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  Topic: Fifth Avenue Coach Corporation Route Numbers
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PostForum: General Bus Forum - All Bus Topics   Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:57 pm   Subject: Fifth Avenue Coach Corporation Route Numbers
In various posts I've mentioned that Fifth Avenue's route numbers were separate from the rest of the "M" series route numbers originally assigned beginning in the 1930s, with the Fifth Avenu ...
  Topic: U-turns without islands
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:42 pm   Subject: U-turns without islands
What's interesting about the 263rd-Riverdale location is that (back in the early 90s) I used to see the RTS on the Bx7 and M100 make that turn without in one step. However, when the MCI Classics did ...
  Topic: Brooklyn Bus History Trivia
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:15 pm   Subject: Brooklyn Bus History Trivia
#4: The standee window frame was deleted over the front teardrop looking windows to give more structural support. The front end of the bus started to sag.


The standee window frame change mentione ...
  Topic: "The Macks of New York City Board of Transportation'
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:01 pm   Subject: Re: "The Macks of New York City Board of Transportation
[quote="Mr. Linsky"]Surfing the Internet, I found this rather interesting mosaic containing a picture of then Chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation Colonel Sidney H. Bingham ...
  Topic: Q101's Bus Trivia
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PostForum: General Bus Forum - All Bus Topics   Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:29 pm   Subject: Re: Q101's Bus Trivia
[quote="Q101 EAST MIDTOWN 2 AV"]

7) What was the first designations of the Q32?

A. M32

B. Q89

C. M24

D. QM15

The correct answer is "None of the above"

The Q32 ...
  Topic: Queens Transit Historical Roster
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PostForum: New York City Bus Rosters   Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:36 am   Subject: Queens Transit Historical Roster
Here's a bit more about Queens Transit predecessor Queens-Nassau Transit.

Before its conversion to GM, the operation was all ACF.

20-74 ACF H-16-S
81 ACF 45-S
101-120 ACF C-44
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  Topic: NYCT/MABSTOA GM BUS ROSTER (Long Post)
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PostForum: New York City Bus Rosters   Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:23 am   Subject: NYCT/MABSTOA GM BUS ROSTER (Long Post)
One comment: The casual reader could be misled by the roster's format into believing that, for example, Surface Transportation TD-4502s in the 1011-1060 series were still in service at the 1962 Ma ...
  Topic: Where Did the Old Green Line Buses Go?
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PostForum: New York City Bus Rosters   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:09 pm   Subject: Where Did the Old Green Line Buses Go?
1950 GMC Model TDH4509;
#311, 316, 321,325, 327, 329, 334, 338 and 342 To; Jamaica Buses renumbered as; 401, 402, 411, 403, 412, 404, 413, 405, 406, 415, 407, 416, 417, 408, 419, 409, 410 and 420 res ...
  Topic: 'Need Some Prewar Operator Information'
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:29 pm   Subject: Re: 'Need Some Prewar Operator Information'
I am in the midst of compiling a list of prewar Mack operators in the New York metropolitan region from a manufacturer's roster that I have received from the Mack Truck Museum.

Most of the names ar ...
  Topic: Name That PBL (Part 2)
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:45 pm   Subject: Re: Name That PBL (Part 2)
The GM TDH-5105 was the best selling Old Look coach of all time (3631 units built from 1953-1959), yet curiously enough, NYC bus operators never bought any of them new. (The TDH-4512 sold 3515 units, ...
  Topic: Name That PBL
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:43 pm   Subject: Re: Name That PBL
Which PBL was the only NYC-based bus operator to run GM TDM5108's?
(Which LIB/MSBA predecessor company also owned such Old Looks?)

I believe Jamaica Buses and Schenck were the TDM-5108 operators i ...
  Topic: GM Old Look Roster: NYCTA, MABSTOA, and Predecessors
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PostForum: New York City Bus Rosters   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:45 pm   Subject: Addendum to GM old-look roster
Two buses to add:

FACCo 2500 Yellow TD-5501 (aka TD-5401) 10/40
FACCo 2501 GM TDH-5102 5/49

Each was the only one of its model. Unfortunately, neither of these historic vehicles was preserved. ...
  Topic: Postwar Mack Transit Roster (NYC)
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Replies: 10
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PostForum: New York City Bus Rosters   Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:54 pm   Subject: MaBSTOA 4900 series
Were the MaBSTOA 4900s originally Surface Transit 2900s?

The Surface Transit Macks were renumbered into the 4900 series as follows:

ST 3000-3009 (the newest) became 4900-4909
ST 800 (the oldest ...
 
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