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 22880 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 88 Views: 2007 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 2:13 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... From '64 World's Fair "glamour gal" to just "another 'Noo Yawk' working girl".......talk about "how the mighty hath fallen".............. https://www.nycsubway.org ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 125 Views: 2729 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 2:07 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "REAR WINDOW" or "A GATHERING OF THE BUSES" (Marcy Avenue, 1980) EXCELLENT "rear window comparison" shot............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?64 ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:32 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Here's an interesting page on the iconic Underground 1938 stock (aka the "Red Trains"); these trains were in service were many decades, and secveral examples are now in preservation. Thes ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:25 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros London's 1906 "gate stock" were among the earliest MU rapid transit equipment. Each train had several "trailers" flanked by a motor car at each end. Even after the replacemen ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:18 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros When it opened in 1890, the "City & South London Railway" was the first underground railway in the world powered by electricity; this line was indeed quite futuristic for its day........ ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 10:12 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros London's famed Underground has long fascinated me; I have a number of books dealing with the history and operation of "the tubes", as well as rolling stock the history is indeed rich and mos ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 9:57 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Rome's Metro network (which uses overhead) opened in 1955........... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Metro ["METROPOLITANA"]   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 9:29 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros The front of the Spragues is an ugly mash. Please see this English-language site for the assembly of new MF-19 Boas. Joe: GREATLY appreciate the English link....thank you! The &q ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 1:21 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros This site is dedicated to the ancient and now-iconic Paris Metro "SPRAGUE-THOMSON" cars: www.sprague-thomson.com Note that this is a FRENCH website; so, unless your up on your French, ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 88 Views: 2007 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 1:01 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Assorted prewar work cars............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?49064 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?13008 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?39281 https://www.nycsubway.or ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 88 Views: 2007 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 12:13 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Recalling (prewar) work cars.......... Through the 1970's, ancient Lo-V's were still commonplace in work service. A number of the "Arnines" were also converted into MOW cars after reti ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 125 Views: 2729 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 12:05 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Thanks. At least in my area, back in the day, a route number always preceded a destination on a roller curtain*; the only exception being obvious ones, where the sign read: "CHARTER ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 88 Views: 2007 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:23 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Came across this most unusual "Slant 40" photo earlier........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?23923 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Several things make this photo interesting...... : ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 125 Views: 2729 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:20 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: GOOD LUCK! A photo in "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES" (Martin) caught my eye earlier this evening; the photo on page #76 shows "Tee-Yay" #2033 (a TDH-5301), displ ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 49 Views: 4591 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:30 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Here's an interesting page on the "MA-51" class (Paris Metro) rolling stock of the 1950s (great photos!) These handsome cars were also the first articulated trains to run in the M ...   Page 1 of 1526 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 1524, 1525, 1526  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