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 30333 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 250 Views: 340409 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 9:43 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses The original "hybrid" buses........... PSNJ's revolutionary ASVs were, indeed (as we already know) the original "hybrid" bus, being able to operate off of overhead wires as well ...   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1252 Views: 681331 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 9:32 pm   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) W.B.: And, recall, that the "foist" use fluted sides on "Noo Yawk" rolling stock was the BUDD "Zephyr", hitting the "Bee-Em-Tee" rails in 1934........ &qu ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:28 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! This 1944 clearly illustrates just how complex the approaches to the huge Sands Street complex were; on the left is an El train. while on the left, we see one of the famed and iconic "4500"- ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:16 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! (SEE PREVIOUS PHOTOS) Another rare "BLUEBIRD" photo (1939); here we see one unit approaching the BMT's cavernous Sands Street terminal, after having just crossed the Brooklyn Bridge from ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:09 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! This rare publicity photo shows a new "Bluebird" undergoing trials; prior to entering revenue service, it was also on public display at the BMT's massive (demolished after the BMT trains sto ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 1:24 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! The only other rolling stock buit by "CLARK" for New York were the BMT's lightweight "Bluebird" articulated rapid transit trains. These sleek, flashy units were to be the foreru ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 1:06 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NYO, Thanks for the PCC coverage. I find the pre-PCC experimental cars interesting. If I recall correctly, Chicago and Washington DC had some too. Don't remember ever seeing B&QT car 1010 wit ...   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 250 Views: 340409 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 1:00 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses Also.......... Interesting to compare the distances between refuelings with conventional buses, and the distances between re-charging for battery buses". Am interested in the current positi ...   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1252 Views: 681331 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:56 pm   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) An interesting thought....... Imagine if the "R-33/36" World's Fair cars had been been built by BUDD (picture Philly's "Almond Joys" with PICTURE windows)........ &qu ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 2803 Views: 1215342 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:53 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) W.B.: For those skeptics who DO NOT believe in miracles MIGHT just be changing the way they think, given the fact that "doze Netz" FINALLY won their "foist" game of the season! ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:18 am   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Earlier, I'd mentioned PCC #1000; it was, as I've aleady mentioned, the only PCC in the B&QT fleet that was not built by St. Louis, but by "CLARK". Note the more angular design of the ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:09 am   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Another unique PCC in the B&QT fleet was #1010; this car was interesting in that it was the only PCC in the fleet to feature a roof vent over the windshields which resembled those later used on Ol ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 11:31 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Another rare view from 1936; here we see PCC #1042 atop a PRR flat car, after being shipped from St. Louis (note the CNJ and NYC 40' box cars in the background) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show? ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:37 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Here's a very early view of PCC operation in Brooklyn; note the nattily-attired motormen posing with the car, for this early publicity shot........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?140703 ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 931 Views: 590073 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:30 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Here is the cover of a brochure issued in 1936 to announce the beginning of PCC service in Brooklyn......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?140636 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["68 PAR ...   Page 1 of 2023 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 2021, 2022, 2023  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