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The New York "bit players" we tend to ignore......
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Tiny Tim



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Cannot pass over the "Dangerfield Jr."(aka "Baby"Flex).
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This 1977 photo shows a "Jr." operated by "COAST CITY COACHES"; note the NJDOT emblem carried (no rear door).................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154484

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*Los Angeles' SCRTD once rostered a number of "Dangerfield Jrs"(first ones were purchased in 1966); these buses were equipped with rear doors.
long beach ny had a fleet of dangerfield jrs with 2 doors also had a rts at the same time
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiny Tim:

Appreciate this info; thanks for informing me.

This was something I was unaware of.

Here in my general area (Bergen/Hudson counties) we only had the "standard"-sized "Dangerfields"; these began arriving in large numbers (nearly 900 in all) via the NJDOT, in 1976/1977............

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seen in the late 1970's/early 1980's, we have "Dangerfield Jrs"in Huntington....

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154531

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154532

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a few "Dangerfields" from Boston.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?152984

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157414

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?152974

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a 1976 photo of a "Dangerfield Jr." operating for SEPTA, back in 1976..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156627

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Dangerfields", a la Philadelphia........... Wink

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156677

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156658

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TRIBORO memories............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155257

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155267

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155268

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
TRIBORO memories............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155257

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155267

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155268

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Three different buses, three different fonts for the bus number and company operating them.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B.:

I noticed that myself.

Yet another example of why the bus operations of several decades ago were vastly more interesting (and colorful) than present-day operations.

Once the "Em-Tee-Ay" absorbed the the old "indy"outfits, the handwriting was already on the wall.......the days of diverse fleets, varied number fonts, and so much more vanished down the echoing corridors of time.

It's now all too modernized, standardized, and ultra-homogenized for Yours Truly's tastes......

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"DAYS OF DIVERSITY"..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153750

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153752

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153742

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"RECALLING THE DIVERSITY THAT ONCE WAS"...............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153348

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153447

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153466

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl//show?153752

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153466

I see at least one of the private bus companies had a slight graffiti problem (especially when compared to the subways).
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe the comment was made that the Flxible/Grumman 870 seemed to have been spared the "art" of graffiti. Unfortunenately here is an example...


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Talk about no respect . . . and on top of their reputation as "Borough Bombers" . . .
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

.......yes, it does indeed seem that the ill-fated "Borough Bombers" were also not immune to the graffiti scourge of the day; the SIRT seemed to get off pretty easy (graffiti-wise), back then.

In fact, most of the graffiti I did see on SIRT property were on the station signboards.

Though, of course, the now-iconic "Dangerfield" garnered little to no respect (through no fault of its own), the "Borough Bombers", on the other hand, never got any respect, and not surprisingly, due to their literally falling apart while "making their appointed rounds".

Though ALL graffiti was (and is) an unsightly scourge, the buses themselves still fared far, far better than the subway fleet; the IRT, without a doubt, was indeed blitzed big-time; the IND and the BMT also suffered the unsightly scourge of "urban art".

I particularly hated to see the classic SMEE equipment thoroughly encased in layer upon layer of garish "urban hyrogliphics"............. Sad

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