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 44 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:49 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter To illustrate the difference in the 35-foot RTS-03 TH-7603s and the 40-foot TH-8603s, I am using two photos from albums on this web site. In addition to the additional side window, the 40-footers have ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:14 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter The first batch of new buses Westchester County bought (before there was a Bee-Line) were RTS-03 models. The county bought 105 of them in 1978 and originally distributed them among thirteen private op ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:20 am   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Okay now I understand. I recall Rich Stiller of Bee-Line (Director of Operations) expressing his surprise that MTA Bus wanted the 1995-1996 Orions. I'm sure the County was very happy to sell them. I r ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:33 am   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter First, Bee-Line is not a part of MTA. It's a Westchester County operation, funded by Westchester DOT and operated under contract by Liberty Lines Transit Inc. Second the Orion V 401-484 were acquired ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:31 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter A couple photos of the Orion 7 low-floor hybrid buses of which Bee-Line has four (201-204). Bee-Line has had two groups of Orion 5 high-floors, atotal of almost 200 buses. The late Rich Stiller of Wes ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:51 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Thanks for the photo Joe. Route 1 didn't have branches originally, back when Yonkers Transit was in business. The buses operated to Hastings (the next town north of Yonkers on Warburton Avenue) and 1 ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:58 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Joe are you referring to the photo of the Yonkers RR Mack bus, that was published in the Yonkers Herald Statesman on November 11, 1952? That's the only bus I see on the page you linked. The occasion ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:35 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter I found this photo on Google. When I clicked to see who took it, it came back "image disabled." Too bad. It shows a short-turn No. 1 with the "1 CITY LINE" destination sign. Looks ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:48 am   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Just to kick start this thread again, which still gets viewed by a number of you (thank you!), this is from a discussion on the old Rider Dairies. It involved the late Rich Stiller who worked for West ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:37 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Today I had the day off from work and had to pop over to Bronxville from Yonkers. It was such a nice day I decided to take the bus. I started out on a Bronx-bound No. 2 to Ashburton and Palisade Avenu ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:22 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Been a while since I posted anything; been a while since I was on a bus! Yesterday I went to Getty Square and decided to take the bus and skip having to look for a parking space. Glad I did, it wa ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:55 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter This morning I had to run some errands. This afternoon I had to run a few more, all in north Yonkers near St. John's Hospital on North Broadway. This morning I took the car; this afternoon I rode Bee- ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:17 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Been too long between posts but I've been so busy at work, no time for bus riding or bus photoing. That changed Wednesday when my wife was unable to pick me up after work. I went to the Xavier Drive b ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:56 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Today I got off work earlier than usual and I also had to run an errand near St. John's Hospital in north Yonkers. I decided to take a bus. This week the 9-North Yonkers Loop is on its regular route a ...   Topic: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter tommy meehan Replies: 62 Views: 158224 Forum: Long Island & Westchester Buses   Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 5:08 pm   Subject: Tales of a Twenty Year Bee-Line Commuter Thanks Joe I enjoy learning about transit, especially in Westchester. Doing a little sleuthing I discovered that according to a Hastings local history site and other sources, Yonkers Railroad disc ...   Page 1 of 3 Goto page 1, 2, 3  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