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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 2:01 pm Post subject:

From: "LOS ANGELES RAILWAY'S YELLOW CARS" (Jim Walker).......

".....in 1923, LARy and PE formed a joint operating company, the 'Los Angeles Motor Bus Company' to forestall bus-service competition.

".......the company was later renamed ''Los Angeles Motor Coach Company; LARY later added double-deckers to its fleet....."

The photo in the book shows bus #732 (FAGEOL); the bus has an open upper deck, and a (nearside) front door.......

"NYO"

["WILSHIRE"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 2:10 pm Post subject:

1928 YELLOW "Z" in the 1930 Stan & Ollie short, "HOG WILD".........

www.imcdb.org/vehicle_26832-Yellow-Coach-Z-AAAM-354-1928.html

["LOS ANGELES MOTOR COACH COMPANY"]

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2026 12:02 am Post subject:

This 1948 "POPEYE" cartoon is a HOOT! Wink

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

In the dream sequence, Olive signs about how she would improve bus transportation in the cities.....

".......if I were President! If I were President! Each bus would have a smoother run, with lots of room for everyone....."

We see rush-hour crowds jamming aboard what appears to be an ordinary city bus; the doors close, and the bus pulls away from the curb.

The camera pulls back to reveal that the bus is as tall as a high-rise, with multiple levels! Shocked

I often wonder, when this cartoon debuted in 1948, if anyone who then worked for FACCo or the BoT was in the audience, taking it in, perhaps with a chuckle or two........ Laughing

"NYO"

["GO THE MOTOR COACH WAY"]