BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

X-Astorian:

Thank you for this information (somehow, I thought that you had a bit of knowledge, regarding this area in Queens!)

The last time I rode the BMT's Astoria line was back the days of the "RR"/"R"; I rode the #7 IRT too many times to count, back in the "Redbird" days.

After they were retired, I rode the 62's a few times on the line, but it just was not the same.

For all the subway railfanning I did, so long ago now, I now truly regret not "riding the buses", when the older ones were still in service, especially in Queens.

I can recall a time, back in the early 80's, when you could catch an R-10 ("Patton") on the "E"; I mostly rode them on the "CC"/"C".

A lot of GREAT memories, for sure............

["NYO"]

["E CHAMBERS ST"

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

TRIBORO memories (1970's).................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155250

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155268

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155267

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Q29 QUEENS BOULEVARD"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Queens Village Garage, 1977..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153265

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154778

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154773

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154834

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Q1 Bellrose"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Scroll down page to the "SETTING AND LOCATION" section...........

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

"Those were the days....."

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168th & Jamaica, 1972...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154476

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["17A TO CITY LINE"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Hillside & Merrick, 1972........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153233

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["4 TO 235 ST"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

165th St. Terminal, 1971.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["4 TO 235 ST"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

146th & Archer, 1972............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153227

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["2011"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

In the 1977 AITF episode,"MIKE THE PACIFIST", Archie made it QUITE clear that he was NOT enamored with "da Bronx" (which of course, by that time, had really been hit hard by rampant crime, out-of-control graffiti, as well as other factors.

Here are several early 70's MABSTOA photos, taken in up "da Bronx", in the early 70's........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155653

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153827

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154063

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153819

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["MaBSTOA"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's a few more nostalgic early 70's shots taken up in "da Bronx", back in the days when REAL buses were still on the job........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154048

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153962

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155114

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155654

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["27 TO SOUTHERN BLVD"]

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Grand Concourse & Fordham, 1976........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155536

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Bx1 GRAND CONCOURSE"]

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Park & Fordham, 1974.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155010

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["Bx3 Fordham Plz"]

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3rd & Fordham, 1978.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153933

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["Flxible"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

First-generation Fishbowl #3133 at West Farms, back in 1971, with a quite depressed Bronx neighborhood as a backdrop............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153810

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["3133"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Tremont & Boston, 1971..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155112

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["26 TO EASTCHESTER RD"]