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 Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 267 Views: 480443 |
 Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:53 pm Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
It would stand to reason that "juice buggies" will be playing a major role here....... 
https://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/html/home/home.shtml ("MTA Bus"] |
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| Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 2907 Views: 1504215 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:46 pm Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
| Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................
Just "hoid " on "da nooze" that "Doze Arrogant Squeakers From Da Bronx" were CLOBBERED by "Dee-Troit" earlier (12-1!) ... |
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| Topic: Mountain View Coaches |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3 Views: 51 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:41 pm Subject: Mountain View Coaches |
| MaBSTOA 15:
AWESOME selection of CLASSICS......REAL buses, indeed.....THANK YOU for posting! 
While I DO remember sometimes seeing these buses as a lad, 60-odd years back, these are ... |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:47 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
| Cyberider:
See....... www.clevelandmemory.org/brookins/index.html ['KUHLMAN"] |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:27 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
| Doesn't look worth saving but I suppose some of the younger set might disagree.
Cyberider: At most trolley/rail museums nowadats, much of the volunteer "base" is aging,and, sadly, pass ... |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 7:52 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
Looks like the days of "REAL" streetcars seeking asylum at railway museums after retirement is now a thing of the past........ 
https://www.wrm.org/fundraising-campaigns/car-1534 [& ... |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 6:11 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
"ALIEN INVASION".............. 
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?58787 (courtesy:nycsybway.org) ["1469"] |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:48 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
| News report...............
https://www.sfmta.com/blog/bye-bye-breda-take-last-ride-transit-superstar ["BREDA"] |
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| Topic: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 6 Views: 1391 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:46 pm Subject: "Bye, Bye, Breda" (MUNI) |
Seems that MUNI is retiring the last of its30-year old BREDAli ght rail units......oh, woe is me, my heart is breaking.....(!!) 
"NYO" ["MUNI"] |
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| Topic: Hail To The Fishbowl |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 11 Views: 2686 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:35 pm Subject: Hail To The Fishbowl |
| New Looks (I don't remember anyone referring to them as Fishbowls back then) arrived early in Phoenix, 1959 or 1960, as I recall, much to my chagrin. They were replacing some of my beloved Old Looks ... | |
| Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1302 Views: 1508522 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:19 pm Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
| That was a painful transition for sure.
Cyberider: Indeed it was for me.
I grew up with the Newark PCCs, railfanned the Subway extensively in later years, and always derived so much inten ... |
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| Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 267 Views: 480443 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:23 am Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
| Meanwhile, up in "Bah-ston" (current bus roster).........
The MBTA currently rosters 80 40-foot NEW FLYER "juice buggies";some of these have left-hand doors for operation in the ... |
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| Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1446 Views: 2031185 |
Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:11 am Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
| Also of interest..........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplan_USA ["159 NEW YORK"] |
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| Topic: "Green Hornets"/"Ls"/Interurbans |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 298 Views: 543550 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 8:00 am Subject: "Green Hornets"/"Ls"/Interurbans |
| Catenary-powered rapid transit lines...........
When the CTA converted the (Yellow Line) "Skokie Swift" from catenary to third rail in the early 2000s, it also marked the end of rapid tr ... |
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| Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1302 Views: 1508522 |
Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 7:52 am Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
| "TRANSITION"(2001).........
From "Newark City Subway" to "Newark Light Rail"; and from "PCC" to "Baby Beluga" LRV................ 
ht ... |
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