BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

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Ulmer Park depot, 1955..................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156972

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156992

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["TWIN COACH"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

A brand-new "Borough Bomber"* (#236) is seen here at the Kingsbridge depot........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153275

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*Also had to include this 1982 photo of a rare bird, indeed....."stoa" #631, a batwinged "Bomber"........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154036

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["FLXIBLE"}

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"Just awaitin' the fluffy white stuff" (ENY, 1969)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155230

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["SF-18"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"ROGUES GALLERY" (W. 5th Street depot, 1955)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157001

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["BMT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

On a bright, sunny day way back in '68, we see "Jetson" #1 outside of the Flatbush garage, enjoying a doze................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153213

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["78 MILL BASIN"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Castleton garage, 1973............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154689

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["R107 Ferry"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

ENY, 1980.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154803

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154919

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["M"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"TORPEDO DAYS" (Walnut depot, 1996)...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156462

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156463

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["Bx15"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Strange bedfellows indeed (Cherry & Rutgers, 1973)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157309

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["RT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here we have "INTER-COUNTY MOTOR COACH" Fishbowl #158, sunning itself at the company's garage, back in 1982.

Note that, years after the "Tee-Yay"/"Em-Tee-Yay" abolished the use of ad racks behind the rear wheels, "I-CMC" was still using them.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154534

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["158"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Two photos snapped at the Queens Village garage (1977)...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154778

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153257

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Q44A"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's "Jetson" #727 awaiting the next run at the Fresh Pond depot, back in '71............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153388

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["55 TO RIDGEWOOD"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

In this bygone "group" scene from 1971, "Sherman" #7105 indeed is the "oddball" (Merrick & 90th)

All too soon, veterans such as #7105 would be put out to pasture........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154828

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["New York City Transit Authority"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's an (undated) photo of "Borough Bomber" #647 "under the lights" of an unidentified garage; the cigarette ad dates this photo as much as #647 itself.

How brief was the era of the "Bombers" in the city........and what a complex, tangled corporate boondoggle ensured when these boxy buses began falling apart on the streets, when still new.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154358

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["647"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]