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 22947 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 129 Views: 2692 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:51 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Here's a few random "BSS" photos; I can certainly see "Noo Yawk" stations here (unlike the "Eye-En-Dee", note no wall frames for ad posters) https://www.nycsubway.org/ ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 129 Views: 2692 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:39 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Now, we have often discussed how the "Eye-En-Dee" hallmarked the epitome of modern subway construction in "Noo Yawk"....... ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 157 Views: 3805 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:30 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here's "PA1385" at the Rockaway Parkway station, on a gloomy day in 1982 (note bedraggled "R-27/R-30s" in the background).............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?15496 ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 157 Views: 3805 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:25 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Rockaway Parkway station, 1982............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155228 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["B6"]   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 157 Views: 3805 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:21 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! This time, we have "Are-Tee-Es" "PA2419" working the "M10", back in '83............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156281 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["M ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 157 Views: 3805 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:16 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Here's a photo of "Are-Tee-Es" #1499 (MTA file photo), taken back in 1983; note the "Dangerfield" just behind.............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154365 ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 157 Views: 3805 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:11 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: It's funny how we both can "click" on something that might otherwise be ignored; as poor quality as that photo was, I also was leaning toward the "Are-Tee-Es" being in the ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 56 Views: 5631 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: 5631 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: 157 Views: 3805 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: 157 Views: 3805 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: 129 Views: 2692 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: 129 Views: 2692 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: 129 Views: 2692 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: 129 Views: 2692 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. ...   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