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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1062
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:59 pm Post subject: Something Rare In New York |
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This is a Marmon-Herrington model 8MB operated by the New York City Department of Hoispitals
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 23322 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Now THAT, my friend, IS rare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARMON, of course, manufactured a large number of trolley buses, that once ran in a number of cities, many years back.
The front end reminds me a bit of a postwar MACK........
GREAT photo!!
"NYO"
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2467 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Marmon also had the contract to rebuild most of the Greyhound Scenicruiser's in "Super Scenicruiser's" in 1961...
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 23322 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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traildriver wrote: | Marmon also had the contract to rebuild most of the Greyhound Scenicruiser's in "Super Scenicruiser's" in 1961... |
traildriver:
According to "GREYHOUND SCENICRUISER" (McNALLY/RAYMAN) , it was a $10-million dollar contract awarded to MARMON, quite a sum, back in those days!
Structural issues were also corrected by MARMON; some of the buses had stress cracks along the sides, and these were corrected by installing riveted steel gussets in several varying locations, between the upper-deck side windows, above the baggage bins, and above the tandem axles........
"NYO"
*In my collection, I have an "PD 4501R OPERATING MANUAL" (53 pages)
To say this manual is most interesting is indeed an understatement; especially interesting is the use of "capsules" for cold weather starting......
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2592 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:16 am Post subject: |
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When did the Department of Hospitals morph into the Health and Hospitals Corporation, exactly?
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2467 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | traildriver wrote: | Marmon also had the contract to rebuild most of the Greyhound Scenicruiser's in "Super Scenicruiser's" in 1961... |
traildriver:
According to "GREYHOUND SCENICRUISER" (McNALLY/RAYMAN) , it was a $10-million dollar contract awarded to MARMON, quite a sum, back in those days!
Structural issues were also corrected by MARMON; some of the buses had stress cracks along the sides, and these were corrected by installing riveted steel gussets in several varying locations, between the upper-deck side windows, above the baggage bins, and above the tandem axles........
"NYO"
*In my collection, I have an "PD 4501R OPERATING MANUAL" (53 pages)
To say this manual is most interesting is indeed an understatement; especially interesting is the use of "capsules" for cold weather starting...... |
What would be even more interesting is the original Scenicruiser operator's manual, with the dual engines...
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Hart Bus
Age: 74 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:41 am Post subject: |
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W.B. Fishbowl wrote: | When did the Department of Hospitals morph into the Health and Hospitals Corporation, exactly? |
IIRC It was sometime during the Lindsay years, when City Hall came up with with the idea of consolidating many of the agencies under several "consolidating" super agencies. I worked in 1971 for the Health Dept. which fell under the Health Services Agency umbrella along with the Medical Examiner's 0ffice and the office of Mental Health & Mental Hygene dept. Can't recall where the Hospital ended up.
To me, it was another sham so Lindsay's operatives could have jobs
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Hart Bus
Age: 74 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:42 am Post subject: |
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W.B. Fishbowl wrote: | When did the Department of Hospitals morph into the Health and Hospitals Corporation, exactly? |
IIRC It was sometime during the Lindsay years, when City Hall came up with with the idea of consolidating many of the agencies under several "consolidating" super agencies. I worked in 1971 for the Health Dept. which fell under the Health Services Agency umbrella along with the Medical Examiner's 0ffice and the office of Mental Health & Mental Hygene dept. Can't recall where the Hospital ended up.
To me, it was another sham so Lindsay's operatives could have jobs
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2467 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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IIRC, the City ambulances (anyone remember those Metro stepvans?), were under the authority of the Hospitals originally...now they are under the authority of the NY Fire Department. I think that the paramedics are much happier with their current status....
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