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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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....that is a VERY "atmospheric" photo, to be sure.....the slush, grit, and grime that city buses still contend with to this day, here seen under the shadows of the hulking ex-BMT El structure.
BTW, those now-classic R-27/30 subway cars above sure look a lot worse for wear, since the scourge of graffiti began rearing its ugly head in the early 70's.
Another great old photo....thanks for sharing here.....
"NYO"
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1060
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Owl eyes in the night... MTA New York City Bus #9077, RTS-06
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT PICTURE SHOULD WIN AN AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME "SNOW BUS" PORTRAIT!!!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"NYO"
PS: If you ever do a book on MABSATOA/NYCTA bus history, you obviously have QUITE a collection of OUTSTANDING photos to use!
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1060
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Two more scenes from the past...
First, a Surface Transit TDH-5301, #3161, on route 106 - 42nd Street Crosstown seen sometime in 1960-1961.
Secondly, a MaBSTOA. TDH-5303, #6860, on route 101
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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OUTSTANDING photos, as always....thanks for sharing!
To be honest, I could learn to tolerate snow if Fishbowls were still "out and about"........
Like the Old Looks before them, a Fishbowl could slug through all but the worst of storms.......those old tanks MORE than earned their keep, way back when........
"NYO"
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1060
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:37 am Post subject: |
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My favorite bus models of all times were the TDH-4510 and the TDH-3612/3714.
But I fell in love with the TDH-5303 (MaBSTOA) during a snow storm.
Nothing like looking out the windshield as the snow came down!
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:42 am Post subject: |
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MaBSTOA 15 wrote: | My favorite bus models of all times were the TDH-4510 and the TDH-3612/3714.
But I fell in love with the TDH-5303 (MaBSTOA) during a snow storm.
Nothing like looking out the windshield as the snow came down! |
Here in NJ, I used to love watching those HUGE wipers on the Fishbowls fight the snow; there certainly was a VAST amount of glass to be cleared on those old tanks!
Back in the day, you KNEW the snow was bad, when even the Old Looks and the Fishbowls started to waver....baby, it's COLD outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2439 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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MaBSTOA 15 wrote: | Two more scenes from the past...
First, a Surface Transit TDH-5301, #3161, on route 106 - 42nd Street Crosstown seen sometime in 1960-1961.
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So evidently the first of the ST New Looks went to Amsterdam depot. And nice; pics of FACL and ST New Looks in any weather are especially rare.
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1060
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 10:43 am Post subject: |
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New York City Omnibus 2629... in this thread you mentioned the International Travelall vehicles the TA owned.
Am still looking for photos of these vehicles however, in the meantime I found the following...
Am not a Ford expert but that looks like a 1955-56 Ford "Mainline" 2 door basic model.
The paint scheme resembles the one used by the NYPD in those days and the rectangular box on the roof ahead of the domed beacon light says "PATROL" white letters on a red background.
Note the door emblem and the Mack C-50-DT in the background
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1060
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 11:08 am Post subject: |
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And here is the 1966's version of the supervisor's car, a Ford Fairlane, basic model, 4 door with the red beacon light still on the roof. The "TA" emblem as used on buses and subway.
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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MaBSTOA 15:
Once again, yet again, you have MORE than excelled at pulling still more rare and wonderful old views from your "magic hat".....THANK YOU for posting here!
The '55/'56 FORD certainly looked familiar to me; my first car (which cost me all of $75 back in 1976!) was a '55 Ford Customline Fordor (I'd STILL have that car today, had it not been an incident that was totally beyond my control)
The "golden" FACCo. open-topper, seen in the 1966 photo always reminds me of my later mother; that bus debuted thew same year she did! (1917); she well remembered the open-toppers on 5th venue as a girl.
Again, these photos were not only quite a pleasant surprise but also, yet another wonderfully nostalgic "trip back into time"........thanks once
again.......
"NYO"
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MaBSTOA 15
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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At the end of a long and glorious career...
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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.......dang, pictures like break me up.......
I STILL shudder, every time I use a new razor, wondering if the blade was once a re-re-re-re-re-re-recycled Old Look or Fishbowl..........
"NYO"
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MaBSTOA 15
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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The Transit Authority was prepared for any weather condition that could impede any transit service.
Here we see a line up of Jeep model FC-150 (forward control) with snow plows from the Surface Maintenance Dept.
Is that the East New York depot?
Some of the ex-TA TDH-4507 last serve New York as Snow Fighters, and we see the bus ready for its load of sand that will be deposited through an opening on the roof by way of the conveyor belt at the far right.
Lastly, a Mack heavy duty tow truck, in front of streetcars, likely it was used to tow buses and trolleys out of snow drifts or simply when they broke down.
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22792 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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NOSTALGIA INDEED RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"NYO"
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