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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1059
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:17 pm Post subject: Rare Bus Stop Sign |
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Here is a rare bus stop sign used by Queens Transit during 1964-1965 for their bus service to the World's Fair.
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Dan
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Staten Island, NY
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Back in 1965 we took the TA's Brooklyn World's Fair Bus from Flatbush/Nostrand to the WF. What a disaster. Long trip on a hot crowded hard-seat bus. The TA was too cheap and or stupid to purchase more comfortable air-conditioned equipment. 25 cent premium fare according to the NYT article. Would love to see a brochure/map of the TA's 1964-65 WF bus services.
Were the Queens Transit WF buses air-conditioned?
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1059
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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NYCTA 3910 in World's Fair Express Service.
Interesting destination sign
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1059
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Since Queens Transit had their own version, I wonder if Triboro Coach, Green Bus Lines, and Jamaica Buses had their own as well.
Triboro operated to the Fair possibly using their brand new Flxibles as evident by the photo below.
(Photo borrowed for educational purposes)
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2459 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Great memories....
To save money, I used to hoof it about a mile and a half from my home down Jewel Avenue to the Meadow Lake parking lot. From there, I boarded the free shuttle that Greyhound was contracted to operate to the Gate...
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MaBSTOA 15
Age: 70 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1059
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Not a true stop sign but how many remember these route maps placed on poles, street lights, and sometimes mounted on el pillars... I loved these!
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:51 am Post subject: |
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That, ladies and gentlemen, was the route that in 1974 became M27, and is today M50.
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Dan
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Staten Island, NY
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I remember those little metal signs at a few B8 and other bus stops in Brooklyn. They were never widely installed and looked cheap.
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MaBSTOA 15
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Here's another view of those old metal maps
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