| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
schoolbusdriver
Joined: 12 May 2011
Posts: 31
Location: Horseheads, New York
|
 Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:04 pm Post subject: Bus and Trolley Collection of NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 |
 |
|
Had the long awaited opportunity to finally see the AMAZING collection of my friend NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629. This is just a small part of his collection that also includes trains, trucks, boats, cars -- you name it, if it's related to transportation, it's in his collection. Here are a few he asked me to post ---
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 27477
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
George:
I am QUITE honored by you posting these great photos that just give a "tease" of my transportation collection (sure wish the TRAILWAYS and NY bus photos came out!)
Regardless, THANK YOU for allowing some of my treasures to be shared here with my Forum brothers! 
Also greatly enjoyed your visit last week! 
"NYO"
Note: George will be also posting a few additional photos of my "goodies" as soon as he can...... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
John Roth
Age: 73
Joined: 06 Jul 2013
Posts: 49
Location: Pasadena Md
|
| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
NYO 2629 I knew from our days on the old BTC.NET that you had a great collection of streetcars but your collection of buses is quite impressive. Many of the items in your collection I have let slip through my hands over the years. You are the man.
John |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 27477
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| John Roth wrote: | NYO 2629 I knew from our days on the old BTC.NET that you had a great collection of streetcars but your collection of buses is quite impressive. Many of the items in your collection I have let slip through my hands over the years. You are the man.
John |
John:
GREATLY APPRECIATE the kind words, my friend....thank you!
My vintage bus collection goes far beyond what you see here; my friend George will post a few more photos (including some of my rail collection) ASAP.
My lifetime love of classic transit vehicles, feel, truly manifests itself in my collection.....indeed, it is a labor of love!
Again, thanks for your kind comments.......
"NYO" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JimmiB
Age: 82
Joined: 19 Apr 2011
Posts: 516
Location: Lebanon, PA
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
| NYO, I see you weren't kidding about your collection of Greyhounds! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hart Bus
Age: 75
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 1150
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
| IMPRESSIVE ! ! ! ! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hart Bus
Age: 75
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 1150
|
| Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
As the kids would tease "nah, nah, nah I got someone you don't have in the picture of Greyhounds".. In my collection is the tin-plate PD-41xx.
BTW its not for sale or trade.
Hart Bus |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011
Posts: 2628
Location: South Florida
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
Very nice, indeed, NYO!
Do you have any of those very large scale models that the Company used to display in terminal's and agencies? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hart Bus
Age: 75
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 1150
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
From what modeler Dave Dearstyne once told me, I would doubt many still exist. I saw one up for sale many years ago on E-bay with a large squiggly crack running the length of the roof. He said that the crack developed because there was no cross-bracing in the hollow shell and the expansion and contraction from the sun from being in the windows.
I would guess once the cracks appeared the units were tossed and not saved. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011
Posts: 2628
Location: South Florida
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I think they were made of plaster-of-paris, or maybe clay or something like that....so no surprise they were fragile.... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 27477
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| traildriver wrote: | Very nice, indeed, NYO!
Do you have any of those very large scale models that the Company used to display in terminal's and agencies? |
I WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
(glad you like my "Hound Archives!")
"NYO" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 27477
Location: NEW JOISEY
|
| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Hart Bus wrote: | | IMPRESSIVE ! ! ! ! |
THANK YOU!!
"NYO" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hart Bus
Age: 75
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 1150
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Hart Bus wrote: | From what modeler Dave Dearstyne once told me, I would doubt many still exist. I saw one up for sale many years ago on E-bay with a large squiggly crack running the length of the roof. He said that the crack developed because there was no cross-bracing in the hollow shell and the expansion and contraction from the sun from being in the windows.
I would guess once the cracks appeared the units were tossed and not saved. |
In that same e-mail Dave told me that it took at least a gallon of paint to paint that model properly. Not a project to take on if the bus isn't in perfect condition. Repairing cracks will never come out correctly |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011
Posts: 2628
Location: South Florida
|
| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Just took another look at the collection....
I noticed some original Metroliner MU's with the PRR Keystone logo  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JimmiB
Age: 82
Joined: 19 Apr 2011
Posts: 516
Location: Lebanon, PA
|
| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| traildriver wrote: | Just took another look at the collection....
I noticed some original Metroliner MU's with the PRR Keystone logo |
I can't believe that I didn't notice them! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
BusTalk Main
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
BusTalk Galleries
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
