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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:14 am    Post subject: Article: "And Now... The RTS" Reply with quote

From the Rail Classics 1977 Bus & Trolley Special, published in 1976

And Now... The RTS
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow - I remember that magazine. Did it also have an article about the SCRTD's El Monte busway?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michael,

Very interesting and informative article - I just wish that it would have first been printed last week so we could look forward to another 25 years of real buses!

Thanks for sharing.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ripta42 wrote:
Yes


I had that issue and wore it out. That magazine helped convince me that I wasn't nuts for liking buses and streetcars, and also helped push me to start taking pictures of the buses I was seeing every day around the Boston area. I may have to find a copy on eBay just for old times sake!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RailBus63 wrote:
ripta42 wrote:
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I had that issue and wore it out. That magazine helped convince me that I wasn't nuts for liking buses and streetcars, and also helped push me to start taking pictures of the buses I was seeing every day around the Boston area. I may have to find a copy on eBay just for old times sake!


R.B.,

If you find two, I'll take one!

Sounds very interesting - I'm sorry I threw away all my 'Bus Transportation' magazines years ago - but, who knew?

Mr. 'L'
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the one issue of that magazine that I bought back then and it's a good one. Too bad they didn't use decent paper, though. I had scanned the RTS article also and posted it at the old BTN.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cyberider wrote:
That's the one issue of that magazine that I bought back then and it's a good one. Too bad they didn't use decent paper, though. I had scanned the RTS article also and posted it at the old BTN.


Dave,

Maybe Michael can find that thread from BTN.

That would solve the whole problem!

Mr. 'L'
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Dave,

Maybe Michael can find that thread from BTN.

That would solve the whole problem!

Mr. 'L'


Mr. Linsky,

I think Evan has solved the problem by writing the book on the RTS! I've still got my copy of the original magazine but it's on pulp paper that has turned brown with age. And, it's only 32 years old!!! Laughing

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cyberider wrote:
Mr. Linsky wrote:


Dave,

Maybe Michael can find that thread from BTN.

That would solve the whole problem!

Mr. 'L'


Mr. Linsky,

I think Evan has solved the problem by writing the book on the RTS! I've still got my copy of the original magazine but it's on pulp paper that has turned brown with age. And, it's only 32 years old!!! Laughing

Dave



Dave,

Reminds me of the old 3M Thermofax copiers that we had forty years ago!

Once in a while I have to resort to information on copies that I still have in my files - the paper is fine but there are no longer any words on them!

I guess that sometimes the old doesn't fit too well with the new!

Mr. 'L'
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Dave,

Reminds me of the old 3M Thermofax copiers that we had forty years ago!

Once in a while I have to resort to information on copies that I still have in my files - the paper is fine but there are no longer any words on them!

I guess that sometimes the old doesn't fit too well with the new!

Mr. 'L'


Mr. Linsky,

Good thing we're in better shape for our age than our documents! Laughing

Dave
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