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nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I found an two old photos of a Fishbowls operating for Private Transportation. Th first one is 806, However I can't make out the number of the second one.

http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j92/farrockawayatrain/Vintage%20NYCDOT/?action=view&current=0467155-R2-E151.jpg
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j92/farrockawayatrain/Vintage%20NYCDOT/?action=view&current=0467155-R1-E009.jpg

ripta42 · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:57 am Post subject:

Very cool. Keith, are you out there?

Hart Bus · Age: 74 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150

I agree that the second bus is hard to identify. I could be wrong with my small screen and bad eyes, but could it be 461? The last digit appears to be a "1".

There is no identifying info with the picture so we don't know when it was taken.

According to a post by Sol Zeller on Dave Pirmann's old board on 3/9/2000 Private Transportation was started by Marcus Pearlstein sometime in 1960with some old rented 1948 PD 4101's.

Then with UMTA funds he purchased 3 new TDH-5302's. A quick glance at OMOT does not bear this out.

Sadly Marcus' son Izzy who was a mechanic was crushed to death between two buses when an e-brake accidentally released.

The company was then taken over by Jack marmerstein, one of the drivers who made it into the successful company it is.

No dates are given so I can't tell if those buses are from the Pearlstein or Marmelstein regimes.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

502 was originally Avis 5.

ripta42 · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject:

Also a '98, I assume?

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

ripta42 · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:07 am Post subject:

It's practically new! Thanks for the info.

R160A 4567 · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

Has Private ever bought a new bus.

ripta42 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject:

Yes, a pair of T6H5306As in 1971. I'm pretty sure the CitySights SBM TourLoopers were also purchased new.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I saw a Gillig Phantom numbered 511 today while I was on the BM4. This bus however did not appear to be originally operated by Avis.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

511 is ex Minneapolis Metro Transit 2358. I'm not sure what year the bus was because it was missing its registration sticker.

I also saw 504 which is a 1998 Gillig Phantom. This bus was originally Avis 12.

NYAS 722 was also on the B110 today.

ripta42 · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:11 am Post subject:

2358 is a 1995 Phantom, according to this post.

How long before double-deckers show up on the B110? Laughing

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Private has recently added another Gillig Phantom numbered 516 to their fleet. I will try to get more info about this bus in the near future.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

There is also a Gillig phantom numbered 515. This bus like 511 appears to be an ex-Twin City Metro bus. It appears as if 515 and 516 replaced 202 and 507 as the buses assigned to the B110 on sunday were 504, 505,506, 510, 511, 515 and 516.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Here are photos of the two buses as well as their registration stickers.

515:

516: