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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 8:45 am Post subject:

W.B.:

Thanks for the info.

Does this route survive today (in any form) under the MTA?

Or, was it discontinued long ago?

'NYO"

["GMC"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 8:48 am Post subject:

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_the_Bronx

["Bx22"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 9:22 pm Post subject:

This photo of "Jetson" #2 dates to 1974.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153395

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

2 questions

1:

Was this an ex-FACL or "Tee-Yay" bus?

2:

What capacity was this bus beunf used in, when this photo was taken?(Parks Department,perhaps?)

"NYO"

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 1:14 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 12:17 pm Post subject:

W.B.:

Thanks!

This was the info I was looking for.......

NYO"

['NYCTA"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2026 4:26 pm Post subject:

On this day in 1948..............

The last four TARS streetcar lines in "da Bronx" are replaced by "Soiface" buses.

The TARS routes replaced were:

"B"

"S"

"T"

"V"

"NYO"

*(The northern Bronx would continue to be served by Westchester County cars until 1952)

["TARS"]

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 3:43 pm Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 5:03 pm Post subject:

W.B.:

Thanks for the additional info.

So hard to believe that, today, it has been many, many years since a red-and-cream "Soiface" bus growked and snorthed along the busy streets of "da Bronx".

Exceept for those remaining long-time Bronx residents who are now well up in years, no one in "da Bronx" today would even have the slightest concept of "Soiface" once an integral part of the borough......... Sad

"NYO"

["RIDE THE SURFACE WAY"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2026 11:30 pm Post subject:

What might have been for "The Little Red Bus That Coyld"..............

Had the company not gone under, would they have retired their new GRUMMANS at the same time that the MTA sidelined theirs?

Would they eventually operated METRO "Bs"?

Or,, woiold they have embraced the RTS, as did the MTA?

"NYO"

["GRUMMAM"]

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2026 6:14 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2026 1:39 pm Post subject:

W.B.:

As always, appreciate the detailed historical info.

I am now thinking of a group of "Dangerfields" purchased by the "See-Tee-Ay", back in the 60s; these buses were of the narrower sort, as they had to negotiate the tight clearances undereath a now-defunct "L" line.....

"NYO"

["FLXIBLE"[