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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Regarding electric buses in New York......
Back in 1960, when the last St Louis-built trolleybuses were replaced with diesel buses in Brooklyn, no one was thinking about diesel fume exhausts, nor its eventual impact on air quality and the environment.
It was not until the later 1960's that the ecology movement began to gain traction, yet, even so, thoughts of "green" buses were pretty much non-existent in most people's minds.
In London, steam-bus operation began in 1907, with the formation of the "METROPOLITAN STEAM OMNIBUS Co., Ltd"; the "NATIONAL STEAM CAR CO., Ltd" operated nearly two hundred steam buses from 1909 until 1919.
Of course, back then, "going green" was not a factor in the operation of such buses.....
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Here's an interesting page on steam-powered buses; note the photo of the experimental steam-powered Fishbowl ("Lear Steam Bus) near the bottom of the page....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_bus |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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traildriver:
......this only goes to prove that the MCI "legend" is now moving into previously uncharted waters; just think, if, way, way back in the day, "The Hound" was boasting an "all electric" MCI fleet......
Thankfully, with so many drastic changes in the bus industry during the past few decades, MCI is still with us; recall, too, when we once thought that EAGLE would always be part of the ever-changing picture?
Long live MCI.....
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Heard on 1010 WINS earlier about the "Em-Tee-Yay's" new "lectric buses" going into service.
What really caught my interest is that these buses will be initially going into service on routes serving low to middle-income areas, areas where respitory issues are commonplace.
Indeed, this clearly contradicts the ages-old "Noo Yawk" scenario, where the NEWEST buses are placed into service in the more "tony" areas, while relegated the OLDEST buses to the more "inner city" nabes.......
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2714 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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At least some of the milk cartons, er buses, on the streets of 'Noo Yawk' look almost like a poor attempt on the top to replicate the 'batwings' if looking from the front. |
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