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Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:12 pm Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
.....have long been curious as to, when the B&QT streetcars ceased running over the Brooklyn Bridge in 1950, why BoT buses did not replace them, with bus loops at Park Row?
Both the Willy B and ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:08 pm Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Funny, I keep on referring to MACKS as "Pattons".
To be sure, both analogies would be valid with respect to these evergreens . . .
W.B.:
Too bad the "Tee-Yay" never ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:43 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Here, in 1942 (the same year of"TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE"), we see a a BMT El train on the left (note the 1300-series convertible) with a PCC on the right, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge... ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:36 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Check out these two "comparison" photos of electric rail transit over the BB, pre- and post-1944....indeed, quite a difference.......
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141088
https:/ ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:32 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Regarding the photo I posted of a B&QT PCC on the Brooklyn Bridge, from "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942)......
Only two years after this film debuted, the transit picture on the B ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:14 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
the MACKS ("Pattons")
And I thought the Macks were to be shorthanded as "Pershings." Hmmm . . .
W.B.:
Funny, I keep on referring to MACKS as "Pattons".
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Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:12 am Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
How's THIS for RARE??
Here's a still from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942)
Note the PCC caught in the traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge, when Tarzan's taxicab is h ... |
Topic: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
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Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 am Subject: Roosevelt Island Tram/QB Ry/Subways/Els |
How's THIS for RARE??
Here's a still from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942)
Note the PCC caught in the traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge, when Tarzan's taxicab is h ... |
Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:02 am Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
Another view........
https://pics.imcdb.org/4691/SoldierStory9.jpg
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
["SOUTHERN INTERSTATE LINES"] |
Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:44 pm Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
Here's a rear view of this bus; note the similarities (and differences) between this bus and the FLXIBLE Clippers of that era.......
https://pics.imcdb.org/4691/SoldierStory8.jpg
(courtesy: imcd ... |
Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:44 am Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... |
Was just getting into "A SOLDIER'S STORY"(from 1984) on dvd, and was VERY pleased (and surprised!) to see this ULTRA-RARE 1940's "PD" coach making an appearance (I have not seen on ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:07 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Here's a "companion" photo to the still (with a PCC in view) from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (this photo also dates to 1942)
On the right, we have a PCC; on the left, ... |
Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:52 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
A bit "off topic", but too good NOT to post here!
Check out this "traffic jam" scene on the Brooklyn Bridge, from 1942's "TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE" (1942)
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Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:34 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Date this photo to 1971.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5618
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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Topic: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:26 am Subject: MaBSTOA Nostalgia ("Take 2") |
Same location, 1965.
Note that the area between the BMT ramps, in this photo, is totally empty.......
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?112749
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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