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 22536 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 760 Views: 246186 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:27 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) ..............and, on Wednesday, the Mets pummeled the other guys 9-1(!!) This is their FOURTH straight win this week (what a difference a few weeks makes!) Meanwhile, the " ...   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3 Views: 171 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:56 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) See also: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-carmelit-haifa-israel   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3 Views: 171 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:54 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) See also: https://www.atlastobscura.com/places/the-carmelit-haifa-israel   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:50 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago And here's a couple of "Shermans" from the aforemention movie.......... https://pics.imcdb.org/14694/pd.jpg (courtesy: imcdb.org) ["GO THE MOTOR COACH WAY"]   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3 Views: 171 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:17 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) Another quite interesting photo gallery (trains/stations).......... https://michaelminn.net/countries/israel/passenger_rail/carmelit/index.html   Topic: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 3 Views: 171 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:11 pm   Subject: NOT a "Noo Yawk" subway! (subway/funicular) HAD to post this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelit (the Haifa subway) This "subway" is the only one operating in Israel; it first opened in the late 1950s, and is a unique c ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:54 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago WB: See*........... https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_521300-GMC-TDH-5301-1960.html (courtesy: imcdb,org) *Note one photo were we see the aforementioned curved ad panel displaying an ad card.. ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:55 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago Note the large curved ad racks on both sides of the aisle here; these are what I was referring to.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156848 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["New Yor ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:36 am   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago W.B.: Thanks for this info; Rod Taylor was always a fave of mine (especially in 1060's "THE TIME MACHINE") and I'd like to see him aboard a FACL "Jetson" (I gotta get "SUND ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 760 Views: 246186 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:25 am   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) .....a 1010 WINS anchor just referred to the Amazins' as the "Surge Ahead Mets".................   Topic: Israel's only subway (Haifa) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 7 Views: 679 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:37 am   Subject: Israel's only subway (Haifa) Further note...... For some years after the line first opened, there were wall advertisements on the station platforms, as well as news kiosks; the original cars themselves bore some sort of resemb ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:31 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago .......in "WELCOME ABOARD THE GM NEW LOOK BUS" (McKane/Squier) there is an interior photo of an "stoa" TDH-5303, with "bowling alley" seating. No straps/grips are seen ...   Topic: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 797 Views: 184276 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:07 pm   Subject: "Happy Birthday, IRT!":Influences:Philly/Chicago The "Aitch & Em"............. Oddly enough, only the original 1908 Class "A" cars were equipped with (leather) straps; none of the H&M's cars, from the Class "B&quo ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 760 Views: 246186 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:36 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) This just in..........Eyewitness News (ABC-7) sports anchor Ryan Field just referred to the Mets as "The Kings Of Queens" (I like it!) They've won 9 games out of their last 12.... ...   Topic: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 760 Views: 246186 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:25 pm   Subject: Baseball buses/rapid transit (then and now) And the "baseball pendulum" is swingin' once again......... The Amazins' have won their last three games, and are now above 500 for the first time this season. 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