the Grand Tour......

http://randytreadway.com/64-08-15-36a_Avenue_of_Africa.jpg

(courtesy: randytreadway.com)

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:58 pm Post subject:

In this nostalgic b/w photo, "AIR CONDITIONED" #623, was snapped ready to board happy Fairgoers......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1960

(courtesyl bus.nycsubway.org)

traildriver · Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2459 Location: South Florida

More great memories...thanks!

I rode most of the services that Greyhound provided at the Fair...
From the Grand Tour, to the circumference rapid transit routes, and even ones that were not listed in the earlier brochure...the free shuttles from the Meadow Lake parking lot to the entry gate. I would walk from my house down Jewel Avenue to catch those at the end of the parking lot.
I rode the Glide A Rides, too. The only thing I never rode were the very expensive Escorter's.

When I worked for Greyhound at Omaha in the early seventies, we had a Company Chevy sedan that had a musical horn salvaged from the Escorter's...it played, what else..."Go Greyhound, And Leave The Driving To Us"....for those of you that remember that jingle.... Cool

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:11 am Post subject:

traildriver:

Again, it's my pleasure, my friend! Very Happy

Those air-conditioned Fishbowls that I rode with Mom and my older brother at the Fair were quite the novelty; at that time (1964) I had only ridden once or twice on an ORANGE & BLACK Fishbowl, and riding a few times on one of the then-new PSNJ transits in Union City.

To my young eyes, they truly were "The Bus Of The Future"....had the Jetsons been on board, I would not have been the least surprised! Wink

As GREYHOUND was then still very much "America's Finest Bus Line", I always thought it most appropriate that the company played such a tremendous role in transporting follks about the Fair.

I can also remember seeing signs for World's Fair service at the PABT too, during '64 and '65.

Man, if we could only travel back in time.......

"NYO"

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:25 am Post subject:

Seen here with its original box is a cast iron 1939 WF bus, manufactured by ARCADE; this company was well-known for many years for the production of cast iron toy vehicles.

As is evident here, the GREYHOUND buses used at the '39 Fair were quite futuristic.....

http://p2.la-img.com/27/21068/7180924_1_l.jpg

(courtesy: liveauctioneers.com)

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:35 am Post subject:

Another "classic" view of a '64 Fair's Fishbowl; the high rise towers seen looming in the background would seem to strike a very contemporary chord today.

As well they should, as this is a modern-day view, part of a movie shoot (out of Vancouver) for the film "TOMORROWLAND"! (bus is seen parked at David Lam Park)

An OUTSTANDING re-creation of those handsome GREYHOUND Fair Fishbowls!

http://yvrshoots.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tl401.jpg

frankie · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:52 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:41 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:46 pm Post subject:

Here is another photo of the Fishbowl dolled up as a '64 Fair GREYHOUND, from the film "TOMORROWLAND".....

http://yvrshoots.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tl400.jpg

roymanning2000 · Age: 75 Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

Actually, I like the 35-footer done up in the World's Fair livery. Though it may not be one of the actual World's Fair suburbans, they did a good job on the paint scheme. I think this bus is a S6H4503A.

Thanks for the World's Fair posts. They've been really great. I can't get enough of the GM transits and suburbans in the gold-stripe scheme. And the toys remind me of some of the buses I had when I was a kid. The map showing the routes was especially informative as I had never seen the actual routes and services Greyhound operated.

Roy

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:17 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:01 am Post subject:

Just came across this view of a "Rapid Transit" Fishbowl at the Fair (recall, also, the Fishbowls used in Bay-area commute service by GREYHOUND)......

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/10442796144_9ca7cb1327.jpg

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:14 am Post subject:

As I had mentioned previously, I know that some of the WF "Sightseeing" Fishbowls were sold to several(?)New Jersey operators after the Fair closed in 1965.

I have no idea whatsoever if the buses seen in the following 1981 photos were former WF buses, but they do have "sightseeing roofs"........

"NYO"

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1520

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1516

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1514

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)