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Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:08 am Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
Timeless.........
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/792281759417380107/
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Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 1:10 am Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
Just my opinion...........
The now-classic 4106 still, today in 2025, reflects its simple, straight-forward design, a timeless design that was both modern and stylish in appearance.
Indeed, a tr ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:58 am Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
Here is a rare color photo of one of the ex-"ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION" ("GARDEN STATE LINES") White 798s, now wearing DE CAMP colors, as are the ex-"ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION&quo ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 1:01 pm Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
DE CAMP's formidable ACF-BRILL "C-44s" were integral parts of of my 1960s childhood; Mom and I rode these hulking "Rocky BRILL-boas" on the old #22 from JSQ out to Verona, to visit ... |
Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:54 am Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses |
The "Em-Bee-Tee-Yay" and it's "mentality"............
Up in "Bah-ston" they take away zero-emission trolleybuses, replacing them with diesels, which will serve until t ... |
Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:38 am Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
traildriver:
Cannot believe it is now roughly FORTY YEARS since I last rode (or observed!) a 4106!
Last I rode was an ex-"INTERCITY" coach, running on NJT's (ex-"ORANGE & ... |
Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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Forum: Over The Road Carriers Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:58 am Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
traildriver:
Here's another one for you; talk about a "Gathering Of The Classics!" (no wonder the driver seems to be a very happy mood......look at what he's driving!)
https://w ... |
Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:38 am Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ |
"PSNJ goes Brooklyn" (1954/1955)..............
In the foreground we see two PS suburban Old Looks, enjoying a brief siesta from their charter duties at Coney Island, under the BMT El.
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Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:31 am Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
"Comparisons"......
Taken at about the same location (Lincoln Tunnel helix) in 1981, we see here two Fishbowls, one still painted in the original, time-honored DE CAMP paint, with the oth ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:14 am Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
"Parlor coaches"............
By 1978, a quarter of DE CAMP's fleet was made up of parlor coaches.
Like PSNJ, company purchased its first 4104s in 1954; more followed in 1956, 1957, 19 ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:03 am Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
DE CAMP's "bloodmobile" service........
Strange as it might seem in a commuter bus operation, DE CAMP once also transported blood on certain Route #77 trips.
This unique "transpo ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:55 pm Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
WHITE 798s..............
The only WHITE 798s operated by DE CAMP were added to the fleet when they took over "ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION" ("THE GARDEN STATE LINES") in the mid-1950 ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:49 pm Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
DE CAMP's first Old Looks...........
The first Old Looks DE CAMP purchased were TG-4006s; these buses arrived in 1945.
In 1947, a group of TD-4507s entered service...........
"NYO"
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Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:27 pm Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
By the time of this 1974 photo, DE CAMP had retired its once-proud fleet of Old Looks; for many years, these big buses were the backbone of the DE CAMP fleet.
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?15 ... |
Topic: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:19 pm Subject: DeCamp Bus Lines to end commuter service to NYC |
See also...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCamp_Bus_Lines
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