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 2420 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 85 Views: 1347 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: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 85 Views: 1347 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: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 767 Views: 248536 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: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 767 Views: 248536 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 Replies: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 85 Views: 1347 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 Replies: 798 Views: 186747 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 Replies: 798 Views: 186747 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 Replies: 798 Views: 186747 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 ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 767 Views: 248536 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:38 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) And of course, since this is a baseball thread, we can't overlook the retirement, effective yesterday and immediately, of longtime Yankees announcer John Sterling. He'd been on WMCA 570 in the '70's ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago W.B. Fishbowl Replies: 798 Views: 186747 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:33 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago What's in a name? By the time that the R-42s were entering service, the "Old Order" had already changed. 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