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 22970 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:41 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... The last cars specifically built for "Eye-En-Dee" (the "R-9"; built in 1940 by PRESSED STEEL and ACF) were also the last subway cars being built for the City prior to the Unificati ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:17 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... The first built in 1923, London's "Q" stock (sub-surface) ran until 1971. Notice the end profile; you can see a profile similar to that of the "Bee-Em-Tee's" articulated "D ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:03 am   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... (SEE PREVIOUS POST) These handsome blue cars (dating to the 1950s) ran in Moscow's Metro until fairly recently. In Stan Fischler's "SUBWAYS OF THE WORLD", there is mention that these c ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:37 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Graffiti........... It was, as we know, that rampant subway graffiti established a firm stronghold in "Noo Yawk", beginning in the 70s; it was, indeed, an unsettling "social commenta ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:24 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Agreed 100%. What passes for "buses" today in "Noo Yawk" are "buses" in name only; they are nothing but a conglomeration of bizarre, avante-garde styling and ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 164 Views: 4119 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:15 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! .......another interesting photo shows a "Borough Bomber" (make that a "Baltimore Bomber") awaiting delivery to "The Monumental City" at FLXIBLE's factory. Another sho ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:44 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... If ever there is another "INDiana Jones" film made, it should be set in London, and be entitled: "INDIANA JONES MEETS QUARTERMASS AND THE PIT" (to be REALL ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:17 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... Rome, NOT the "Eye-Are-Tee", circa-1980.............. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?126152 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["M"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:11 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... New species of meat-eating electric eel, native to Sweden............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?114213 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["TUNNELBANA"]   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 8:04 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... No......this is NOT a photo snapped at the "Eye-Are-Tee's" 180th Street yards, circa-1982............(!!) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?149180 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 7:50 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: You and I, both (and many older fellows) still lament the passing of both classic SMEE equipment and, of course, the time-honored RFW. Now, I have to be honest here, and have to say that t ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 164 Views: 4119 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 7:40 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! Interesting note: In "AMERICAN BUSES" (Jacobs, 1985) there are a number of "Noo Yawk" bus photos (MTA and private carriers) One interesting photo shows a passenger flagging d ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 7:00 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Good points, all! Recall, I had mentioned earlier, that, quite awhile ago, I had read aboutr new lightweight cars considered for replacing the old wooden "Qs" on "da ...   Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 153 Views: 3000 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:52 pm   Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... W.B.: Agreed. Perhaps a another good moniker for the "R-16" might have been the "Jumbos"? (when compared to the "R-17")? I, also, would have loved seeing ...   Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 164 Views: 4119 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:46 pm   Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! W.B.: Thanks. No doubt, some of these buses replaced the few remaining "Jetson" Fishbowls as well........... 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