BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 22979 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 59 Views: 6086 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 12:28 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros Here is an excellent photo page on the "ghost" U-Bahn stations which are today dimly-lit, echoing, haunting reminders of a divided Berlin................ https://atlasobscura.com/articles ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 59 Views: 6086 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 12:18 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros This nostalgic early 1960s photo depicts one of the "U-BAHN" trains of the 1930s. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57745 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) This photo makes for an interes ...   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 59 Views: 6086 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 12:09 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros In Berlin, several sets of restored historic "U-BAHN" trains often run on fan trips, or are brought out for special events. These "A-1"-class cars are reminiscent of some of the ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 166 Views: 4260 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 11:49 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Quick question: It would seem that, with the infusion of new "Are-Tee-Es" in the early 1980's, that replacement of the "Borough Bombers" would have been high on the "Em-Tee ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 11:44 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Berlin's "U-BAHN"? Or the "Eye-Are-Tee", circa-1979? https://berlingraffiti.de/2020/01/27/was-faehrt-6/ ["U"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 8:12 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... From Brooklyn.......and, thence, "across the pond" to The Eternal City.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24793 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?136924 (courtesy: nycs ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 11:17 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... So, while in Rome, you start to feel a bit homesick for "Noo Yawk"? Well, just take a ride on the Metro, and you'll feel right at home.....(!!) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show? ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 11:01 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Metro ["M"] A VERY telling article, indeed......... https://revealedrome.com/2010/08/why-why-why-does-rome-have-so-much-graffiti/   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 10:56 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Odd, indeed, you brought up (as I had) Rome and its graffiti issues (focusing on the Metro). A "history" book I have (I also greatly enjoy delving into ancient cultures, not just ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:41 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... The last cars specifically built for "Eye-En-Dee" (the "R-9"; built in 1940 by PRESSED STEEL and ACF) were also the last subway cars being built for the City prior to the Unificati ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:17 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... The first built in 1923, London's "Q" stock (sub-surface) ran until 1971. Notice the end profile; you can see a profile similar to that of the "Bee-Em-Tee's" articulated "D ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:03 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... (SEE PREVIOUS POST) These handsome blue cars (dating to the 1950s) ran in Moscow's Metro until fairly recently. In Stan Fischler's "SUBWAYS OF THE WORLD", there is mention that these c ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:37 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Graffiti........... It was, as we know, that rampant subway graffiti established a firm stronghold in "Noo Yawk", beginning in the 70s; it was, indeed, an unsettling "social commenta ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 158 Views: 3170 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:24 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Agreed 100%. What passes for "buses" today in "Noo Yawk" are "buses" in name only; they are nothing but a conglomeration of bizarre, avante-garde styling and ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 166 Views: 4260 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:15 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! .......another interesting photo shows a "Borough Bomber" (make that a "Baltimore Bomber") awaiting delivery to "The Monumental City" at FLXIBLE's factory. 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