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The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST)
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 1:42 pm    Post subject: The "Papal Connection"/MTA (PREVOST) Reply with quote
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See:

https://www.volvobuses.com/en/news-stories/press-releases/2023/dec/prevost-secures-its-largest-ever-coach-order.html

I was QUITE surprised, to say the very least, to see that other bus enthusiasts have also been pondering over there being a possible "connection" between newly-installed Pope Leo (the former Fr. Robert Prevost) and a certain Canadian bus builder....and here I thought I was the ONLY one thinking this one over! Wink

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Note the "PREVOST" coaches in the MTA fleet (photos).........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations_bus_fleet

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The ULTIMATE In "Popemobiles"? Wink

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority_1300-1629

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
See also...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevost_X-Series

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also of interest..........

https://prevostcar.com/h3-45-passenger-coach

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Also of interest..........

https://prevostcar.com/h3-45-passenger-coach

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Someone on the BusChat forum said he was breathing a sigh of relief that the new Pope's birth surname wasn't Van Hool or Gillig.
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Also of interest..........

https://prevostcar.com/h3-45-passenger-coach

["ALL ROADS HAVE LED TO THIS"]

Someone on the BusChat forum said he was breathing a sigh of relief that the new Pope's birth surname wasn't Van Hool or Gillig.


W.B.:

I had caught that, also; also be glad that the Pontiff's former name (as a priest) wasn't "VOLVO"! Wink

All kidding aside, I've always wondered why "En-Jay-Tee" never purchased PREVOST coaches.

"En-Jay-Tee" has been loyal and steady MCI customers since the 1980s, and, about the only time they "broke with tradition" was when they purchased a group of EAGLE coaches, which were not in the fleet all that long.

ACADEMY, on the hand, has been a strong PREVOST customer for many years now.......

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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2025 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
See also...........

https://prevostcar.com/x3-45-passenger-coach
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2025 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting note...........

PACE bus route #348 runs along Indiana Avenue, less than a block from Pope Leo's family home on E. 148th Place.

This company was founded in 1983, and re-branded PACE in 1984......

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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2025 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
See also:

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Regional_Transportation_Authority_Suburban_Bus_Division (fleet info, divisions, etc.)

Also:

https://chicagorailfan.com/sbus630.html

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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2025 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"SUBURBAN BUS ROUTE HISTORY" (multiple links; much historical bus info here)...........

https://chicagorailfan.com/rtaroute.html

Also:

https://chicagorailfan.com/sbus350.html

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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2025 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's sure a loooooong way indeed from "Shik-aga"...............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153047

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153049

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153050

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2025 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also.............

At one time, "South Suburban SafeWay Lines" rostered 5305s and 5105s; the 5105s (28 in all) were purchased from Denver Tramways.

A color photo of one of these good-looking buses is seen in "OLD LOOK BUSES" (William A. Luke); the bus shown has a single door, standee windows, and the old-style a/c unit with the boxy duct running along the roof.

Orange & Black rostered similar buses..........

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2025 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
From "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES" (Guy E. Martin); this is from thew section on "AVENUE B".........

"......ten GM Old Look TDH-5105s were leased in 1975 from Hausman Bus Sales, which formerly operated on South Suburban Safeway Lines and Queens Transit......."

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2025 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Note that the bus depicted on the front of this "SOUTH SUBURBAN SAFEWAY LINES" tt from 1954 depicts one of the earliest YELLOW Old Looks (a TD-4001 w/flat windshields)............

https://chicagorailfan.com/stgsss.html

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