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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 1:04 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Here are a few more early 1970s (Fishbowl) photos from Queens........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153272
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 12:52 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Here are two nostalgic 1971 photos taken at the 165th Street terminal..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154673
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 12:35 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"Tee-Yay" rolling stock running on "foreign rails"..............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24431
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113309
https://www.nycsubway ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:54 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Interesting..........
The "Eye-En-Dee's" new "R-1s" were tested on "Bee-Em-Tee" rails.
In the last few years of service, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars operate ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 10:16 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
X-Astorian:
Again, I thank you for this information; I had not the slightest clue that this route had so many "variants".
This, now, has me thinking of the vintage bus photos at nycsub ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 8:05 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Wanted to bring this up (as we had been talking about "INDY" Jones and "Crocodile" Dundee)...........
In 1990's supernatural flick "GHOST", these station entrances at ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 6:10 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Speaking of shuttles, recall that, in 1920, the "Bee-Are-Tee" abandoned through train service between Rockaway Parkway and the Canarsie Pier.
A track loop was built at Rockaway Parkway, a ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 5:57 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"Shuttles"............
Though there is, of course, the shuttle on the Rockaways, most folks, hearing the word "shuttle" automatically think of the famed TSQ-GC line.
Of cours ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 5:44 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
Thanks; this is EXACTLY the info I was looking for!
Interesting, too, that these buses weren't the first "Noo Yawk" buses to have prefixes in front of the numbers; recall ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:55 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
WB.:
You're the one for this......
How many buses did the "Em-Tee-Yay" roster with the "PA" prefix before the number?
See:
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154962
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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:48 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B.:
The 1938/1939 WF cars, in fact, DID look a mite out of place on the TSQ-GC shuttle (I also caught the hyphen between "GRAND" and "CENTRAL" on the roller curtain)
The TS ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:14 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Shuttle memories............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6879
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45874
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2875
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:33 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
From what I've read, that subway entrance (where the RTS was in the background) was at Columbus Circle; as I had stated earlier, you can see an "IRT 7th Avenue" sign over the stairway going ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:27 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
See the following:
https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/Crocodile-Dundee.php
["CRIKEY!"] |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:23 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
Thanks for the info.
I'm almost certain that this sequence was filmed in Manhattan, so your information on this bus running on Manhattan routes would be indeed valid.
"NYO"
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