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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| traildriver wrote: |
That '57 Olds three piece rear window kind of 'echoes' its GM PD-4104 "cousin", doesn't it?  |
traildriver:
Again, it's obvious that "great minds think alike"......I, also, was thinking of the rear window of a 4104! 
The rear windows of the 4104 and the SCENICRUISER (think, too, the 4103) were quite different and modern for the time; recall, most buses (transit and highway) used curved rear windows of different stylings, as did the early VW Beetles, which clearly echoed the rear-window styling of the buses of that time......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Toledo, Ohio, 1930's.
Ahh, what magnificent, sleek, stylish structures the streamlined bus depots were!
Note, also, the classic "It Happened One Night"-era front-engined coach.......
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/263319909451768222/
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traildriver
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traildriver
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As you may recall, I worked in that depot from 1971 to 1973...  |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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traildriver:
Thanks for this kink: I've read much on this historic station in a book I have about NYC stations; if this station had served buses instead of trains, its overall styling would have been right "in step" with other modern bus stations/terminals around the country.
Amazing, how, long ago, "modern" met sleek and stylish.
Today, "modern" is, for the most part, stark, cold, and anything BUT pleasing to the eye. 
Ahhh, "progress"..........
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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As you may recall, I worked in that depot from 1971 to 1973... |
traildriver:
Yes!
I recall you telling me this, awhile back......just think of all the now-classic buses you must gave seen there, back in the day!
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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traildriver:
Another great links...thanks!
I am certainly going to enjoy this, later on this evening......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Speaking of historic, streamlined, moderm bus stations, we would be amiss if we did not at least make brief mention of this once-stately, and beautiful facility*......
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/330029478913899234/
*Added bonus here....an Eighth Avenue Old Look......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Here's the GREYHOUND station at Jackson, TN (note the GREYHOUND 4104 and the "indy" Buffalo)
Judging by the autos in this view, it would seem to date this postcard to when "Bison" were still fairly recent.....
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/549509592029893474/
["FORGET HIGHWAY HASSLES-GO BY BUS!" |
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traildriver
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | | traildriver wrote: |
As you may recall, I worked in that depot from 1971 to 1973... |
traildriver:
Yes!
I recall you telling me this, awhile back......just think of all the now-classic buses you must gave seen there, back in the day!
"NYO" |
In the three years I was there, our fleet consisted of PD-4106's (just a few), PD-4107's, MC-5's and MC-7's, plus a few PD-4501 Scenicruiser's, most of which we had were converted to "combo's". Arrow & Black Hills Stage Lines was the only 'tenant line' in our depot. They ran a daily PD-4107 or PD-4903 on their long route from Omaha to Rapid City, SD.
When I was sent on a thirty day TDY assignment in San Francisco in '71, I then got to see all the "exotic" hand me down coaches moved from the 'mainline' to the commuter division's, including PD-4104's, PD-4103's and even some recently retired 'Silversides' PD-4151's. As well as the Fishbowls, and Old Looks...even a few Mack's. The Old Looks and Macks were used on the Marin County routes, the Fishbowls on the Peninsula routes, and the old parlor's on East Bay routes, for the most part... |
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traildriver
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Here's the GREYHOUND station at Jackson, TN (note the GREYHOUND 4104 and the "indy" Buffalo)
Judging by the autos in this view, it would seem to date this postcard to when "Bison" were still fairly recent.....
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/549509592029893474/
["FORGET HIGHWAY HASSLES-GO BY BUS!" |
That "indy" was operated by Gulf Transport Company, headquarterd in Mobile, AL. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, one of the last of its kind. They ran routes from St. Louis all the way to Mobile. |
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