 |
BusTalk
A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 58
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 4243
Location: New York, New York, USA
|
 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 6:25 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Note how the stylish "STEINWAY" script above the windows of this "slant back" RTS recalls both "Soiface" and "stoa", way back in the day............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153400
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
["Q-101"] |
Actually, both "Soiface" ("Ride the Surface Way") and 1940's "Fack-Oh" and NYCO ("Go the Motor Coach Way"). " 'stoa's" script was the "Tee-Yay's" and considerably different. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:00 am Post subject: |
|
|
Speaking of "above the window" script lettering.........
Recall the big TDH-5502s (the only ones built) for the CMCCo ("Shik-aka")
I have one framed historic photo given to me nearly 30 years ago, showing CMCCo #544, with the slogan "THE BOULEVARD ROUTE" (in script) quite priminent over the windows....quite stylish, indeed! 
"NYO"
"'CHICAGO MOTOR COACH COMPANY"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 10:57 am Post subject: |
|
|
Further..........
Through the mid-1950s, the (now sadly defunct) "DE CAMP" had its name spelled out in block letters under the windows; by the later 1950s, the buses now carried the stylish, attractive "DE CAMP BUS LINES" script over the windows, and was thus displayed for many years............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153620
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
"NYO"
["66 MONTCLAIR"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 11:09 am Post subject: |
|
|
Also........
Several other NJ-based carriers also utilized script lettering on its buses, including:
ORANGE & BLACK
RED & TAN
BLUE & WHITE
DOMENICO
INTER-CITY
MANHATTAN LINES
LAKELAND
WESTWOOD COACHES
"NYO"
["RIDE THE RED & TAN LINES"] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 58
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 4243
Location: New York, New York, USA
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
That Pioneer bus in the 2d photo . . . I know the color scheme is different, but in how it was shaped, I wonder if they took after the "Em-Tee-Yay's" two-tone blue scheme . . .
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154557
(courtesy: nycsubway.org) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 10:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
W.B.:
Funny you should note this........
I also was thinking along the same lines, with the "Em-Tee-Yay's" two-tone blue arrangement coming to mind.
I now wonder what the "Are-Tee-Es" might have looked like, adorned in that two-tone blue?
Interestingly, the scheme worn by the "Are-Tee-Es" seemed to fit them, but looked totally out-of-place when applied to the Fishbowls and "Dangerfields"............
"NYO"
["CANARSIE"]
Last edited by NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 on Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:00 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 29748
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
BusTalk Main
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
BusTalk Galleries
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
