BusTalk

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W.B.:

THe last TARS cars in "da Bronx" were indeed "TROLLEYS", as they used overhead wires; the cars that ran in Manhattan were more "STREETCARS", as they used underground conduits........

"NYO"

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Recall, also, that one of the TARS lines up in "da Bronx" passed by the starely NYW&B station headhouse ar E. 180th Street, which today provides access to"Eye-Are-Tee" trains..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116626 (note former NYW&B catenary tower still in place, in this 1941 view)



"NYO"

["IRT LINES"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Sobering thought..........

Given what "da Bronx" os like nowadays, I SHUDDER to think of how badly t hose charming old old TARS convertibles (none of which were saved,BTW), or any other rattan-seated streetcar, for that matter, would be trashed, en-route to their destinations....indeed, it was a far different area, back in the day, one far more conducive to public transit vehicles NOT being vandalized.....

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