BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Former DE CAMP routes.........

How many of these routes were taken over by NJT, when DE CAMP abandoned commuter service, a few years back?

How many were simply discontinued?

Back in the day, I well recall the long, long defunct "22"(JSQ-Caldwell); I also remember the "33" (to New York), the "77" (NY-Livingston); back in the 80s, I can remember seeing (1990s) Metro "Bs" working on the #32 (this line passed through Union City)

Appreciate info, as always............

"NYO"

["DE CAMP BUS LINES"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also...........

Did NJT take over DE CAMP's fleet, or were the coaches sold off ?

"NYO"

['77 LIVINGSTON"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Route #32.............

This was a "local" line; it was unusual in that it used local streets in Union City to reach the Lincoln Tunnel.

I remember the buses running along 32nd Street, bypassing the "S-3" tunnel cuts through Union City.

I last remember Metro "Bs" on this line; I'm going back a number of years, here...........

"NYO"

["32 NEW YORK"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

STILL hard to believe that the fabled, historic name of DE CAMP is no longer a part of New Jersey bus operations.

Amazing that it had remained independent right to the end, escaping a takeover by NJT.

I'll always have fond memories of this historic New Jersey bus company and its fleet of handsome Old Looks, ACF-BRILLs, and Fishbowls.........

"NYO"

["22 JERSEY CITY"]

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Footnote:

DE CAMP's long-defunct #22 (Jersey City-Caldwell) was long regarded by DE CAMP as a "stepchild".

Small wonder, then, it was still possible to ride on the company's oldest buses, through the 1960s, on this route.

Mom and I used this line often, back then, when going out to visit relatives who then resided in West Orange.

How well I recall those big Old Looks and tough-looking ACF-BRILLS, in my much, much uounger days.........

"BYO"

["22 JERSEY CITY-CALDWELL"]