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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Also in 1964.............
Recall that the first of the "Dangerfields" ("Tee-Yay") arrived that year (#s 5001-#5165)
Also in 1964, the TDH-5301 "Jetson" Fishbowls (which replaced the last of the Brooklyn trolleybus lines in 1960) were transferred to Queens.......
"NYO"
(source: "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES", Guy E. Martin)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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"SEE YOU AT THE FAIR"*...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155951
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
*Some of these New Look "Pattons" were later sold to "BLUE & WHITE" (North Bergen, NJ), where they ran through mid-1970s)
Your's Truly took several photos of these distinctive buses, back in late 1974.....
["BROADWAY-SUBWAY"]
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Here is another timeless photo from 1964, also featuring a formidable "Patton"...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153632
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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And the ol' LIRR indeed made dang sure that their legions of "Dashing Dans" knew that they could arrive swiftly at the '64/'65 Fair, with no traffic or parking hassles to contend with.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?20034
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:06 am Post subject: |
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This (undated) photo, snapped at the World's Fair/Willets Point station (mid-1960s?) depicts a tantalizing variety of buses, the likes of which we will never see again.
PSNJ Fishbowls dominate; note the "Sherman" suburban in the background.
Two 4106s are also here, along with a 4104; in the distance, note the rare SUPERIOR.
A sleek "SILVERSIDES" is also to be seen here.
Sad these classic buses today only exist in memory and old photos.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?138957
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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W.B. Fishbowl
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Also in 1964.............
Recall that the first of the "Dangerfields" ("Tee-Yay") arrived that year (#s 5001-#5165)
Also in 1964, the TDH-5301 "Jetson" Fishbowls (which replaced the last of the Brooklyn trolleybus lines in 1960) were transferred to Queens.......
"NYO"
(source: "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES", Guy E. Martin)
["New York City Transit Authority"] |
And " 'stoa" received their second dose of TDH-5303 "Bullet" Fishbowls (#'s 5201-5525; the last ten with something what would be colloquially referred to in later years as "Batwings" but were part of an overhead side advertising application called "Bus-O-Rama"), assigned to all Manhattan depots except the sardine can known as 12th Street (where the #12 - Spring and Delancey Streets and #14 - 14th Street Crosstown routes were assigned - and generally had the oldest buses on hand - namely late '40's NYCO hand-me-downs). |
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 58 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 3605 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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As well, whilst the WF R36's and single-unit R33's spelt "the future" in their appearance, in roll signs they were very much a throwback: the last subway cars to bear cloth roll signs, made by Hunter Illuminated Sign Co. (The first cars to feature mylar signs from Transign would be the late, very much lamented Budd R-32 "Brightliners.") |
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N4 Jamaica

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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hunting through the gigantic photo collection of nycsubway.org can be tedious. For example, I am interested in the "State" cars that served the 1964 World's Fair. Here is the Rhode Island car on the tail end of a Fair-bound local at Court House Square. It is R36 9440.
[img]https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4156#google_vignette[/img][url][/url] |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
As always, appreciate the additional information.
Speaking of cloth/mylar roller curtains, which buses were the first to make the transition from cloth curtains to mylar?
Did mylar come into use with the last of the "Shermans"?
Or, was mylar introduced with the Fishbowls?
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the "STATE OF MISSOURI" car (#9744) at Corona Yard, circa-1964............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?77640
(courtesy" nycsubway.org)
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