BusTalk

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Roosevelt Avenue (IND), long, long ago..............

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["EE"]

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W.B.:

THIS one's for you (Avenue "X", 1968); this is the FIRST time I ever saw this one!

Note also the lone (gutted) Fishbowl and the line of old BRT line poles.

Any further info on the "Shermans"?

Indeed, it looks like "Avenue X" was more than likely the next-to-the-last stop for these veterans........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151333

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["INTERBOROUGH"]

[MaBSTOA 15]

I beg to differ. The gutted fishbowl looks more like an ACF-Brill IC-41 model.

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[W.B. Fishbowl]

The "Shermans" look like they may be the 5101's ordered in 1948 by the "Bee O'Tee." The area around the rear passenger exit looks a bit different from the 40-footers from 1953 to '59.

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W.B;

Appreciate the info, as always .

It would seem that this yard at Avenue "X" was a repository for retired "Tee-Yay" buses, as was the narrow area between the BMT El ramps at Fresh Pond Road, going by the photos we have seen...........

"NYO"

["BoT"]

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W.B.:

Getting back to lighting in NYC transit facilities.......

We know that the IND's Euclid Avenue station was the first to be illuminated by florescent lighting (1948)

The first "buses" to have florescent lighting were the postwar Brooklyn trolleybuses.

The first postwar subway cars lit by foresecent lights were the R-10s/R-12s in 1948.

Question:

When did florescent lighting begin to be installed in bus garages?

Did the "Bee-oh-Tee" ever install such lighting in their garages, or was it the "Tee-Yay" that initiated the installation of florescent lighting in the garages/depots?

Curious......

"NYO"

['NYCTA"]

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Flatbush depot, 1955.

Here we have two formidable "Pattons" awaiting their next runs; note the florescent lighting...........

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["60-WILSON"]

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Ulmer Park Depot, 1955; in this view, we see a trio of postwar "Oddballs" patiently awaiting the next call to duty..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156954

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["1517"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[frankie]

I'm sure this is one of the New York City Transit Authority Mack C-50's that I've rode as a kid back in the '50's. I lived a few doors up from Wilson Ave. Love the stiff ride and the rattling windows to the point that you would think they would pop out of their frames. Glenwood Road was one of three eastbound terminus on Wilson along with Hageman and E. 108th St. Bridge Plaza was the west terminus.

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frankie:

There is a large one-page photo (1949) in "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES BUS & TROLLEY COACH FLEET" (Greller) showing the interior of the old 39th Street depot in Brooklyn; here we see a number of 4300-series Old Looks in one of the bays, which is lit by incandescent lighting.

I would certainly agree with you, that once the NYCTA took over, that the instillation of florescent lights at garages/depots accelerated pretty rapidly (also, the subway car repair shops and barns)

Too, like yourself, I am curious as to the installation of florescent lighting in the depots that once were operated by the private outfits.....did they keep pace with the NYCTA, or lag behind a bit?

"NYO"

["TA"]

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In this 1978 photo, we see two ex-B&QT streetcars undergoing restoration at the CIY shops.

Note the overhead lighting (mercury vapor?).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?7690

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["CLARK"]

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ENY garage, 1980.

Here we see "bullet" Fishbowl #6347 in the midst of a well-deserve rest from daily chores..............

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["M"]