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All:

Any word on when NJT will retire its fleet of NEOPLAN artics and NABIS? I know the buses have to be close to 15 years old now, at least.

Also, when these buses are retired, what will replac ...

In this 1982 photo, we see one of SOMERSET's Champions along a more-sedate Fishbowl, awaiting their next runs.

Timeless classics, both.............

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Yes...I remember when I first saw Somerset's Champion's in the Port....
IIRC, they came to market at about the same time is the MC-7....sometime in 1968. I rode Somersets Route 15 to Clark and back ...

When I lived in Omaha, in 1971-1973, the Omaha Transit Company entire fleet consisted of these Twin's, IIRC... The only GMC New Look's that came into town, were those from cross-river Council Bluffs ...

Pretty cool stuff.

John:

Agreed 100%, my friend!

Back in the day, we (transit enthusiasts) were truly spoiled rotten, by the variety of equipment that then was in daily use.

Back in the ea ...

MaBSTOA 15:

Thanks for sharing these pictures; glad to know that the bus which was fitted with a "New Look" style front has been preserved! Very Happy

I always thought that the "as built ...

All:

About 1950, the CTA ordered 500 propane powered TWIN COACHES (Model #520-S2P)

Can anyone tell me more on these CTA buses?

I seem to recall that they ran until at least the early 1970's ( ...

NYPD RTS #9598 at 42nd St. (undated photo).............

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All:

Here's a photo from 1978 showing NYC TRANSIT POLICE Fishbowl #3000, at Battery Pl. and Greenwhich Street.........

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In recent years, the aforementioned NYPD Highway Patrol precinct had an old RTS bus usually parked there, but when I drove by there yesterday, I noticed even that has been replaced by an MCI 102DL3... ...

A nostalgic view (1981) of TRIBORO Fishbowl #911 (that number is truly ironic)

The L&H APPLIANCES sign in the background is also quite nostalgic in itself; note "COLOR TV" and "S ...

That was bus 743. The bus was donated by TCC to the NYPD. It was christened as Highway District # and bore fleet number 3301. It was kept at the precinct on the north side of the Grand Central Park ...

All:

Back in the late 1990's, pre-9/11 2000's, I used to regularly see an ex-TRIBORO (?) Fishbowl during the morning rush hour, passing by the Twin Towers.

You could see the outlines of the old ...

The Journal Square of my memories, 1972.

Here we see R&T Old Look #37 (note the driver sporting a white shirt and tie!) holding down a local route, while flanked by Fishbowls of the DOWNTOWN BU ...

Here is an interesting picture showing SHBL's faithful old #B-8, far off the beaten path of Kennedy Boulevard (Jersey City-Bayonne) at Clifton, Staten Island, back in 1971.

This might have been a f ...