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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 7:21 pm Post subject:

Looks like a pretty rough "nabe", one not all that conducive to taking too many photos of buses............ Sad

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154049

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 9:44 am Post subject:

Gun Hill Road, 1973..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57233

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What "stoa" routes then served this station?

What routes serve it today?

"NYO"

["M"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:30 am Post subject:

Date this one to 1963..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?43102

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Cyberider · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 1407 Location: Tempe, AZ

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 12:16 pm Post subject:

Cyberider......

Agreed........QUITE a lot of "classic-era Bronx" to feast your eyes upon! Wink

"NYO"

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:29 pm Post subject:

Also:

Back in the "stoa" days, what depot(s) were rhe routes that served the Gun Hill Road subway/El station based out of?

"NYO"

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 10:40 am Post subject:

The end t'was near (1973).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57207

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57205

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 6:45 pm Post subject:

And the days dwindle down to a precious few..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57204

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Cyberider · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 1407 Location: Tempe, AZ

What a shame. That was an interesting line. At least there are a lot of photos of what once was.

MaBSTOA 15 · Age: 72 Joined: 27 Feb 2013 Posts: 1236

According to the Motor Coach Age issue on Surface Transportation their Bronx route Bx15 was labeled Gun Hill Road. It was started on September 1933.

When MaBSTOA took over it was the same bus route.

The Motor Coach Age issue dealing with the first ten years of MaBSTOA has the following information:

The route was based at Coliseum Depot and the following buses were assigned. Flxible numbers 4664-4727, TDH-5303 numbers 3352-3356, 3358-3433, 6653-6700, 6778-6795 with batwings, 6898-6900 with batwings. As well as 8304-8307 with batwings and air conditioning.

Other routes might have serviced Gun Hill Road but for sure route 15 was specifically labeled as such. On February 19, 1984 it was renamed route Bx28.

Other current routes include Bx38, Bx39, Bx41,

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 10:09 pm Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 10:39 pm Post subject:

MaBSTOA 15:

I thank you for posting the (detailed!) info I was looking for! Very Happy

"NYO"

["OA"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 10:51 pm Post subject:

Jere are several sobering photos from 1970, showing a group of forlorn "Kramdens" (TDH-5106) awaiting their last trip to the scrapyard at the Colesium depot. Crying or Very sad

These handsome, distinctive buses (not one pf which was preserved) were retired far too early...... Sad

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153790

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153794

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153835

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153789

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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 11:02 pm Post subject:

Here's an interesting photo taken at the Colesium depot, back in 1970............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153798

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["2690"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2026 4:01 pm Post subject:

Living on borrowed time.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153791

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153792

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153796

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