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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: Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:43 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
"Jetson" #2135 holding down a "Q43" schedule, on a sunny day back in 1978..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153266

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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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: Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:35 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Flatbush & Empire, 1981.

Here we see "Jetson" Fishbowl #2064, working the "B47".......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153250

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:27 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
ENY & Fulton, 1981.

Indeed, quite a SHARP contrast between the shiny new "Torpedo" in the foreground, and the veteran "Tee-Yay" green Fishbowl in the background........

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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: Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:21 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Flatbush & Nostrand, 1978.

Indeed, by this late date, "Jetson" Fishbowl #2023 was already a "veteran"...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153231

(courtesy: ...
  Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:26 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa)/Overseas subways/Metros
Here's an interesting page (w/both historic and modern photos) on the Helsinki Metro..............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Metro
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:14 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Same location in 1974; note that the area between the BMT ramps is now jammed full of trashed Fishbowls, silently awaiting their last runs.......to the scrapper...........

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

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:03 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Here's two contrasting views at Fresh Pond Road, taken four years apart (1971/1975)............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5626

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?5618

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

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:36 am   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
In the aforementioned report, there is also a photo of a mechanic working on an (unidentified) bus engine.

The photo caption reads:

"........the Bus Overhaul Program is designed to ensure t ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:07 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Also from the MTA's 1998-1991 Budget Proposal.............

".......the condition and reliability of the bus fleet has shown considerable improvement since 1984. The Equipment Quality Control p ...
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:46 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
South Ferry, 1972..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155200

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:38 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
(SEE PREVIOUS POSTS)

Jay & Myrtle, 1972...............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154458

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["54 TO BROADWAY"]
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:26 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Castleton garage, 1975 (also, note vintage light fixtures on facade).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154630

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["R7"]
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:18 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Queens Village garage, 1977..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153265

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154778

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["Q1 Bellrose"]
  Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:12 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
Flatbush depot, 1968; here we have a nice portrait of "Jetson" Fishbowl #1, snoozing peacefully in the sun.

The farebox can just be glimpsed through the windshield...........

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

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PostForum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:30 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway/old lighting/signs/buses
W.B.:

Greatly appreciate your taking the time to post this listing of farebox codes; thanks to you, I now also know that codes were not used until after 1972/1973. Being from "Joisey", I ...
 
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