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  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:47 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
(SEE PREVIOUS POSTS/LINKS)

Further interesting "bits" from "NORWOOD"

At Jacksonville (NC):

Bus # is 14507.

Outside of station sports an oval sign reading "CONTINEN ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:28 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Enjoy this page of EAGLE photos from "NORWOOD"....... Very Happy

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1392409-Eagle-Model-05-1969.html

["SILVER EAGLE"]
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:22 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's one timeless scene from 1970's "NORWOOD", showing Glen's outbound "EAGLE", with a suburban Fishbowl just behind (note the "Buffalo" taking a brief respite from dai ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:16 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Just received my DVD copy of Glen Campbell's 1970 film "NORWOOD"; there are a number of scenes featuring CONTINENTAL Eagles (exterior and interior shots!)

There is even a brief glimpse of ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:24 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
From the same movie.........

Here we see the EAGLE aboard which Glenn is heading out of town on, just out of the PABT; the suburban Fishbowl can just be glimpsed in back.

Note the "Bison&qu ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:20 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
Here's the aforementioned "Eye-Are-Tee" entrance seen in "NORWOOD" (1970)

Note the Empire State Building in the right background.........

https://pics.imcdb.org/26849/backgr4 ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:14 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
"NORWOOD" (1970)

One quick scene where the legendary Glenn Campell is seen emerging from an "Eye-Are-Tee" station somewhere in Manhattan.

The classic "INTERBOROUGH" ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:39 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
W.B.:

Funny when you think of big operators like FACL/SURFACE being gone for nearly two decades when "The Little Red Bus That Could" finally disappeared down the echoing corridors of time ...
  Topic: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
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PostForum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:10 pm   Subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment
There is also a photo at "NewDavesRailpix" from the 1930s, showing two 700-series TARS cars operating on Route "P", passing by the NYW&B's Webster Avenue station on the Port Ch ...
  Topic: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
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PostForum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:13 am   Subject: A sad state of affairs (NY transit crime)
Yesterday, a man was struck in the face by a man brandishing a glass bottle on the platform at Columbus Circle/59th Street.

It just keeps on getting worse, with no end in sight.............

&quo ...
  Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:02 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago
........recall, also, that the old "Westchester" bit the dust decades before massive subsidies were available to bail out ailing transit operations.

What might have transpired had the rai ...
  Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:52 am   Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2")
............still thinking about what the scenario might have been like, had "The Little Red Bus That Could" still been independent (now operating "Borough Bombers"), and their fle ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:31 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
Here's a nostalgic picture of a VERMONT TRANSIT 4106; note "SCENICRUISER SERVICE" emblazoned above the windows.............

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531213718529696593/

["SC ...
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:24 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
In 1975, VERMONT TRANSIT was acquired by GREYHOUND, and became a subsidiary line...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Transit_Lines

["BOSTON"]
  Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:20 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
If my memory serves me correctly, the "mystery" VanHool I had previously mentioned was a Model T-900 (I know that "WESTERN TRAILWAYS" once operated several of this type, back in la ...
 
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