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 26951 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:20 am   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Interesting articles w/some good photos............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Europe_Express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acela ["AMTRAK& ...   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 148 Views: 77192 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:12 am   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses Interesting "juice buggy" article w/ some interesting photos........... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_electric_vehicle ["BATTERIES INCLUDED"]   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 643 Views: 85834 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:10 am   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) Just "hoid" on Eyewitness News at 11........... Starting Friday, the "A" line in the Rockaways will be shut down for at least four months, to "repair damage caused by Hurri ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:05 am   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver: For whatever reason, I STILL make that mistake! (TurboTRAIN/TurboLINER).......don't ask me why! The TurboLINER always reminded me of the modern "TEE" trainsets that ra ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:35 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Here's another classic AMTRAK photo from 1974, taken at Chicago, sure to fire up the interest of both railfans and model railroaders! (and look at all that VARIETY!) https://rr-fallenflags ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:27 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Here's an interesting photo from 1974, taken at Chicago............ https://rr-fallenflags.org/amtk/amtk-train-cwp.jpg (courtesy: fallenflags.org) Note the IC "covered wagon" unit, ...   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 148 Views: 77192 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:10 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses London, 1906 (just imagine if FACCo had motorized in like fashion!)............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Electrobus_Company ["LIVERPOOL ST."]   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 148 Views: 77192 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:07 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses See also............ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bus ["Juiced up!"]   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 148 Views: 77192 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:07 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses "Juice Buggy" jargon............... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterra_ZX5 What I find interesting is the photo showing a "juice buggy" being "juiced up" ...   Topic: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 148 Views: 77192 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:30 pm   Subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses W.B.: RIGHT ON, MY FRIEND! These new, hi-tech "juice buggies" are (mark my words) going to prove more trouble than they are worth, after not too long a period in revenue servic ...   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 643 Views: 85834 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:24 pm   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) W.B.: WELCOME BACK, my friend.....you've been GREATLY missed! The "Em-Tee-Yay", IF they were SMART (I'm being sarcastic here!) should mothball the remaining "Fordy-Six" f ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:13 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ An old article indeed worth reading: The January, 1988 issue of TRAINS magazine featured an excellent article (maps, photos, etc) on AMTRAK's 16th birthday. The photos, not surprsingly, are quit ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 487 Views: 301191 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:29 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Cyberider: Indeed! Meanwhile, back on the E-L, as more and more long-distance trains were discontinued in the mid/late 1960s, the more the graceful E-8s found themselves part of the commuter pow ...   Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1132 Views: 769304 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:18 pm   Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... Cyberider: And THAT'S an UNDERSTATEMENT! Too bad they do not have at least one ACF-BRILL C-44 suburban; but, then again, BRILLS were not at all that common on the West Coast, as they wer ...   Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1132 Views: 769304 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:13 pm   Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... 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