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Topic: Mountain View Coaches |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:17 pm Subject: Mountain View Coaches |
| Still more Mountain View Coaches |
Topic: Mountain View Coaches |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:14 pm Subject: Mountain View Coaches |
| More Mountain View Coaches |
Topic: Mountain View Coaches |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:12 pm Subject: Mountain View Coaches |
| Views of the Mountain View Coaches... is thios the one you were referring to? |
Topic: Hail To The Fishbowl |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 9:58 am Subject: Hail To The Fishbowl |
| For clarification purposes after 1953 all bus models, both urban and intercity, had air suspension. The models were the TDH-3714, TDH-4512, TDH/M-4515, TDH-4801, TDH-5105, TDH-5106, TDM/H-5108 and the ... |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 1:22 pm Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
Also the bus used in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in my opinion and am ninety nine point nine percent sure it was neither an ex-CMC or ex-FACCO double deck bus.
Why you ask? Because neither c ... |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2026 8:25 am Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
| The CTA not only had ex-CMC and CSL Mack post war models but in December 1956 thru April 1957 they acquired 100 Mack model C-49PGT. They were serial numbers 1727-1826. Propane powered with General Tir ... |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 6:45 pm Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
I discussed the Philadelphia ex-FACCO Queen Mary in the following post
http://forum.bustalk.info/viewtopic.php?t=5830&sid=b5aaf1dffb92f1dfee1c3c98663ce384 |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:18 am Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
In 1938 all three private companies purchased a single White Model 788.
Fifth Avenue Coach number 1086 serial 210799
New York City Omnibus number 499 serial number 210800
Surface Transportation ... |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 6:03 pm Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
| A Fifth Avenue Coach model TD-4506 as delivered in the ODT gray and white color scheme |
Topic: Club Transport, Surface Transit, TARS, etc....... |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 6:01 pm Subject: Club Transport, Surface Transit, TARS, etc....... |
This is the Mount Vernon depot of Westchester Street Transportation. Formerly the Surface Transportation garage that you mentioned earlier.
Here is ex-Fifth Avenue Coach number 2500 transferred to ... |
Topic: B & O Bus Service |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:55 pm Subject: B & O Bus Service |
https://www.trains.com/ctr/railroads/passenger-service/railroad-bus-service-to-new-york-city/
Note the destination sign on one bus says to Brooklyn and the oher says to Rockefeller Center.
Enjoy ... |
Topic: The Blue Star Route |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 4:54 pm Subject: The Blue Star Route |
| Emblem found on the front of all Somerset Bus Line buses |
Topic: "To The Piers" (W. 42nd St.)/Uptown nostalgia |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 4:52 pm Subject: "To The Piers" (W. 42nd St.)/Uptown nostalgia |
| MaBSTOA and the Day Line |
Topic: Boulevard Bus Route 5 |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 3:54 pm Subject: Boulevard Bus Route 5 |
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153651
According to the Ohio Museum of Transportation production list this is a GM T6H-5306A serial number 0135 delivered in May 1969 and listed as Norma H. Lipp ... |
Topic: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
MaBSTOA 15
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 3:35 pm Subject: Imagine if FACCo had a facility like this! |
The CTA also acquired Yellow Coach and GM old look models from Chicago Surface Lines.
Said models were TG-3205, TD-3605, TG-4007, TD-4506 and TDH-4507.
What fascinates me is the difference in t ... |
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