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Forum: 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..... |
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Forum: 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".......
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1392409-Eagle-Model-05-1969.html
["SILVER EAGLE"] |
Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
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Forum: 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..... |
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Forum: 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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Forum: 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 |
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Forum: 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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Forum: 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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Forum: 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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Forum: 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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Forum: 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.............
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Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
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Forum: 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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Forum: 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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Forum: 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..... |
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Forum: 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
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Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
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Forum: 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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