BusTalk

W.B.:

Since your the expert here (you and our friend MaBSTOA 15), I have a few questions I'd like to toss your way...........

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We've talked about the B&QT trolleybuses being replaced by ...

Don't hold me to it, but apparently BusChat is back up and running. To make up for lost time, a whole bunch of Almanacs were put up to make up for all the months it was down.

Okay, now you're using my name in this context. What the heck is a "Frankie" and why that term?
A shorthand for the Franklin Avenue/Prospect Park shuttle train.

No longer in existence, the old lower level IND platform at 42nd Street (PABT) was, for decades, yet another "station" where a certain whip crackin' Mr. Indiana Jones would have indeed sough ...

W.B.:

I THOUGHT that it should have been "WILLIS", but, I thought that the photographer knew more than I did; thanks for the clarification.

You mentioned the "BX55"; when did ...

Though the entrance to the IND's ancient and unique 190th St. station is both handsome and rugged; these interior views make you think of being an urban "Indiana Jones", discovering the long ...

The IND's "MYRTLE-WILLOUGHBY" station ("GG"/"G') was, for many years, the "home station" of transit historian/hockey maven Stan Fischler; his family's brownstone sat ...

Willets & 147th Street, 1973.

This is a rare "by chance" photo; note the ancient "custom built" work motor up on the El.................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/sh ...

IRT Pelham line (Elder Avenue), 1964.

Keep your eyes peeled for the "Sherman" heading away from the camera, in the middle distance, underneath the El............

https://www.nycsubway. ...

New Utrecht, 2011............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?129461

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Despite the ganglia urban clutter depicted here, this view gives a "feel" of the o ...

Those very early pictures of the Dyre Avenue shuttle, seemed to have more of a "Toonerville Trolley" feel to 'em . . .

Just thinking...........

As the Dyre Avenue line WAS actually operated as a part of the IND (go figure!), I could easily see new cars built along the general lines of the IND's rolling stock, but, ...

In talking about buses (and rapid transit) serving the Stadiums in "Noo Yawk", we should also recall the days when hockey fans (like the legendary Stan Fischler........ this iconic gentleman ...

I was taking my own notes in that time period - namely, the total length of IND stations and distance between them. And a good thing too, as not long after refurbishments were done that cut back thei ...

W,B.:

Just curious.....

I know you are 11 years my junior (dang lucky man!); I would guess you missed out (sadly) on the "Tee-Yay's" last "Pattons.

Do you recall the last " ...