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 Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter |
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| NorthShore Replies: 62 Views: 157573 |
 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:12 pm Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter |
| Yes, all BeeLine buses have 2X2 seating. | |
| Topic: Dancing on the Bus |
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| NorthShore Replies: 7 Views: 16193 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:26 pm Subject: Dancing on the Bus |
| Rare to see a Route 1 Fifth Avenue roll sign on a 5106. Rt. 1 was a once-a-day tripper using a 4506 by the late '50's. | |
| Topic: NYC Twin Coaches |
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| NorthShore Replies: 4 Views: 22132 |
Forum: New York City Bus Rosters Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:42 am Subject: NYC Twin Coaches |
| North Shore Bus Co. of Queens and B.M.T.'s Brooklyn Bus Corp. were the only other NYC private operators other than Surface Transportation that had Twins. NYC Board of Transportation also bought pre-19 ... | |
| Topic: ACE has acquired Pacific Bus Museum #517 GM model TDH4801 |
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| NorthShore Replies: 1 Views: 13211 |
Forum: Hot Topics & Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:08 am Subject: ACE has acquired Pacific Bus Museum #517 GM model TDH4801 |
| What is ACE? | |
| Topic: MaBSTOA Roster (9/62) |
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| NorthShore Replies: 37 Views: 68266 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:58 am Subject: MaBSTOA Roster(9/62) |
| After the merger of FACCO and NYCO in 1954 to form Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, that remained basically separate operations. The 4509's in Jackson Heights depot were most likely FACCO's with the elaborat ... | |
| Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter |
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| NorthShore Replies: 62 Views: 157573 |
Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:18 am Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter |
| In reference to the October, 1962 Yonkers Transit fire, didn't Yonkers Transit have a lot of GMC fishbowls by then? | |
| Topic: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
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| NorthShore Replies: 108 Views: 156428 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:32 am Subject: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
| Fifth Avenue Coach offered World's Fair service for the 1939-40 fair. It had a branch of Route 15 (Jackson Heights) to the Corona Gate. YC 720 double deckers provided the service.
NYC Omnibus also op ... |
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| Topic: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
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| NorthShore Replies: 108 Views: 156428 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:31 am Subject: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
| To be precise, Fifth Avenue Coach owned and operated Gray Line Sightseeing of New York. Gray Line operated the B&O operation under contract. FACCO sold the Gray Line operation in 1942. Therefore p ... | |
| Topic: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
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| NorthShore Replies: 108 Views: 156428 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:40 am Subject: "Hi-Ho To the ('64/'65) Fair!" |
| Triboro's Greyhound WF fishbowls had the original plastic fiberglass longitudinal seats replaced with forward facing upholstered seats from Fifth Avenue Coach fishbowls they got from MABSTOA who repla ... | |
| Topic: 'VINTAGE NEW YORK CITY' |
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| NorthShore Replies: 2261 Views: 3149459 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:49 pm Subject: 'VINTAGE NEW YORK CITY' |
| In regard to Steinway Transit's 4104's, it seems to be forgotten or overlooked that Queen & Steinway Transit had a lucrative charter business.
That is why they had parlor buses. I believe they al ... |
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| Topic: MaBSTOA Roster (9/62) |
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| NorthShore Replies: 37 Views: 68266 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:02 pm Subject: MaBSTOA Roster (9/62) |
| The 4509 assigned to Jackson Heights depot was used for Route 16 Elmhurst Crosstown. Only one 5102 was built, always at Jackson Heights. From the roster, all 5106's and 5301's were removed from Jackso ... | |
| Topic: NYCO All-Time Roster |
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| NorthShore Replies: 3 Views: 10198 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 12:11 am Subject: TDH-4509 |
| There was a group of TDH-4509's that were delivered in "Eight Avenue Coach Corporation" lettering in 1951. They only lasted that way about a year before Eight Avenue Coach was absorbed into ... | |
| Topic: 'VINTAGE SUFFOLK COUNTY' |
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| NorthShore Replies: 307 Views: 580881 |
Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:20 pm Subject: LIRR Road "N Rail service. |
| During the PRR years, the LIRR was struggling financially. To reduce costs, the LIRR experimented with Budd RDC cars on east end service (Greenport & Montauk). Later on, it tried substitute bus se ... | |
| Topic: Steinway Transit's Jones Beach Route |
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| NorthShore Replies: 15 Views: 30477 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:39 pm Subject: Steinway Transit's Jones Beach Route |
| The QN-12 was the Astoria-Jones Beach route. | |
| Topic: Steinway Transit's Jones Beach Route |
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| NorthShore Replies: 15 Views: 30477 |
Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:07 am Subject: Jones Beach service |
| The QN-12 (this route number was issued by the NYC Bureau of Franchises, but never used on the bus route signs) was stated in 1963. Queens-Nassau Transit Lines was changed to Queens Transit Corp. in 1 ... | |
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