BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Thanks; alli nteresting historical info.

Just now thking of MTA drivers being trained to operate the initial batch of "Slinkies", back in the day......now THAT had to be INTERESTING, for "soitan"!

"NYO"

["MTA"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Further..........

Indeed, "En-Jay-Tee" drivers also had to have an onteresting time of it, when those totally horrendous VOLVO artics began arriving, in the later 1980s.............

"NYO"

["159R"]

[MaBSTOA 15]

What became of the NJT 30 foot RTS buses?

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[quote="MaBSTOA 15"]What became of the NJT 30 foot RTS buses?[/quote

MaBSTOA 15:

That's good question; I've long wondered about what happened to these 30-footers myself.

I remember seeing them on the #751; NJT had them painted in this horrible-looking "wave" scheme that did nothing for them.

Also, I've wondered about the fate of the ex-MTA RTS tha tACADEMY was then using on the "22"(these were GOOD buses!!)

I also recall ACADEMY, back in the late 1990s, operating a 30-foot RTS "EMPLOYEE BUS" that I rode a few times years ago, when no other buses on the "BOULEVARD EAST" route were available (this MIGHT have been an ex-DART bus)

VERY few seats and NO a/c.....(!!)]

"NYO"

(those used on the #751 were replaced by NABIs)

["RTS"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

MaBSTOA 15:

Of related interest.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NJ_Transit_bus_fleet

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