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 22709 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:14 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Red "R-29s" also served the Fair............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?127689 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["COME TO FAIR BY SUBWAY"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:06 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... This (undated) photo, snapped at the World's Fair/Willets Point station (mid-1960s?) depicts a tantalizing variety of buses, the likes of which we will never see again. PSNJ Fishbowls dominate, not ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 20 Views: 768 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:59 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Note these unusual vintage "streamlined" electric station signs at the "FAIRMOUNT" station on Philadelphia's BSS; I can easily picture such "moderne" signs at "Eye-E ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:32 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... And the ol' LIRR indeed made dang sure that their legions of "Dashing Dans" knew that they could arrive swiftly at the '64/'65 Fair, with no traffic or parking hassles to contend with....... ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:11 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here is another timeless photo from 1964, also featuring a formidable "Patton"........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153632 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["HICKSVILLE" ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:05 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "SEE YOU AT THE FAIR"*............... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155951 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) *Some of these New Look "Pattons" were later sold to "BLUE ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:53 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Also in 1964............. Recall that the first of the "Dangerfields" ("Tee-Yay") arrived that year (#s 5001-#5165) Also in 1964, the TDH-5301 "Jetson" Fishbowls (w ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 27 Views: 2960 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:31 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros The Toronto Subway opened in 1954, when Peter Witt streetcars were still pulling trailers about the city; PCC's were also running on a number of lines, back then. The original 1950s trains were pai ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 27 Views: 2960 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:23 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Like many modern metro systems around the world nowadays, modern Montreal Metro trains have a certain "mutant insectoid" look about them....(!!) https://en.wikipedia,org/wiki/MPM ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 27 Views: 2960 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:12 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros The sleek, now-retired "MR-63" class cars ran on the Montreal Metro's lines for 52 years; when these runner-tired, Parisian-style cars were retired, they were among the oldest in revenue ser ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 27 Views: 2960 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:04 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Speaking of the Montreal Metro, check out this interesting, in-depth page on the system, which dates back to the 1960s (interesting note: the repair facilities/barns are known as "garages"!) ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:08 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Corona Yard was a very different place back in 1964, the year the Fair opened........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19891 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19894 https://www.nycsubway ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:34 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... And, of course, happy fairgoers also rode the buses out to the '64/'65 Fair........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154960 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153260 (courtesy: nycsub ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 8 Views: 139 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:22 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Ahhh, how the future was presented us, sixty years ago; how well a much, much younger Your's Truly recalls the excitement and thrill of seeing AND riding aboard shiny new IRT "Bluebirds" and ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 20 Views: 768 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:55 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! 95th Street/Fort Hamilton (BMT)............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4813 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1145 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1146 https://www.nycsubwa ...   Page 1 of 1514 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1512, 1513, 1514  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