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  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:30 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
These two dismal depressing photos depict prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars being scrapped at 207th Street and CIY*.......... Crying or Very sad

(note the straps and number plates left intact as the cars were ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:21 am   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
"8TH AVENUE" (BMT Canarsie line)

(note new Vickers frieze in two photos)...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1463

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1464 (IND styling, f ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:13 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Twenty-four years separate these IRT signs at 23rd Street and Main Street (Flushing)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?540

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37

(courtesy: nycs ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 128
Views: 2626

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:06 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
"BROADWAY NASSAU" (today's "FULTON STREET"), IND.

The contours of the platform area eerily recall a typical London Underground deep-level tube station..........

https://www.n ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:51 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
W.B.:

Thanks for posting these photos: I knew that the Broad Street station had been renovated/re-tiled sometime after I retired in 2004 (as I have recalled in the past, my building was right smack ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 128
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:30 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
In 1970, the last ex-SURFACE TDH-5106s were retired; for some time, they were stored in the yard at the Colesium depot.

One of these distinctive buses (with the protruding front sign box) can be se ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:27 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
"EUCLID AVENUE" (IND)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?52738

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?942

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM']
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:19 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
(SEE PREVIOUS POSTS)

"BROADWAY" (Boston)

Again, the "Noo Yawk" subway influence is at once obvious here........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69936

(courtesy: nyc ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 128
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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:05 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Further comparison of station tablet tiles ("BROAD STREET" [BMT]/"WYOMING"[BSS])...............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?98426

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show? ...
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:21 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
The historic Buenos Aires Underground has a rich tramway subway/rapid transit heritage; interestingly, a number of older cars from Tokyo were purchased for further service in later years (some interes ...
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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Views: 2821

PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:00 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
These pages contain many interesting photos of the diverse rolling stock* used in Tokyo, through the decades:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metro_rolling_stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wik ...
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:36 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
Here's a interesting page on the sleek Kolkata Metro (India)...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Metro

["METRO RAILWAY"]
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:31 pm   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
The Cairo Metro, the first built in the Middle East...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Metro

["LINE 1"]
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:19 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
I just came across this photo (had not seen this one previously) taken at the 36th Street yards (1960s)

Note the row of "Shermans" at left; these appear to be buses still in revenue servi ...
  Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Replies: 14
Views: 586

PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:11 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland!
Station signage/tile (BSS); compare to IND tilework............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?95817

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?143850

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?143934 ...
 
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