BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 766 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Near Cork, Ireland, double-decker stuck under bridge N4 Jamaica Replies: 5 Views: 139 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:58 am   Subject: Near Cork, Ireland, double-decker stuck under bridge A double-decker on Bus Eireann Route 220 late at night October 9, 2020, got stuck under a bridge. The driver was supposed to go over the bridge, not under it. Nobody was hurt. The model is called VWD, ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ N4 Jamaica Replies: 136 Views: 15519 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:18 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ Until September, 1938, "PALISADE" line cars ran between this terminal and the Park; during the off-season, the cars simply terminated at Palisades Junction, two blocks west. Thirty years la ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ N4 Jamaica Replies: 136 Views: 15519 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:28 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ Mom, Dad, my sister and I always walked the sidewalk from the Edgewater ferry to Palisades Amusement. Once, when I was twelve or so, a friendly family of five gave me a day at the park with them, and ...   Topic: Farewell to Metro North West-of-Hudson rail service? N4 Jamaica Replies: 111 Views: 5636 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:54 pm   Subject: Farewell to Metro North West-of-Hudson rail service? Interesting a few posts back that you should have contrasted the cramped PATH cars with the CNJ coaches on the Raritan Valley line. I never thought of that real problem. It ended up preferable to ride ...   Topic: #11 BUS LINE (CHRISTOPHER ST., 1952) N4 Jamaica Replies: 39 Views: 3469 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:15 pm   Subject: #11 BUS LINE (CHRISTOPHER ST., 1952) I recall when the D.C. Transit Arcticoolers arrived at the Avondale (Eastern & Michigan, N.E.) terminal, on I believe route E2 to Lafayette Square. I may have then complained that the moniker need ...   Topic: #11 BUS LINE (CHRISTOPHER ST., 1952) N4 Jamaica Replies: 39 Views: 3469 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:07 am   Subject: #11 BUS LINE (CHRISTOPHER ST., 1952) This is a guess from Joe McMahon. If you work north from South Ferry, you can ask which buses met the ferries. South Ferry had an east side route (first and 2nd avenues, whatever chronology you wish) ...   Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... N4 Jamaica Replies: 201 Views: 20555 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:36 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... Yes,it's quite a game to look at smaller intercity carriers. Because bus owners did not have to build a rail network, using public roads, they had two major expenses: buying or leasing buses, plus the ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:00 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Remembering those distinctive and handsome convertibles....... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116865 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Buses replaced streetcars on the 42nd Street Crosst ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:25 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Here's another page (w/photos) on the TARS cars that were sold for further service in South America........ www.donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr199.htm (courtesy: donsdepot) Many thanks for the ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:06 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Joe: Came across this 1930's photo showing two TARS deck roof cars working the "P" line; a NYW&B station (with its overhanging sign) is seen on the left....... https://www.newdaves ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:16 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Just came across this quite interesting page "WESTCHESTER COUNTY INTERURBANS" (trolleys); there are maps/photos/dates/links, etc., here.... www.vizettes.com/kt/ne-interurbans/ny/westchest ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:17 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Vienna.......a long, long, way from former TARS territory....... https://www.newdavesrailpix.com/tars/htm/tars146.htm https://www.newdavesrailpix.com/tars/htm/tars148.htm https://www.newdaves ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:27 am   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Thanks for that excellent, informative list. Vincent Seyfried's books detail the history of some. After the war, Dad brought me on the full length of seven of the BMT lines then under threat of busti ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:57 pm   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Yes, Dad brought me on the Queensborough Bridge route when it had those 'TARS" cars. I recall being very excited when the New Bedford cars showed up, more modern. And I knew of New Bedford becaus ...   Topic: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs N4 Jamaica Replies: 364 Views: 24697 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:08 am   Subject: New York's only PCC's/trolley-dodgin' days in the boroughs Mention must be made of the underground TARS station at 38th St...... www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/38st.html Sorry, but this was not Third Avenue Railway System (red and cream streetcars) ...   Page 1 of 52 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 50, 51, 52  Next All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum PLEASE READ FIRST!----------------Announcements & InformationMember Introductions and AnnouncementsMember Feedback & Help Featured Forums----------------Hot Topics & Current EventsGeneral Bus Forum - All Bus TopicsGeneral Transportation - All Other ModesHobbyist Trips, Events, Outings, & MeetingsSurface Transit Resources on the Web New York Transit Forums----------------New York City BusesNew York City Bus RostersLong Island & Westchester BusesUpstate New York Surface TransitMTA News, Current Events & HappeningsToday in New York City Transit History Surface Transportation Worldwide----------------Transit Bus ManufacturersSurface Transit - Eastern United StatesSurface Transit - Western United StatesSurface Transit - CanadaSurface Transit - Everywhere ElseOver The Road Carriers Transit Employees & Employment----------------Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & IssuesBus Transportation Planning The Transit Hobbyist, Historian, Enthusiast----------------Photographs, Bus Logs and Route Suggestion IdeasBuses in Pop CultureExchange Place & Collector's CornerBus Preservation, Conversion, & SalesThe Bus Modeler  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group