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Tiny Tim
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Cannot pass over the "Dangerfield Jr."(aka "Baby"Flex).
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This 1977 photo shows a "Jr." operated by "COAST CITY COACHES"; note the NJDOT emblem carried (no rear door).................
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154484
(courtesy:nycsubway.org)
["7 ASBURY PARK"]
*Los Angeles' SCRTD once rostered a number of "Dangerfield Jrs"(first ones were purchased in 1966); these buses were equipped with rear doors. | long beach ny had a fleet of dangerfield jrs with 2 doors also had a rts at the same time
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Tiny Tim:
Appreciate this info; thanks for informing me.
This was something I was unaware of.
Here in my general area (Bergen/Hudson counties) we only had the "standard"-sized "Dangerfields"; these began arriving in large numbers (nearly 900 in all) via the NJDOT, in 1976/1977............
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Here's a 1976 photo of a "Dangerfield Jr." operating for SEPTA, back in 1976..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156627
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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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: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Three different buses, three different fonts for the bus number and company operating them.
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
I noticed that myself.
Yet another example of why the bus operations of several decades ago were vastly more interesting (and colorful) than present-day operations.
Once the "Em-Tee-Ay" absorbed the the old "indy"outfits, the handwriting was already on the wall.......the days of diverse fleets, varied number fonts, and so much more vanished down the echoing corridors of time.
It's now all too modernized, standardized, and ultra-homogenized for Yours Truly's tastes......
"NYO"
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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: Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:11 am Post subject: |
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https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153466
I see at least one of the private bus companies had a slight graffiti problem (especially when compared to the subways).
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MaBSTOA 15
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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I believe the comment was made that the Flxible/Grumman 870 seemed to have been spared the "art" of graffiti. Unfortunenately here is an example...
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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: Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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Talk about no respect . . . and on top of their reputation as "Borough Bombers" . . .
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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.......yes, it does indeed seem that the ill-fated "Borough Bombers" were also not immune to the graffiti scourge of the day; the SIRT seemed to get off pretty easy (graffiti-wise), back then.
In fact, most of the graffiti I did see on SIRT property were on the station signboards.
Though, of course, the now-iconic "Dangerfield" garnered little to no respect (through no fault of its own), the "Borough Bombers", on the other hand, never got any respect, and not surprisingly, due to their literally falling apart while "making their appointed rounds".
Though ALL graffiti was (and is) an unsightly scourge, the buses themselves still fared far, far better than the subway fleet; the IRT, without a doubt, was indeed blitzed big-time; the IND and the BMT also suffered the unsightly scourge of "urban art".
I particularly hated to see the classic SMEE equipment thoroughly encased in layer upon layer of garish "urban hyrogliphics".............
"NYO"
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