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 32356 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 569 Views: 964916 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 12:28 am   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ PSNJ "school tripper" cars............ In certain areas, PS operated "school tripper" cars, carrying students to school in the mornings, and home again in the afternoons. Las ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 738 Views: 992457 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 12:17 am   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Trivia....... When Miami retired their fleet of "T8J-204s", one was spared the torch, and finished its days as a mobile police command center. Also interesting to note...... A selec ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 316 Views: 340160 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 11:54 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! See also........ https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Nassau_Street-Jamaica_Line#Chambers_Street   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3061 Views: 1579680 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 11:31 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) "Noo Yawk" sports "nooze" for Friday: Well, the "Kan-ikker-bokkers" (looks like the animated Globetrotters are REALLY workin' overtime!) WON yet again! ("Noo Yawk ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 569 Views: 964916 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 9:16 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ Further.......... The Hoboken "El" (connecting Jersey City Heights to Hoboken) allowed PS streetcars to run direct to the bustling DL&W Terminal on the Hoboken waterfront, until Augus ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 569 Views: 964916 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 6:00 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ Too bad that PSNJ, like most agencies, was in to "bustifying," not that it would have mattered in the long run with the appearance of modern day rail cars. Cyberider: Again, I totally ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 569 Views: 964916 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 1:38 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ This nostalgic photo from 1932 depicts several pf PS's elderly semis laying over at the sprawling Plank Road facility (Newark). The semis were built by several builders, including BRILL, STEPHENSON ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1325 Views: 1552062 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 1:24 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! I suppose it made sense in Los Angeles with the usually favorable climate. Cvynerider: I totally agree. At the BYC's Gardenville yard, the repair pits were covered with wooden sheeting, to pr ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1325 Views: 1552062 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 11:35 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Date this Los Angeles PCC photo to 1957......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17259 (courtesy: nycsubway,org) This is an interesting photo; open-air inspection pits were not commonly u ...   Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 569 Views: 964916 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 11:23 pm   Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ PSNJ's semis................ The 1400-1700 series cars were semis, and, at the time the last were retired in late 1937, were the oldest cars in revenue service, dating back to the 1908-1910 period. ...   Topic: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 738 Views: 992457 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 8:44 pm   Subject: Now it's time to say good-bye...to the faithful RTS..... Here's an interesting page on the RTS that once served Miami, beginning in 1980........ https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Miami-Dade_Transit_1000-1259   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 316 Views: 340160 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 8:34 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Came across this interesting page........ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge-City_Hall/Chambers_Street_station Scroll down page for info/photos on the BMT station; of particular inter ...   Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1447 Views: 2080152 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 8:21 pm   Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... "What's in a name?" (just a bit of levity)........... Alternate names for a GREYHOUND/TRAILWAYS merger: "HOUNDWAYS" "'TRAILHOUND" (the former sounds like a re ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 316 Views: 340160 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 5:32 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: In an interesting "what if?" scenario, it would be interesting to see what the Chambers Street station would be liketoday, if: 1: The Nassau Street connection had not been bui ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3061 Views: 1579680 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 5:21 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) W.B.: I am now reminded of a circa-1936 Max Fleischer "Color Classic" cartoon, "Greedy Humpty Dumpty"..... 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