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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:50 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
GOOD LUCK!
A photo in "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES" (Martin) caught my eye earlier this evening; the photo on page #76 shows "Tee-Yay" #2033 (a TDH-5301), displ ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:04 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
"Missing" nycsubway.org vintage bus photos (continued):
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Early "Jetson"-era photos (there's perhaps two or three, if that, at nycsubway.org, found with the subway photos)
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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:55 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
And if any such pics existed, most likely it was I that brought them here! |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:04 am Subject: Re: 44A-Union Turpike, Q44B-Malba Shu |
The Q44 likely had the largest number of alpha-numeric variations of any NYC bus route: Q44A-Union Turnpike (now Q46); Q44B-Malba Shuttle (gone); Q44FS-Flushing Shuttle (basically replaced by the Q20B ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:57 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: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:52 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....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:50 am 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! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 4:35 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....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:33 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! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:56 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
Any idea which depot RTS "#PA2383" was based out of, at the time of "Crocodile Dundee"?
Any clue as to the route(s) it then operated on?
Appreciate info, as always.. ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:43 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B.:
Again, excellent information and stats; again, this subject is one I am sure that even many "serious" enthusiasts are not aware of.
Gap fillers......
I know the old South Ferr ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 11:03 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B.:
FASCINATING historical information, and something that even many serious enthusiasts are not aware of.
Many of us (Your's Truly included) tend to think of platforms as either simply being ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 8:45 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
".......changes come all the time..........."
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?19898
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151504
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
From what I've gath ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 12:47 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
At the start of this topic, I'd mentioned that in the last "Indiana Jones" flick, "DIAL OF DESTINY", there is a scene where, on horseback, the swashbucklin' INDy gallops through th ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 2:20 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Comparing old and new "Thunderbird" bulkhead curtains...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2463
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2374
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
And ... |
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