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X-Astorian · Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Posts: 168 Location: Central NJ

Below is Green Bus 447, according the to Motor Coach Age, a 1933 Mack 6-CL-3S, and the only such model on Green's roster. Although Green is the owner, the Triboro Coach Corp. is shown prominently as the operator.

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:38 pm Post subject:

X-Astorian · Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Posts: 168 Location: Central NJ

Q65A · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:23 am Post subject:

Interesting how the transit bus designs of that era had entrance and exit door installations that gave them a symmetrical "is-it-coming-or-going" look.

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject:

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:21 pm Post subject:

Seen sometime in the mid fifties approaching the confluence of Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue as it trundles its way to 82nd. Street and Northern Boulevard on the #15 Manhattan to Jackson Heights line is fleet # 2602 - a 1953 49 passenger White Motor Company coach modeled as a 1150-D-7 and one of five likenesses numbered 2600 to 2604 operating for the Fifth Avenue Coach Company (FACCO"

Known as black sheep in a family comprised only of GM and Mack equipment, these 23,200 lb., 39 1/2 foot long Cummins Diesel powered juggernauts spent virtually all of their short lived time with the company on the Queens route.

While they were fairly good runners, service problems with their underfloor engines and parts availability from White, who was in the throws of closing down its bus manufacturing business led to the early demise of the 1150-D-7's which were sold to Memphis in 1960.

Also of note in the image is a company Mack C-50 passing in the opposite direction on its way back to 25th. Street and Fifth Avenue on the same route.

Photo courtesy of 'Vintage-Vault75' and is available at eBay as item # 181488707217.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, New York

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:40 pm Post subject:

Seen on January 12th. 1951 'supposedly' in The Bronx, New York in the aftermath of an accident in which fleet #2210 - a 1948 44 passenger GM Coach modeled as a TDH-4507 operating for the city's Board of Transportation (BOT) - was thrust into an apartment house where it sits with the second floor of the building resting precariously upon its roof.

No cause for the incursion was given and, while it is surprising that there were no injuries, #2210's front clip suffered a devastating blow.

The TDH-4507's, of which the BOT purchased 192 numbered between 2000 and 2129 and 2200 and 2261, were slated as a backbone for their newly formed Queens Bus Division and to assist in traction conversion in Brooklyn with no mention of operation in The Bronx which is why I question the location of the mishap.

Photo by Acme Telephoto and available at eBay through 'cootsimergery' at item # 400753205894.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, New York

X-Astorian · Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Posts: 168 Location: Central NJ

Q65A · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:54 pm Post subject:

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:50 pm Post subject:

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

Loved seeing that Hoffman sign attached to the lower part of the window. Presumably it was for the soda company that made the delicious Black Cherry soda. I believe that they were based in College Point, Quees.

Wonder if it is still in production? I'll try to look for it the next few times I'm in a superarket.

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:37 pm Post subject:

Seen December 20th. 1939 on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue at the corner of 103rd. Street in the aftermath of an accident in which a bus operating for the New York City Omnibus Corporation was cut off by a taxi cab sending it careening across traffic and over a curb into the front of the landmark Greek Orthodox Church of St. George and St. Demetrios injuring both the driver and five passengers.

The bus, a brand new 40 passenger Yellow Coach modeled as a 740 and one of 80 on the company's roster, was in route on the #4 line between Lexington Avenue in lower mid town and Lenox Avenue at 146th. Street.

The model 740 was groundbreaking for Yellow in that its more sculptured body and new Diesel Hydraulic drive train were a prelude to the very successful 'Old Look' models that followed.

Photo courtesy of ‘cootsimagery’ and is available at eBay as item # 400750974575.

Mr, Linsky – Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, New York

Mr. Linsky · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject:

In a photo said to have been taken in June of 1947 at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal (although it would not be opened for another three years) we see fleet #400 - a 47 passenger Twin Coach modeled as a 58DW and known as a 'Super Coach' in demonstration for the City of New York Board of Transportation (BofT).

The sixty foot long 102 inch wide juggernaut, powered by two gasoline engines mounted underfloor just aft of the front axle and coupled to a hydraulic torque converter, featured a dual steering system in which whatever way the front wheels turned the trailer wheels would respond in the opposite direction giving the 58DW a turning radius similar to that of a 35 foot long bus - this was necessary due to the fact that unlike modern artics Twin's model could only bend vertically (such a steering response is seen in the image below).

#400 spent much of its time on Brooklyn routes but was eventually returned to Twin to see other demo assignments before finally being sold to the Chicago Transit Authority after rebuilding as a trolley coach.

Only fifteen other likenesses were ever coined and all went to the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company of Omaha, Nebraska.

Photo taken by Acme Telephoto and is available on eBay through 'mmgarchives' as item # 191260987447.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, New York