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  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 9:08 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Rockaway Parkway station, 1972...............

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By 1972, we began to see the o ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 7:42 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Here we have assorted "Tee-Yay" green Fishbowls gathering at Washington Plaza in 1972, with the BMT elevated line overhead............

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  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 3:32 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
167th Street, 1983.

Here, we have two "stoa" Fishbowls (sporting the dreaded, uninspired "Dip" scheme) slugging through the drifts of what was obviously a hefty snowfall.

Not ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 3:17 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
The rear of "Torpedo" #9645 dates this photo of the old "Eye-Are-Tee" 72nd Street station headhouse (photo dates to 2006)

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  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 1:19 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Here are two 1978 photos of the "Eye-Are-Tee" headhouse at 72nd Street; there are buses to be seen in both photos (Fishbowls and a "Dangerfield")..........

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  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 1:04 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
"Mixed consist" at Avenue P (Culver), 1969.............

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And the funny (peculiar) thing about this "Borgasch ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:58 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Here's a couple of nostalgic "stoa" photos from the early 1980s, with the handsome "Eye-Are-Tee" headhouse at the 72nd Street station in the background.

Back then, I remember th ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:38 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
"Mixed consist" at Avenue P (Culver), 1969.............

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  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:30 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
Oh, ow the mighty hath fallen......from glamour gal to scullery maid.........

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  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:19 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B.:

As always, your tremendous storehouse of knowledge truly amazes and impresses me; thank you again! Wink

OK, so it was about '83 when the last of the WF-era buses were retired; and, to t ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 9:51 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Bainbridge/206th, 1973......

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Front and center, we have a (listing) batwing Fishbowl # 6704 ("stoa") on the " ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 9:29 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
"World's Fair" buses............

W.B.:

The iconic IRT "Bluebirds" (ending their days as "Redbirds" in 2003), remained in service for nearly 40 years, by which time ...
  Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 9:23 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future.......
W.B.:

In sort of a "the party's over" scenario, recall that, during the Fair's two-season run, the "Bluebirds" were EXCLUSIVE to the Flushing line, and, of course, thoroughly as ...
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:23 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
Here's an interesting view inside the cab of one of the Moscow Metro's older cars........

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  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 12:19 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
Was lucky enough to come across this rare interior photo of one of Moscow's older cars.......

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Like the old "joint serv ...
 
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