BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

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For comparison...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156587 *

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155326

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

*Your's Truly has resided within several blocks of this location since 1974!)

["NJDOT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Good thing.........

Good thing at that NJT did not inherit any later-model Old Look "suboibans" (which had then long since been retired).....I SHUDDER to thin of what they would look like in that dreaded NJT "EPDD" paint.........

"NYO"

["RIVER ROAD EXPRESS"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"NO RESPECT"!!!!!!!

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154490

(courtesy: nycsubway.oirg)

["SPECIAL"]

[MaBSTOA 15]

The Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority operated a mix bag of buses built by almost every builder at the time the BoT and NYCTA were formed. They all came fro the companies they took over.

Eastside Omnibus (Manhattan)
Comprehensive Omnibus (Manhattan)

Mack model 6Cl3S
Mack model 6BT3S
Mack model C-41-DT
GM model Td-4506

Isle Transportation (Staten Island)

White model 798
ACF model H12S
ACF model H-17S
ACF model H-13S
ACF model H-15S
ACF model 26HS
ACF model 26U

North Shore (Queens)

Twin Coach model 40R
Twin Coach model 40RL
Twin Coach model 41G
Twin Coach model 41S
Twin Coach model 23R
Twin Coach model 37R
White model 687
White model 54A
White model 684
Yellow model ZBM-617

Brooklyn Bus

ACF model H-17S
Mack model CT-3G

BoT bought the following new in 1941

Twin Coach model 41GE
Twin Coach model 41GDE

Plus from Brooklyn Bus the following trolley coaches

ACF model E1
Twin Coach
Pullman

Three very interesting models wre the following

ACF-Brill C-48 demo in 1948. In 1950 it was converted to propane and sold to the CTA and it was their number 2700.

My favorite was the Pickwick Duplex that came from North Shore and the two REO model 96HT Victory Busand went to the BOT-NYCTA

All prewar and gas buses were gone by 1948.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

MaBSTOA 15:

THANK YOU for taking the time to post of of this extensive (and most interesting!) data....MUCH appreciated!

Indeed, what you listed was the EPITOME of a "mixed bag" of buses; it's a pretty safe bet to sat that the bus enthusiasts of that time could NOT complain of there not being enough "diversity"!

Thanks again for sharing this great info.........

"NYO"

["BoT"]