BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

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"Dangerfield" roller curtain comparisons............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154269

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154661

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's an interesting "comparison" photo taken at the Rockaway Parkway yard, back in 1969.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?80157

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["GG FOREST HILLS"

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"Slant 40" end curtains, pre- and post rebuilding.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?43884

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5285

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["F"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

A HUGE difference (to say the least) between the "big and bold" roller curtains used on MSBA's GRUMMAN buses, and the electronic signs used on the "Em-Tee-Yay's" own "Borough Bombers".............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156580 (note the "N35" sign is both upper and lower case; the bus on the right has an "all caps" curtain )

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153277

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["B47 KINGSTON AVE"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Funny, I can only remember the "Artens" (aka "Thunderbirds") on the "CC"/"C", and, for a years years after the "Thunderbirds" were retired, the "R-27/30s"

I DO recall, after I graduated in 1975, riding "Anines" on the "CC" (then rush hours only); I knew that, when the noisy old "Arnines" were coming out to play, yet another rush hour was about to get underway.

Too, there was a brief "swap" in the early 80's, where the "Artens" were switched to the "E", and "R-44s/46s" on the "CC" (Your's Truly, of course, switched over to the "E" during this brief period!)

I can also recall, several times, riding the "F to and from Coney Island, aboard a "Slant 40", back in the early 1980s (that large window on the storm door sure made for a great view!)

Too, regarding new roller curtains with both upper and lower case letters, I wonder who was the whiz who came up with that idea?

I LOVED those HUGE rear exit door signs on the batwing buses; those signs practically SHOUTED out to all potential passengers, as to what line the bus was operating on!

Ahhh, where have the years gone........

"NYO"

["BUS-O-RAMA"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"The BOLD and the BEAUTIFUL" (batwing rear exit roller curtains)...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154673

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154690

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154902

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["41 TO AVE U"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Comparing old and new "Thunderbird" bulkhead curtains...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2463

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2374

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["A WASH HTS"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Speaking of "Thunderbird" paint jobs, these iconic cars wore a number of different schemes over the years, as seen here...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?75916

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2439

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2378

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?63227

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?158529

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["HH"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's two Fishbowls displaying old and new roller curtains (1972)................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154688

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153372

(courtesty: nycsubway.org)

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

In this wintry scene from 1977, we see "Jetson" #2017 still carrying its classic, old-style roller curtain, while working the "Q44"............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153230

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Q44"]

[X-Astorian]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

A-Astorian:

Thanks for sharing this additional info; being from New Jersey, I was not at all aware of this.

I always found Queens to be a quite interesting borough, not just because of the various subway routes (and the NYCTA/MTA bus routes), but also, for the several independent bus companies that once were based there, and, also, the LIRR and the Roosevelt Island Tram............

"NYO"

["GMC"]