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 2455 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:04 am   Subject: Re: 44A-Union Turpike, Q44B-Malba Shu The Q44 likely had the largest number of alpha-numeric variations of any NYC bus route: Q44A-Union Turnpike (now Q46); Q44B-Malba Shuttle (gone); Q44FS-Flushing Shuttle (basically replaced by the Q20B ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:57 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Here are a few more early 1970s (Fishbowl) photos from Queens........ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153272 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:52 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... "Tee-Yay" rolling stock running on "foreign rails".............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24431 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113309 https://www.nycsubway ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:50 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Interesting.......... The "Eye-En-Dee's" new "R-1s" were tested on "Bee-Em-Tee" rails. In the last few years of service, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars operate ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 4:35 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! WB.: You're the one for this...... How many buses did the "Em-Tee-Yay" roster with the "PA" prefix before the number? See: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154962 ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:33 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Shuttle memories............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6879 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45874 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2875 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:56 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Any idea which depot RTS "#PA2383" was based out of, at the time of "Crocodile Dundee"? Any clue as to the route(s) it then operated on? Appreciate info, as always.. ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:43 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Again, excellent information and stats; again, this subject is one I am sure that even many "serious" enthusiasts are not aware of. Gap fillers...... I know the old South Ferr ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:03 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: FASCINATING historical information, and something that even many serious enthusiasts are not aware of. Many of us (Your's Truly included) tend to think of platforms as either simply being ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 82 Views: 1785 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 8:45 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... ".......changes come all the time..........." https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19898 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151504 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) From what I've gath ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:47 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! At the start of this topic, I'd mentioned that in the last "Indiana Jones" flick, "DIAL OF DESTINY", there is a scene where, on horseback, the swashbucklin' INDy gallops through th ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 2:20 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Comparing old and new "Thunderbird" bulkhead curtains........... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2463 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2374 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) And ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 12:57 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "Slant 40" end curtains, pre- and post rebuilding............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?43884 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5285 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) Actu ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 12:54 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! "Brightliner" bulkhead sign comparisons (what WERE they thinking?) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151723 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46243 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 118 Views: 2365 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 5:43 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! This photo dates to 1914; here we see a train of shiny new "Standards"* at CIY *note the extra "railfan window", then standard); the once-familiar "one-eyed" look, would ...   Page 1 of 164 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 162, 163, 164  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