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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 7:32 pm Post subject:

Was thinking.........

I used to wonder why none of "The Little Red Bus That Could's" fleet was sold to any of the Hudson County "indies"; then I realized, that, at that time, they were operating a good number of NJDOT "Dangerfields", they would have had no use for the work-weary, hardscrabble "AVENUE B" veterans..........

"NYO"

['M-109"]

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 5:00 am Post subject:

Yeah, that would have put a damper on those final Avenue B buses, no?

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 10:55 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 5:28 pm Post subject:

Also........

Imagine "The Little Red Bus That Could" pirchasing Canadian-built Fishbowls.........

"NYO"

["GMC"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 6:23 pm Post subject:

Canadian Fishbowls in "Noo Yawk"..........

"QUEENS TRANSIT" rostered 13 T8H-5307As, delivered in 1979.....

"NYO"

["771"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 4:07 pm Post subject:

Further:

I have often thought of TNJ ordering Canadian Fishbowls; but, by 1979, the NJDOT "Dangerfields" were still virtually new,, and NJT was about to take the helm,

They would soon, of course, order large numbers of the opnce-commonplace METRO "Bs".....

"NYO"

["FLXIBLE"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 11:23 pm Post subject:

Also................

Had there not been an influx of nearly 900 NJDOT "Dangerfields" in the later 1970s, I wonder if, perhaps, at least a few of the Hudson County "IBOA" independents might have ordered Canadian Fisbowls, to replace the last remaining "Shermans', then still in operation"......

"NYO"

["BERGEN AVENUE LOCAL"]