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What a shame. That was an interesting line. At least there are a lot of photos of what once was.

A handsome pair of cars. Unfortunately, I never lived anywhere they were used.

Date this one to 1963..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?43102

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Lots of interesting stuff in that one.

At first, I couldn't get the photo to show. Now I have three. Better than none, I suppose.

Just came across this photo of a Sun Vally Bus Lines Old Look. The photo was captioned TDM4509. In their later days, when I rode them, they had a 3-speed automatic transmission which would occasiona ...

At least you were in the right place at the right time for that.

True, but still not long enough. The Glendale-Burbank Line where the PCC's were used was one of PE's busier commuter lines.

At least they got the expected life out of the old cars which is more than can be said for their PCC's.

So, are the R-211's ME-3's?

Nice that it's managed to continue to exist so long without the connecting surface rail lines. Too bad they didn't keep the PCC's, though.

Sounds like the RTS's were late arriving to NJ. What was being used between the time they arrived and the Fishbowls retired? Flxible Metros?

Maybe he needs to "walk the plank," literally!

Weren't there a whole series of those deck roofed cars? I'm too lazy to look it up but maybe you know without looking it up.

Great photo of an interesting operation.

I also thought it was interesting that the Bronx section persisted that long. I believe it was built more heavily than the Manhattan section and thus could handle heavier equipment such as the R-12's ...