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Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:47 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B.:
Thanks for the info..
By 1973, were any of the ex-FACL "Jetson"* Fishbowls still running to for "Em-Tee-Yay", or had they already been retired?
What about the ex-SUR ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:44 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
In this interesting 1974 photo, we see ex-NYCTA "Jetson" #2*, now playing in a new role (Parks Department?)...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153395
(courtesy: nycsubway.o ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:28 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
Same location in 1974; note that the area between the BMT ramps is now jammed full of trashed Fishbowls, silently awaiting their last runs.......to the scrapper...........
https://www.nycsubway.org ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
Replies: 107
Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:08 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B.:
You mentioned "farebox codes"; it would be interesting to see a list of farebox codes (regarding the different depots) from, say, the 1950s through to the present day.
Think of t ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:04 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
Excerpts from my copy of "THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OPERATING BUDGET PROPOSAL: 1988-1991".......
"BUS DEPOT PLAN"
".......a key to providing more efficient bus ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:57 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
(SEE PREVIOUS POSTS)
In this undated photo, we see "Borough Bomber" #647 basking in the glare of florescent lighting at an unidentified garage..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/ ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
Replies: 107
Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:21 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B.:
Getting back to lighting in NYC transit facilities.......
We know that the IND's Euclid Avenue station was the first to be illuminated by florescent lighting (1948)
The first "buse ... |
Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:41 pm Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
And, today, the Mets simply TANKED(!!)
What a difference a day makes.....go figure...........
"NYO"
Talking about swinging pendula . . . |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
Replies: 107
Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:40 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
The "Shermans" look like they may be the 5101's ordered in 1948 by the "Bee O'Tee." The area around the rear passenger exit looks a bit different from the 40-footers from 1953 to ... |
Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:33 pm Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) |
....the "Bombers" are slipping a bit as of late, while the Mets have won ALL of their last six games (QUITE a turn-around from just a few weeks back.....talk about the "Comeback Kids&qu ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:01 am Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
When the Roosevelt Island Tram opened in 1976, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars were still running (but not for long) on the "GG" crosstown line.............
https://www.nycsubway.org/p ... |
Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Views: 1997
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:39 pm Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses |
I'm wondering if anyone in the "Em-Tee-Yay" are taking notes on this system . . . or not . . . |
Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:42 am Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
Thanks for this info; Rod Taylor was always a fave of mine (especially in 1060's "THE TIME MACHINE") and I'd like to see him aboard a FACL "Jetson" (I gotta get "SUNDAY IN NEW ... |
Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:40 am Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
Note the large curved ad racks on both sides of the aisle here; these are what I was referring to..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156848
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
Smaller ads ... |
Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:15 am Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago |
.......in "WELCOME ABOARD THE GM NEW LOOK BUS" (McKane/Squier) there is an interior photo of an "stoa" TDH-5303, with "bowling alley" seating.
No straps/grips are seen ... |
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