BusTalk

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At last......SOME respect FINALLY shown to the downtrodden......and it's called "preservation".......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3109

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This vintage scene I dedicate to our late friend and highly-valued mentor, "Mr. Green Bus" himself, Mr. Linsky.........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?499

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Roosevelt Field, 1981.

The roll signs on these MSBA buses could EASILY be read from a block away......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3562

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When this picture was snapped, eons ago, I doubt any of us was thinking that, one day, buses like these would be considered "historic" and "classic".

I know Your's Truly sure as heck didn't.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?212

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Here's a few nostalgic MaBSTOA shots......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1258 *

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1259

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1260

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

*On the right is the IRT's handsome old 72nd St. station house, and, just glimpsed in the background, a "pinch-hitting" WAMATA bus.

IMHO, I believe that some bus enthusiasts think that, after the Fishbowls and Flexies, that there were no more "true" MaBSTOA buses after that.

Though the now-gone RTS has since become a classic in its own right (and deservedly so), it seems as though that the long-gone, ill-fated GRUMMAN is still a bus that has become largely ignored by all but the most dedicated, astute, and die-hard "Noo Yawk" bus enthusiasts/historians.

I, for one, sure as heck wouldn't mind going back some 40-odd years and go happily snapping away with my trusty KODAK Instamatic!

I will admit, at the time, I was not all that enamored with them at first, but, as time passed, grew to like them a lot (ditto for the FLEX METRO)

One GOOD thing about the GRUMMANS departing the fleet when they did, however.....they were spared being painted in that godawful "Vanilla Dip" scheme....(!!)

"NYO"

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34th & Park, 1982.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?412

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Back in '82*, I don't think any of us thought of such a scene as one day being regarded as "nostalgic"...I know I sure didn't........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2450

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*Note #727's sign reading "CASTLE HLL" (missing "I").........

[W.B. Fishbowl]

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W.B.:

Ahhh, so that explains the missing "I"........I am much obliged, Sherlock!

You and I are on the same wavelength; I, myself, have always preferred the "Gulton Luminators" over the others.......

"NYO"

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32nd & 7th, 1981........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3255

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Queens Blvd & 41st Avenue, 1983.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3254

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Grand Concourse & 204th, 1982.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2482

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This is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite GRUMMAN* photo.....sure wish more of the "Em-Tee-Yay"/MaBSTOA fleet had been suitably equipped.......(!!)

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1036

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org

*curious as to why this bus was the only GRUMMAN in the city equipped with "batwings".......