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 18612 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 237 Views: 49979 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:03 am   Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els This photo of a PCC crossing the Brooklyn Bridge was taken after 1944. Note that new girderwork (for supporting the overhead trolley wires) has been installed over the former BMT El tracks. This ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:15 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") Here's a particularly interesting (color) photo at Park Row, 1946...... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116638 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["MOW"]   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:01 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") The immensity of the BMT's Park Row terminal is more than evident in these historic views*........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52466 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52468 (courtes ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:24 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") "A GATHERING OF BUSES" (rare color photo snapped at Park Row, back in the 40's (nice variety of buses in the background!) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116940 (courtesy: ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:28 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") W.B.: Good points, all. I would NOT be surprised if Mr. Moses (certainly, NO champion for public transit) had a hand in having replacement buses not operating over the BB, after the streetcars s ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:12 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") .....have long been curious as to, when the B&QT streetcars ceased running over the Brooklyn Bridge in 1950, why BoT buses did not replace them, with bus loops at Park Row? Both the Willy B and ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:08 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") Funny, I keep on referring to MACKS as "Pattons". To be sure, both analogies would be valid with respect to these evergreens . . . W.B.: Too bad the "Tee-Yay" never ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:43 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") Here, in 1942 (the same year of"TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE"), we see a a BMT El train on the left (note the 1300-series convertible) with a PCC on the right, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge... ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:36 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") Check out these two "comparison" photos of electric rail transit over the BB, pre- and post-1944....indeed, quite a difference....... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141088 https:/ ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:32 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") Regarding the photo I posted of a B&QT PCC on the Brooklyn Bridge, from "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942)...... Only two years after this film debuted, the transit picture on the B ...   Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1097 Views: 280959 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:14 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") the MACKS ("Pattons") And I thought the Macks were to be shorthanded as "Pershings." Hmmm . . . W.B.: Funny, I keep on referring to MACKS as "Pattons". ...   Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 237 Views: 49979 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:12 am   Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els How's THIS for RARE?? Here's a still from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942) Note the PCC caught in the traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge, when Tarzan's taxicab is h ...   Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 237 Views: 49979 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 am   Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els How's THIS for RARE?? Here's a still from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942) Note the PCC caught in the traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge, when Tarzan's taxicab is h ...   Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 814 Views: 206853 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:02 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... Another view........ https://pics.imcdb.org/4691/SoldierStory9.jpg (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["SOUTHERN INTERSTATE LINES"]   Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 814 Views: 206853 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:44 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... Here's a rear view of this bus; note the similarities (and differences) between this bus and the FLXIBLE Clippers of that era....... https://pics.imcdb.org/4691/SoldierStory8.jpg (courtesy: imcd ...   Page 1 of 1241 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1239, 1240, 1241  Next All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum PLEASE READ FIRST!----------------Announcements & InformationMember Introductions and AnnouncementsMember Feedback & Help Featured Forums----------------Hot Topics & Current EventsGeneral Bus Forum - All Bus TopicsGeneral Transportation - All Other ModesHobbyist Trips, Events, Outings, & MeetingsSurface Transit Resources on the Web New York Transit Forums----------------New York City BusesNew York City Bus RostersLong Island & Westchester BusesUpstate New York Surface TransitMTA News, Current Events & HappeningsToday in New York City Transit History Surface Transportation Worldwide----------------Transit Bus ManufacturersSurface Transit - Eastern United StatesSurface Transit - Western United StatesSurface Transit - CanadaSurface Transit - Everywhere ElseOver The Road Carriers Transit Employees & Employment----------------Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & IssuesBus Transportation Planning The Transit Hobbyist, Historian, Enthusiast----------------Photographs, Bus Logs and Route Suggestion IdeasBuses in Pop CultureExchange Place & Collector's CornerBus Preservation, Conversion, & SalesThe Bus Modeler  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group