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traildriver:

All I got was a blank page full of large symbols, arrows, etc.. Sad

Thank you, anyway! Wink

"NYO"

Here's an interesting 1974 "mystery" shot, depicting an ex-DE CAMP Old Look, near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance in Manhattan..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154405

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Here's an interesting 1974 photo of an ex-DE CAMP Old Look near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance in Manhattan, which is a bit of a "mystery"........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154405 ...

Sorry to hear of the passing of Connie Francis. She was one of my favorite singers from back in the day.

I don't have any roller curtains from De Camp buses BUT I am fortunate to have Connie Fra ...

Here's one of DE CAMP's handsome ACF-BRILLs* ("BRILL-boas"); Mom and I rode these beefy, growling old buses many times 60-plus years ago on the "22", riding out to West Orange, to ...

Here is a timeless portrait of a DE CAMP "BRILL-boa".......

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/542965298801206656/

DE CAMP rostered quite a few BRILLS; some of these buses were purchased ne ...

Sad news.........

New Jersey's "Singing Sweetheart", Connie Francis, has passed away; she was 87. Crying or Very sad

In her memoirs, "WHO'S SORRY NOW?", she relates how, when she was jus ...

Wanted to share this sad news.........

The legendary Connie Francis has passed away, she was 87.

The reson I am posting this here, is that, when she was just starting out in the music business, ...

Further.........

London's iconic "UndergrounD" ("tubes") have been "OPTO" for many a year now; long gone are the gdys when the guards (conductors) would operate the do ...

W.B.:

As I have often said in other topics, closing down the 69th St.Ferry was TOTALLY short-sided.

Given the extreme gridlock that plagues the "Vee-Zee" during rush hours these days, ...

And we see how today's "stars" are virtually "dimmed," as Tuesday's All-Star game ended in a tie.

W.B.:

If today's baseball "stars" are "dimmed" more than ...

Further on "OPTO".........

Recall, now, that the BMT's sleek articulated "GREEN HORNET" had the ability to be operated by a one-man crew.

Also, there had been some talk of ha ...

CBS 2 News (at 11).........

Caught the tail end of Dick Brennan's report of yesterday's flooding in the subways; some good footage of the "Silverboids", still sporting their original roll ...

Just hoid.........

"Noo Yawk" is about to pass legislation banning the concept of "OPTO" on the subways, thus requiring a MOTORMAN (yes, I'm using the "traditional" te ...

W.B.:

Between the brutal, violent stabbings nearly every day (and other altercations) and the mindless, asinine "surfing" atop the trains, all I can say is that the subways of today are N ...