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Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:58 am Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
Interesting that 10 of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro utilize rubber-tired trainsets, as is also commonplace in Paris and in Montreal.
Here is yet another metro/subway system with an interes ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:45 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
Has anyone else noticed (regarding the former "bus repository" between the BMT ramps at Fresh Pond Road) that the buses, in every photo, are parked facing OUT from the narrowest part of the ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:30 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
These two dismal depressing photos depict prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars being scrapped at 207th Street and CIY*..........
(note the straps and number plates left intact as the cars were ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:21 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
"8TH AVENUE" (BMT Canarsie line)
(note new Vickers frieze in two photos)...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1463
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1464 (IND styling, f ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:13 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
Twenty-four years separate these IRT signs at 23rd Street and Main Street (Flushing)............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?540
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37
(courtesy: nycs ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:06 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
"BROADWAY NASSAU" (today's "FULTON STREET"), IND.
The contours of the platform area eerily recall a typical London Underground deep-level tube station..........
https://www.n ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:51 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B.:
Thanks for posting these photos: I knew that the Broad Street station had been renovated/re-tiled sometime after I retired in 2004 (as I have recalled in the past, my building was right smack ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:30 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
In 1970, the last ex-SURFACE TDH-5106s were retired; for some time, they were stored in the yard at the Colesium depot.
One of these distinctive buses (with the protruding front sign box) can be se ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:27 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
"EUCLID AVENUE" (IND)............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52738
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?942
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
["INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM'] |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:19 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
(SEE PREVIOUS POSTS)
"BROADWAY" (Boston)
Again, the "Noo Yawk" subway influence is at once obvious here........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69936
(courtesy: nyc ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:05 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
Further comparison of station tablet tiles ("BROAD STREET" [BMT]/"WYOMING"[BSS])...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?98426
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show? ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:21 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
The historic Buenos Aires Underground has a rich tramway subway/rapid transit heritage; interestingly, a number of older cars from Tokyo were purchased for further service in later years (some interes ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:00 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
These pages contain many interesting photos of the diverse rolling stock* used in Tokyo, through the decades:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metro_rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wik ... |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:36 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
Here's a interesting page on the sleek Kolkata Metro (India)...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Metro
["METRO RAILWAY"] |
Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:31 pm Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros |
The Cairo Metro, the first built in the Middle East...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Metro
["LINE 1"] |
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