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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
traildriver:

Check this one out:

"Two blasts of the horn and two fingers......"

(Southeastern Greyhound Lines).......

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/359795457721907143/mt=login


Good one!
Never saw or heard of that practice before...
Some NJ buses had a "Bus Following" on their destination sign for that purpose...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"ALL ABOARD" (December, 1950)............

https://www.pinterest.es/pin/191403052883328733/


Another good one!
I can't tell from the photo...do you think that is the 34th or 50th Street terminal? Wish there were some more interior terminal views...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

traildriver wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
traildriver:

Check this one out:

"Two blasts of the horn and two fingers......"

(Southeastern Greyhound Lines).......

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/359795457721907143/mt=login


Good one!
Never saw or heard of that practice before...
Some NJ buses had a "Bus Following" on their destination sign for that purpose...


traildriver:

I have a very old rollsign section (I have NO idea what bus ever carried this sign) that does read:

"BUS FOLLOWING"

I know Washington DC streetcars, Brooklyn trolleybuses, and some of the postwar TWIN COACH (BoT) buses had lights on the dash that would flash, telling waiting riders that their car/bus was full, and to board the following car/bus......

"NYO"

["NEXT BUS"]


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

traildriver wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
"ALL ABOARD" (December, 1950)............

https://www.pinterest.es/pin/191403052883328733/


Another good one!
I can't tell from the photo...do you think that is the 34th or 50th Street terminal? Wish there were some more interior terminal views...


traildriver:

You and i are thinking alike, here.

I'm not at all sure which terminal this photo was snapped at; what DID catch my eye, though, is that I was reminded of the original "Port-of-Authority", with its clean, functional, modern lines.

Of course, GREYHOUND did not move into the PABT until 1963......

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A silent relic of a long-ago civilization......

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/638314947164990570/

["GO BY BUS"]
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ATLANTIC GREYHOUND (Marshall St. garage, 1938)

What a fine conclave of classic 'hounds....... Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/digital-fortsyth--756815912370673069

["ATLANTIC GREYHOUND LINES"]
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was quite fortunate indeed to come across this very rare scene of the interior of a SOUTHEASTERN GREYHOUND garage, with several ACF-BRILL IC-41's being serviced...... Wink

https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/424323596121612253/

["SOUTHEASTERN GREYHOUND LINES"]
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
ATLANTIC GREYHOUND (Marshall St. garage, 1938)

What a fine conclave of classic 'hounds....... Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/digital-fortsyth--756815912370673069

["ATLANTIC GREYHOUND LINES"]


Now that's a nice shot...a comparison of the classic conventional coaches, with the "new kids on the block" Supercoach.

Reminds me of my first overnight school trip to Washington, DC in the Spring of 1960. My seventh grade homeroom teacher had arranged the three day trip, and he chartered a bus from a smaller local bus company. So on the morning of the trip, we were waiting at the pickup point, and the "hand me down", vintage 1948 ex-Greyhound Silverside showed up.
Our teacher did his due diligence, and went over the coach documentation with the driver. Alas, he discovered there was no insurance document. So the driver headed back to the garage, not to return until an hour and a half later. This time with a 1939 vintage Supercoach, probably a '743'?

Looking back, that was probably the oldest coach I have ever ridden in, in revenue service, not counting some museum coaches. Would have been great to ride one of the conventional's, but they were all gone by 1960, as far as I know...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

San Francisco Greyhound nostalgia, 1970.

A 4106, two 4104's, and an Old Look....... Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/greyhound-greyhound-bus-bus-city--816488607415563387/

["GO GREYHOUND!"
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

traildriver:

Though I never had the chance to ride on a "SILVERSIDES" as a kid, I do certainly recall often seeing them in charter service; I can even recall seeing a few elderly 743's working charters in "Joisey", here and there, back in the early and mid-60's.

Back in the day, the 743 could also be seen in any of a number of "classic era" animated theatrical cartoons; in fact, in the very first (late 1940's) Warner Brothers "Road Runner" cartoon ("FAST AND FURRY-OUS"), the VERY first vehicle to clobber poor ol' Wile E. Coyote is a 743, with the ever-smiling Road Runner reclining at the rear windows! Wink

"NYO"

["RIDE THE NEW GREYHOUND SUPERCOACH!"


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In a late 1940's "Little Lulu" cartoon, "The Dog Show-off" we see a parade of dogs who resemble their owners; the last dog in line is a greyhound, and, at the end of her leash, a SILVERSIDES!!! Shocked

This classic "Hound spoof" can also be found on youtube..... Wink

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'd look MIGHTY PROUD, too, if you drove this handsome bus for a living! Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855895104158315808/

["SEE AMERICA AT ITS BEST-GO GREYHOUND!"]
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just came across this INCREDIBLE page on the rare FITZJOHN.....

https://myntransportblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/buses-and-more-fitzjohn-dittmar-muskegon-michigan-usa/

Fantastic collection of rare old photos, ads, etc (transit buses, highway coaches, sightseeing buses, and more!) Wink

Be sure to note the photos of the handsome and sleek "Road Runner" ("QUEEN CITY TRAILWAYS"/"SOUTHERN STAGES"); it's obvious that some 4104 influence was incorporated here! Very Happy

Enjoy!

"NYO"

["FITZJOHN"]
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
San Francisco Greyhound nostalgia, 1970.

A 4106, two 4104's, and an Old Look....... Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/greyhound-greyhound-bus-bus-city--816488607415563387/

["GO GREYHOUND!"

Yeah...those were still prevalent when Greyhound sent me there from Omaha, on temporary assignment in December of 1971... Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
You'd look MIGHTY PROUD, too, if you drove this handsome bus for a living! Wink

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855895104158315808/

["SEE AMERICA AT ITS BEST-GO GREYHOUND!"]


When the Supercoach replaced the Yellow "Z", it was easily the most radical change in coach design history, if you don't count the Pickwick Duplexes, which never really made it into mass production.

The design of the Supercoach is still, basically what we have today, some 86 years later! Shocked
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