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 2483 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 9:15 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "LEADING THE SUCCESSOR" (Livingston & Boerum, 1981) This 1981 photo is indeed symbolic; here we have (still attired in classic "Tee-Yay" green) "Jetson" #2067, clo ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 9:14 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: As always, greatly appreciate your "in-depth" historical info. Just imagine if the "Em-Tee-Yay" decided to go with "slant back" RTS right from the get-go (as ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 9:09 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... For some reason when seeing those Berlin U-Bahn pictures Kraftwerk music (regardless of whether it's "Autobahn" or "Trans-Europe Express" or "Musique Non Stop") keeps pop ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 4:27 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Quick question: It would seem that, with the infusion of new "Are-Tee-Es" in the early 1980's, that replacement of the "Borough Bombers" would have been high on the "Em-Tee ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 7:24 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Graffiti........... It was, as we know, that rampant subway graffiti established a firm stronghold in "Noo Yawk", beginning in the 70s; it was, indeed, an unsettling "social commenta ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:00 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: You and I, both (and many older fellows) still lament the passing of both classic SMEE equipment and, of course, the time-honored RFW. Now, I have to be honest here, and have to say that t ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 6:07 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Agreed. Perhaps a another good moniker for the "R-16" might have been the "Jumbos"? (when compared to the "R-17")? I, also, would have loved seeing ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:24 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Just a little "aside" here........... Recall how the "R-12/14s" were scaled-down versions of the "R-10s" (aka "Thunderbirds"), built by ACF/ I have to adm ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:22 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Thanks, as always, for the additional info. Just curious, when the "Em-Tee-Yay" first started taking delivery of "Torpedoes", who got the first? "Em-Tee-Yay&quo ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 4:00 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here's three early-1980s photos of "stoa" RTS ("PA"-series).............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156271 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156292 https://www ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 3:58 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... (SEE PREVIOUS POST) W.B.: Compare these photos depicting an early "Hi-V" (IRT) with an LIRR "MP-41"............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?138710 https://www.n ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 1:20 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Now, look at the "Aitch & Em's" 33rd St. terminal, which opened in 1940, the same year that the "Eye-En-Dee's" 6th Avenue line opened. Though the "tubes" were inde ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 164 Views: 3335 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:46 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... In the "color band" tile schemes and streamlined look (i.e. no elaborate mosaics), "fer shurr"; don't know about the other parts. Philly's subway certainly drew from "Noo Yaw ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:40 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Agreed; that photo was, indeed, NOT of the best quality.....not by a long shot. But, again, it was quite a symbolic image, especially that the veteran "Jetson" was still wearing ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 174 Views: 4414 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:02 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "LEADING THE SUCCESSOR" (Livingston & Boerum, 1981) This 1981 photo is indeed symbolic; here we have (still attired in classic "Tee-Yay" green) "Jetson" #2067, clo ...   Page 1 of 166 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 164, 165, 166  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