BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 22903 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 12:07 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... ENY shops, 1962........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151314 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Up above, we have a "Triplex" and a "Standard"; down below, we see a " ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:52 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Appreciate the additional information, as always. The lead "Jetson" looked as though it had some serious encounter with either another vehicle, or perhaps, a stationary object. ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:27 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here we have a train of "Triplex" units climbing the ramp at Fresh Pond, working a 1975 fantrip; note several retired Fishbowls in between the ramps, silently awaiting their ultimate fate... ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:14 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! (SEE PREVIOUS POST) NO RESPECT whatsoever for these bruised and battle-scarred "Dangerfields"........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154953 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/s ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:06 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: GREAT photo; gives you an idea of how the "Dangerfield" fleet would have looked, equipped with batwings (what a sight at night!) Man, between the graffiti epidemic and th ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 8:52 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... ......just imagine if a few the fearsome "D"-type Triplex units had been converted into "self-contained" work trains. Those beefy, hefty beasts would have made short shrift of v ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 5:16 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "Kissin' cousins" to the "R-62s" are the unique "R-127/R-134" refuse motors; these unique cars are indeed interesting, but seldom discussed. "Box motors", if ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 5:08 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Further......... I wonder if "Bomber" #631 was delivered with batwings already in place, or was this done "in house" by the "Em-Tee-Yay", after delivery? Imagine if ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 12:33 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... ........when railfans start "waxing nostalgic" over the "R-62s", that, my friends, is a sign that far too many years have elapsed, since these silver cars were first put into servi ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 12:27 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Interesting........... Take notice that there is only ONE photo of "Batwing Bomber" #631 at nycsubway.org. It would seem to Your's Truly that such an "oddball" would have app ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 12:25 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Seen here at the 207th Street yards back in 2001, and flanked by classic rolling stock, it is obvious that "62" #1370 had recently suffered one heckuva "Excedrin" day (hopefully, n ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:42 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED" (Tompkinsville, 1973).......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?21956 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45577 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) [&qu ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 104 Views: 2205 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:37 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Seen here at the 207th Street yards back in 2001, and flanked by classic rolling stock, it is obvious that "62" #1370 had recently suffered one heckuva "Excedrin" day (hopefully, n ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:29 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "BATWING BOMBER" (a la "stoa")........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154036 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Am curious if "Bomber" #631 was intended as a "p ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 137 Views: 2948 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 9:12 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B: Recall, back in 1980. the newest buses in the "Em-Tee-Yay" fleet were, of course, the new GRUMMANS (aka "Borough Bombers") Hopefully, these rolling basket cases at least ...   Page 1 of 1527 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1525, 1526, 1527  Next All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum PLEASE READ FIRST!----------------Announcements & InformationMember Introductions and AnnouncementsMember Feedback & Help Featured Forums----------------Hot Topics & Current EventsGeneral Bus Forum - All Bus TopicsGeneral Transportation - All Other ModesHobbyist Trips, Events, Outings, & MeetingsSurface Transit Resources on the Web New York Transit Forums----------------New York City BusesNew York City Bus RostersLong Island & Westchester BusesUpstate New York Surface TransitMTA News, Current Events & HappeningsToday in New York City Transit History Surface Transportation Worldwide----------------Transit Bus ManufacturersSurface Transit - Eastern United StatesSurface Transit - Western United StatesSurface Transit - CanadaSurface Transit - Everywhere ElseOver The Road Carriers Transit Employees & Employment----------------Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & IssuesBus Transportation Planning The Transit Hobbyist, Historian, Enthusiast----------------Photographs, Bus Logs and Route Suggestion IdeasBuses in Pop CultureExchange Place & Collector's CornerBus Preservation, Conversion, & SalesThe Bus Modeler  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group