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 23132 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 260 Views: 5363 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 10:56 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Several views of the 59th Street (Brooklyn) station, showing mosaics and name tablets......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1132 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1134 https://www.ny ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 260 Views: 5363 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 10:33 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Now, consider the "Bee-Em-Tee-/Es-Eye-Are-Tee" connection...... What might commutation from Staten Island be like today, had this aborted link-up ever became a reality. Many Staten Isl ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 10:17 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! My "almost" meeting with Stan Fischler......... About a week or so after the SAS "stubway" opened several years ago, I decided to give a call to the legendary Stan Fischler, to ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 781 Views: 264930 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 9:24 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) .........well, at least the Mets have company tonight (for a change)....the Yankees-poised to win their 8th straight game-ended up snapping their 7-game winning string earlier this evening. And so ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 8:12 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Your thoughts on when the next section of the SAS (aka "stubway") might be completed, and how far the next extension will reach? Just imagine if the SAS had opened in 1955, when ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 781 Views: 264930 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 8:08 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) (SEE PREVIOUS POST) Back to reality, folks............ After winning their FIRST game in days last evening, the Mets (guess what?) just lost tonight's game. Meanwhile, The "Bombe ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 260 Views: 5363 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 7:49 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: "Family status".......... I've long regarded the "Eye-Are-Tee" as being the "kid brother" to both the "Bee-Em-Tee" and the "Eye-En-Dee". ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 7:35 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: The new "Eye-En-Dee" was, without a doubt, a VERY tough act to follow. The modern, spacious stations alone hallmarked a truly modern era in subway design, one that clearly spoke ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 7:31 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Funny you brought up BUDD. Recall, BUDD built the "Bee-Em-Tee's "one-off" articulated "ZEPHYR" in 1934. It would not be until the late 1940s that BUDD would aga ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 7:23 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! A long decline....... Going by the photos at nycsubway.org. the "Bee-Em-Tee's" cavernous TSQ station had been quite decrepit and and unkempt for many years, even well over 50 years ago. ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 5:14 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Agreed Recall the early 1970's IC collision out in "Shik-aga"; a new lightweight double-deck MU was "tapped" by a 1926 "battleship" (MU); new car involved was ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 260 Views: 5363 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 5:07 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: And DON'T get me started on the "Occulus", which resembles nothing more than a "pop art" whale skeleton......yecchhhh! "Monstrocities", indeed........and this ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 4:19 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! For several reasons, you came to mind, when I came across this photo snapped at "COURT SQUARE", circa-late 1970s/early 1980s.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?115897 ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 248 Views: 6364 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 4:13 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Ahhh, "rivets"! NO WONDER those classic prewar cars looked like (and were BUILT like) BATTLESHIPS! Just imagine an "Arnine" taking on a "rolling iPad&q ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 260 Views: 5363 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 4:05 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Ahhh, York Street....I was thinking of this very station earlier (yes, I've been there a number of times in the distant past!), but, for the life of me, could NOT recall the station's name; t ...   Page 1 of 1543 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1541, 1542, 1543  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