BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Given the fact that more than a few American trolleybuses were sold for service elsewhere after retirement, I always thought itoff that no buyers were interested in the Brooklyn coaches, then barely more than a decade old.

Odd, also, that neither Branford nor Seashore was interested in purchasing one of the coaches for their then-expanding collections......

"NYO"

["ST. LOUIS CAR COMPANY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Just was thinking......

PSNJ replaced their dual-powered ASVs in two stages; all HUDSON Division routes were converted to buses in 1947, while the ESSEX Divusion lines were converted the following year.......

"NYO"

["21 WEST NEW YORK"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

....on Eyewitness News at 4, anchor David Navarro did a "run through" report on the Tremont Avenue Busway, up in "da Bronx".

Footage showed a slew of "BBs" ("Bendy BINOs") in both the old blue/white and current colors.

Disappointed as all heck that I did not see any red and cream "Soifce" buses during the report.......

"NYO"

["RIDE THE SURFACE WAY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Curious......

How many major transfer poits in "da Bronx" did "Soface" serve?(i.e.:transfers to connecting bus routes/subways/El, etc)..................

"NYO"

["SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Judging by this bustling scene at West Farms Square, it would seem that this was a busy transfer point, for both TARS and "Soiface"(note buses).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116553

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["GMC"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"Soiface" MACK on the "Bx12", circa 1956..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154548

(courtesy: nycsubway.orrg)

See also:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Transportation_Corporation (note photo from 1952)

Curious as to which of today's MTA routes (Bronx) are still (more or less) still configured to the "Soiface" era.....

"NYO"

["SURE-IT'S A MACK!"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Appreciate the detailed info; once again, I'll say that a detailed,illustrated book of "Soface", its buses, rosters, and detailed info on depots, etc, is long, long overdue (ditto a detailed work on "stoa")

Not to mention another book on FACCo/FACL. where Fishbowls are given more than a passing mention......

'NYO"

["FACL"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Earlier, 1010 WINS reporter Mac Rosebnerg did a report on the many issues that the MTA is having with its hi-tech "juice buggies".

"Mr.Jan-OH!":

"......the buses all come from one builder....."

'....we were supposed to have a few hundred by now;we have less than 100......"

"....the buses are OOS at least 60% of the time...."

".....they are not reliable and are always breaking down......"

And, to think,decades afo, we had "Gee-Ems"and "Pattons" that that lasted over two decades in service........so much for "progress"........P

"NYO"

["GMC"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

It could very well be that today's hi-tech "BINOs" are the 21 srcentury's version of the "Bombers".

It was bad en ough when MACK stopped building buses, but, when FLXIBLE, and then GM exited the business, that was the removal the last cornerstones supporting the American bus industry.

I'd PAY to see a "Rocky BRIL-boa" (ACF-BRILL) C-44 get into a little "skirmish" with one of today's tissue paper "BINOs"....it would NOT be pretty, for certain.....

"NYO"

["ACF-BRILL"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

......the ONLY electric buses to operate SUCCESSFULLY in "Noo Yawk" were the trolleybuses that ran in Brooklyn until 1960.

'nuff said............

"NYO"

["ST. LOUIS"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]