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 655 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Wright Bus in Northern Ireland N4 Jamaica Replies: 1 Views: 232 Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers   Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:34 am   Subject: Wright Bus in Northern Ireland To enter administration in the UK apparently resembles filing for bankruptcy. Unfortunately, 1, 200 bus building jobs are at stake at Wrightbus in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Link [url=https://www.belfast ...   Topic: Halifax Transit takes right on red N4 Jamaica Replies: 0 Views: 95 Forum: Surface Transit - Canada   Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:27 pm   Subject: Halifax Transit takes right on red Halifax Transit takes right on red, but a trauma doctor disapproves. Link [url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/halifax/trauma-doc-says-allowing-buses-to-turn-right-on-red-lights-too-dangerous- ...   Topic: Staten Island Advance, 33 bus photos N4 Jamaica Replies: 7 Views: 476 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:34 pm   Subject: Staten Island Advance, 33 bus photos Photos of past flooding: High Water, 1993, on S 40. Deep Water on Richmond Terrace, 1982, maybe within a mile of last week's flooding with a low floor. Also: Hylan Blvd floods, 1980 and 1993. Als ...   Topic: Staten Island Advance, 33 bus photos N4 Jamaica Replies: 7 Views: 476 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:29 am   Subject: Staten Island Advance, 33 bus photos On its website today, the Staten Island Advance links to 33 photos of vintage scenes of transit buses on the island. There are four or five photos of Macks, and one of a GMC in 1953. [url=https://e ...   Topic: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... N4 Jamaica Replies: 113 Views: 3844 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:30 pm   Subject: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... It amazes me that the three-color signal appeared in Detroit in 1920! [url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/227457/"]Created by William Potts - ...   Topic: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... N4 Jamaica Replies: 113 Views: 3844 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:35 pm   Subject: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... Thanks, also, for telling me that the IND had black conductors during the 1930's; as much as I've researched the IND over the years, and as many old IND photos I have seen over the years, I've not y ...   Topic: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... N4 Jamaica Replies: 113 Views: 3844 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:58 pm   Subject: There's more to a picture than meets the eye..... Getting back to hiring African-Americans: I think the book "In Transit: Transport Workers Union, 1933-1966" by Joshua Freeman treats the topic somewhat. I could be mistaken, but I think the ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:27 am   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) In this "ol 'timey" TARS scene, we see TROLLEY cars (note the trolley poles and overhead wires!) at Arthur Avenue & Fordham Road, sometime in the 40's. The cars are signed for routes ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:38 am   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116638 (courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org) Is that an Avenue B and East Broadway Mack circling the small island at the tip of City Hall Park? I think the TARS car ...   Topic: Scheduled bus services on narrow lanes in England N4 Jamaica Replies: 0 Views: 163 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:35 pm   Subject: Scheduled bus services on narrow lanes in England This thread may be of interest to bus fans. [url=https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-narrowest-roads-served-by-buses.187161/]Bus service on narrow lanes In the five boroughs of New York Ci ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:28 pm   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) This bustling 1940's photo of a VERY busy Bridge Plaza depot shows no buses, it brought to my mind a bus-related question. I have seen later photos of this facility* (in this configuration) showing ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:29 pm   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) Joe: Earlier, you had mentioned fare boxes aboard the Peter Witts; check this one out........ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?94190 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) The date on that photo is 1 ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:24 am   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) Circa-1941, downtown Brooklyn is bustling with commerce and activity; it would seem that, in this view, the lone bus was indeed in the ULTRA-minority, among the Peter Witts and the PCC's....... htt ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:30 pm   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) Another "old and new" photo at the busy Bridge Plaza station........ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?31063 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) The photo of 8367 gives a good view of the se ...   Topic: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 Jamaica Replies: 386 Views: 14905 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:21 pm   Subject: Dateline: 1969 (also, other assorted vintage scenes) N4 (Joe): Just came across this PCC turnstile photo........ "NYO" http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/nyc/htm/bqt725.htm (courtesy: newdavesrailpix) Thanks for that excell ...   Page 1 of 44 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 42, 43, 44  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