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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Further:

The earliest (1940) Old Looks built by YELLOW for PGL were model TD-4502s.........

"NYO"

["K MILL VALLEY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also..........

It is interesting, to say the least, why, when GM began producing the smaller-sized Old Looks after "regular" Old Look production ended in 1959, the builder reverted back to the original square-window look that characterized Old Looks through 1948.

These "New Old Looks", indeed, had the distinctive appearance of the buses built through the late 1940s........

"NYO"

["RIDE WITH US-TAKE THE BUS!"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

PSNJ's first Old Looks..........

Like many other bus companies in the country, PSNJ (largest transit operator in the State) purchased a number of YELLOW "Old Looks" early on, starting in 1940.

PS was a steadfast, loyal YELLOW customer right into the GM era; as mentioned earlier, with the exception of a lone postwar MACK suburban demo (and a small group of ACF-BRILL C-44 suburbans purchased in 1947, that later went to DE CAMP), PSNJ purchased only GM-built buses.

The NJDOT-purchased Flex New Looks, nearly 900 in all (arriving in the mid-1970s) were the first non-GM buses to service former PS routes in decades (TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY was now operating the former PS routes, prior to NJT)..........

"NYO"

["PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT"]

["TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Further........

PSNJ's YELLOW Old Looks came in both rear door (transit) and single-door (suburban) versions; interestingly, a number of the single door buses were also furnished with rooftop luggage racks, used on intercity runs, such as:

NEW YORK-PHILADELPIA

NEW YORK-ATLANTIC CITY

NEWARK-ATLANTIC CITY

NEWARK-PHILADELPHIA

JERSEY CITY-ATLANTIC CITY

"NYO"

["ATLANTIC CITY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

On this day in 1937, the "#7 CITY SUBWAY" line was extended one stop from Broad Street (today "Military Park") to a multi-track terminal (with loops) at Penn Station, Newark.

Also on this date, a new "flying junction" connection opened, allowing rush-hour surface cars to travel to Penn Station, via the lower level of the PS terminal and the Cedar Street Subway.

Ironically, this connection was used only briefly, before the car lines that used it were converted to ASV; the money spent on this late-Depression era connection was totally wasted.

Through the 1990s, vintage work equipment were stored in these long-disused connector tunnels........

"NYO"

["7 CITY SUBWAY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

On this day in 1978...........

The old PS Building in Newark was undergoing demolition; the last buses used this massive facility several years earlier.

During demolition of the old building (which contained two levels for buses, as well as company offices), two stored OOS PCCS were discovered in the long-disused outbound tunnel connector, which was used by streetcars to travel through to the lower level of the PS Terminal (through 1938), and thence, via the now-abandoned Cedar Street Subway, to surface trackage

The OOS cars were damaged by demolition debris and were cut up on the spot; some parts, however, were salvaged to be used to keep the Subway's PCC fleet "on track"..........

"NYO"

["43 JERSEY CITY"]