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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 12:52 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Here are two nostalgic 1971 photos taken at the 165th Street terminal..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154673
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 12:35 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"Tee-Yay" rolling stock running on "foreign rails"..............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24431
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113309
https://www.nycsubway ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:54 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Interesting..........
The "Eye-En-Dee's" new "R-1s" were tested on "Bee-Em-Tee" rails.
In the last few years of service, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars operate ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 10:16 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
X-Astorian:
Again, I thank you for this information; I had not the slightest clue that this route had so many "variants".
This, now, has me thinking of the vintage bus photos at nycsub ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 8:05 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Wanted to bring this up (as we had been talking about "INDY" Jones and "Crocodile" Dundee)...........
In 1990's supernatural flick "GHOST", these station entrances at ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 6:10 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Speaking of shuttles, recall that, in 1920, the "Bee-Are-Tee" abandoned through train service between Rockaway Parkway and the Canarsie Pier.
A track loop was built at Rockaway Parkway, a ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 5:57 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"Shuttles"............
Though there is, of course, the shuttle on the Rockaways, most folks, hearing the word "shuttle" automatically think of the famed TSQ-GC line.
Of cours ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 5:44 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
Thanks; this is EXACTLY the info I was looking for!
Interesting, too, that these buses weren't the first "Noo Yawk" buses to have prefixes in front of the numbers; recall ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:55 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
WB.:
You're the one for this......
How many buses did the "Em-Tee-Yay" roster with the "PA" prefix before the number?
See:
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154962
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:48 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B.:
The 1938/1939 WF cars, in fact, DID look a mite out of place on the TSQ-GC shuttle (I also caught the hyphen between "GRAND" and "CENTRAL" on the roller curtain)
The TS ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:14 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Shuttle memories............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6879
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45874
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2875
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:33 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
From what I've read, that subway entrance (where the RTS was in the background) was at Columbus Circle; as I had stated earlier, you can see an "IRT 7th Avenue" sign over the stairway going ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:27 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
See the following:
https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/Crocodile-Dundee.php
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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:23 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
Thanks for the info.
I'm almost certain that this sequence was filmed in Manhattan, so your information on this bus running on Manhattan routes would be indeed valid.
"NYO"
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:17 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B.:
Great photos/links; thanks for posting here.
OK, so now, with the gap fillers at the TSQ end of the shuttle gone, this would translate into the only station still utilizing them would be 1 ... |
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