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MaBSTOA 15 · Age: 71 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1178

Looking back on Public Service buses

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2025 4:32 pm Post subject:

EXCELLENT PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!! Wink

The Old Look (#7311) in the last photo looks to be in a different paint scheme than what I've seen on various early postwar PS buses.

In b/w, bus reminds me somewhat of Chicago.

It is also interesting to note that, after ASV operation ended in 1947/1948, a small number of YELLOWS had their electrical gear removed and operated as "straight" gas buses until they were retired a few years later.

ASV operation ended on the HUDSON Division in 1947; operations on the ESSEX Division ended the following year, 1948.

PSNJ invested heavily in the 4509 after the War, purchasing a large number.

The experimental (D900) one-of-a-kind diesel-electric ASV (which underwent testing in 1950 in Montclair) was a modified 4509, which, after testing, was converted into a "straight" diesel, operating on the ESSEX and HUDSON Divisions until it was retired sometime around 1969.

Again, EXCELLENT photos!!!! Wink

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