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 2577 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Let's not forget Academy..... traildriver Replies: 15 Views: 618 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:07 am   Subject: Let's not forget Academy..... "FRANMAR" and "M&G" were two "indies" I remember from many years back, operating the "22" prior to "ACADEMY"............... https://www.nycsubw ...   Topic: Let's not forget Academy..... traildriver Replies: 15 Views: 618 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:01 am   Subject: Let's not forget Academy..... NYO I never drove Academy's H3-40's, but I did Adirondacks's. Adirondack first purchased some H3-41's back in 1994, as an incentive to the Province of Quebec, where Prevost's are built, to win the b ...   Topic: Dallas........... traildriver Replies: 44 Views: 1523 Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States   Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:43 pm   Subject: Dallas........... Note.......... Intercity bus maps from many decades ago (such as seen in the two previous links) indeed shows us just how far-flung so many of the long-defunct intercity companies once were; they a ...   Topic: Let's not forget Academy..... traildriver Replies: 15 Views: 618 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:28 pm   Subject: Let's not forget Academy..... Here's an interesting "tie in" we cannot leave out..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Transportation We briefly ran a few of those 2100 series Nova's at our Century Vi ...   Topic: GREYHOUND's West Coast Commuter Runs traildriver Replies: 47 Views: 109273 Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States   Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:17 pm   Subject: GREYHOUND's West Coast Commuter Runs GREYHOUND "commuters".......... It is interesting to think about those individuals might have ridden GREYHOUND's through routes as a means of commuting to and from a daily job, in certain ...   Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... traildriver Replies: 1141 Views: 778095 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:55 pm   Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... GREAT photos* (historical and contemporary) of truly CLASSIC buses!!!!!!!!! Enjoy! "NYO" *Also, AWESOME photos of a MONUMENTAL restoration project! https://vintagemac ...   Topic: Dallas........... traildriver Replies: 44 Views: 1523 Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States   Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:31 pm   Subject: Dallas........... Though this timeless (circa-1940s) "rails 'n rubber" scene is from the Houston area, it was TOO GOOD not to include here! www.newdavesrailpix.com/odds/tx/htm/hns01.htm No ...   Topic: Dallas........... traildriver Replies: 44 Views: 1523 Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States   Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:28 pm   Subject: Dallas........... Came across this interesting historical (TRAILWAYS) page....... https://flashbackdallas.com/2020/09/06/labor-day-weekend-union-bus-depot-1952/ Note the TRAILWAYS ads; one also lists the connecti ...   Topic: "traildriver":MIA? traildriver Replies: 26 Views: 12352 Forum: Member Introductions and Announcements   Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:16 pm   Subject: "traildriver":MIA? traildriver: To say I am both greatly humbled and pleased by your kind words is indeed an understatement; I do thank you, my friend! As you of course already know, buses, streetcars, and ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 487 Views: 305087 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:59 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Here's an interesting photo from 1974, taken at Chicago............ https://rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-train-cwp.jpg (courtesy: fallenflags.org) Note the IC "covered wagon" unit, ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 487 Views: 305087 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 8:54 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ With PRR electrification ending at DC, this was the sourthernmost point on the railroad to see GG1s; these photos of "Gees" at DC (Ivy City yards) date to the early 1960s. After the NH be ...   Topic: "traildriver":MIA? traildriver Replies: 26 Views: 12352 Forum: Member Introductions and Announcements   Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:08 am   Subject: "traildriver":MIA? You rang? I will usually post, when I have something to say about a subject of particular interest to me. I check the "posts since you last visited", every few days... ...   Topic: "traildriver":MIA? traildriver Replies: 26 Views: 12352 Forum: Member Introductions and Announcements   Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:08 am   Subject: "traildriver":MIA? You rang? I will usually post, when I have something to say about a subject of particular interest to me. I check the "posts since you last visited", every few days... ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 487 Views: 305087 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:43 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ It is also interesting to note that, until the mid-1960s, NKP through cars from Chicago were switched onto DL&W/E-L trains at Buffalo, for overniight runs to Hoboken. This 1964 photo shows a co ...   Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... traildriver Replies: 1336 Views: 692453 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 6:00 am   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... traldriver: Thanks! Does AMTRAK still operate a similar train/bus connection to from San Diego Tijuana? "'NYO" I don't believe so, but there is now the light rail line from t ...   Page 1 of 172 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 170, 171, 172  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