BusTalk

The early Market-Frankford equipment was pretty rugged looking. Nice!

As in any other operation, it's sad that the old equipment and ways are gone but at least something remains of some of it. What remains still has an interurbanish character running through the beauti ...

Thanks for the interesting LVT, etc. information. There certainly were a lot of interesting operations around Philadelphia. I've watched some recent videos of some trips to Norristown and other plac ...

Awe inspiring. Take me back!

I was amazed when I read in one of my books about these cars and that they were still in service in the 1980's and would liked to have ridden them. Glad you were able to.

NYO,

Thanks for pointing those out. I never noticed them before. Confused

I think the R-15's are interesting looking cars with the round windows in the side and end doors. I wonder why the round windows only in the end doors were retained in the R-16's and R-17's? In any ...

I think I read that the R-11's made up the "Million Dollar Train." I wonder if we've reached the "Million Dollar Car" with some of the recent not nearly so attractive subway cars?

Thanks for all info, NYO. The R-11's were very attractive. Too bad there weren't more.

Lots of bureaucracy and politics even back then. It's a wonder as much got built as it did but maybe the private companies can be thanked for that. Whole systems were built in far less time than a f ...

The IRT cars used on the BMT certainly had a "distinctive" appearance to make it feasible. Also interesting was the planned extension of the SIRT to Brooklyn and on in to Manhattan 100 year ...

Sounds like paradise!

Let's see, how did we get from Brooklyn to Staten Island? Did you have to go back to Manhattan to take a ferry? Anyway, looks fascinating with the old cars and stations, as well as the grade crossin ...

NYO,

Great stories about you and your Mom's trips to Brooklyn as well as all the photo references. That 105th St. grade crossing seems to be well-photographed. I had some, as well as a few thousa ...

Nice practical looking cars, especially the one with the PRR keystone on the end door.