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 22940 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 56 Views: 5444 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 12:54 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Here are interesting pages (w/many photos) of vintage "subsurface" stock ("O"/"P"/R") classes, which served Londoners for decades. Note also the unusual flared sk ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 56 Views: 5444 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 12:42 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros In London, "DISTRICT" line trains were originally steam-hauled; electrification was introduced in 1903, and MU stock began operation in 1905. Like other London Underground lines, the Dist ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 151 Views: 3656 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 11:24 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Glenwood & Rockaway Parkway, 1981...... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154615 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Here, "Dangerfield" #5614 not only is sporting its original green pa ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 151 Views: 3656 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 11:16 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! One of my all-time favorite "Dangerfield" photos (Flatbush & 3rd, 1980)..... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154768 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) In this all-"Dange ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 10:58 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... While on the subject of different types of third rail, note caption of photo showing gate car #479 (second from top)................. https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Chapter_1,_The_Elevated_Lines ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 7:04 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Myrtle Avenue, 2011. The pay phone glimpsed at far left of the photo indeed dates this scene as much as the "Are-Tee-Es" seen running beneath the silent, sinewy, steel remains of the old ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 6:43 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Early "toid rail" at the cavernous, ever-expanding Park Row terminal (c.1900s); note how "spindly" the "toid rails" appear in comparison the the heavier, more hefty " ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 6:32 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Wykoff Avenue, 2002. The sleek lines of the "Are-Tee-Es" down below contrast sharply with the ancient "Bee-Em-Tee" tower up on "da El"....... https://www.nycsubway. ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 6:01 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: "Toid rail" on da "Moit" (1940's/1960s)............... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113320 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113321 https://www.nycsubway ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:39 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: As the "Moit" was closed down only several years later (1969) one wonders why the "Tee-Yay" even bothered to install new "toid rail"? I still wonder a ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 151 Views: 3656 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:27 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Agreed; that photo was, indeed, NOT of the best quality.....not by a long shot. But, again, it was quite a symbolic image, especially that the veteran "Jetson" was still wearing ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 151 Views: 3656 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 4:32 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "LEADING THE SUCCESSOR" (Livingston & Boerum, 1981) This 1981 photo is indeed symbolic; here we have (still attired in classic "Tee-Yay" green) "Jetson" #2067, clo ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 3:11 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's an excellent photo page on the demolition of the old Culver Shuttle ("Rust In Pieces")............. https://forgotten-ny.com/2003/02/culvers-travels-the-demolition-of-a-brooklyn-el ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 3:00 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Speaking of "toid rails"........ Recall, in 1963, the "Q" cars had their old "El-style" third rail shoes swapped for the subway ("tongue") type..... ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 126 Views: 2635 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:47 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's a few interesting shots taken at Ditmas Avenue; note photos of the new "Eye-En-Dee" connection being readied for operation.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?135542 h ...   Page 1 of 1530 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1528, 1529, 1530  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