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Jerusalem's "PABT"/Desert Buses/Etc.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"THE NAIRN WAY"*........

https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198104/the.nairn.way.htm

This is truly an excellent and fascinating history of a long-ago, pioneering operation that I had no idea had ever existed, until just a few minutes ago.

The SAFEWAYS (as well as other buses and vehicles) are also highlighted here.......

"NYO"

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Further research netted this rare photo from 1937 depicting a "NAIRN" trailer-bus (note the rear of the "trailer" echoes a Flxible Clipper!)

To say that this a a RARE photo is indeed an understatement! Shocked

https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/21568/
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now that's the kind of bus, a driver would love, to isolate from loud and rowdy passenger's...like on a 'football charter'... Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
traildriver wrote:
Now that's the kind of bus, a driver would love, to isolate from loud and rowdy passenger's...like on a 'football charter'... Laughing


traildriver:

The driver would NOT have to worry about "social distancing" between himself and his passengers, THAT'S for certain! Wink

Just imagine driving a BEAST like that, NO power steering, NO a/c, NO pavement (much of the time!).....the driver(s) should have recieved COMBAT PAY!!Shocked

(All Aboard the "Rat Patrol Express"!) Wink

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NOT your "average" buses by any (dare I say?) "STRETCH" of the imagination....(!!) Shocked

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_bus
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some interesting vehicle on this page; note the (now-retired) "CAMEL"* trailer-bus that was once commonplace in Havana......

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

*(Most certainly NOT a type of vehicle not at all conducive to "desert" running!) Shocked

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
More on the now-retired "CAMEL" buses of Havana; most certainly NOT a bus for New York(!!) Shocked Shocked

www.havana-guide.com/camel-bus.html
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Note the 1949 BOMBADIER "B-12"; equip several of these with a powerful A/C system and they just might be able to handle the dunes and shifting sands of the Middle East, carrying paying passengers......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Recreational_Products
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"BOMBARDIER "Snow Coach" (Again, "cat" treads would indeed help to get through the more remote desert areas of the Middle East)......

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

*Be sure to check out the "TERRA COACH"....indeed, a true BUS on treads!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"BLUE BUS" (premier Egyptian long-distance carrier)......

https://bluebus.com.eg/en/about-us/
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
"BOMBARDIER "Snow Coach" (Again, "cat" treads would indeed help to get through the more remote desert areas of the Middle East)......

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

*Be sure to check out the "TERRA COACH"....indeed, a true BUS on treads!

Now that's a Big Bus! Biggest, in fact, this side of a 'plane mate' mobile lounge...

http://foremost.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Terra-Bus_REVISED_s.pdf
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
More plane mate stuff..

http://www.trucktrend.com/features/granny-gear-transmission-2021-ford-bronco

http://virtualtravelog.net/2003/02/the-mobile-lounges-at-dulles-international-airport/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-lonely-ballad-of-the-mobile-lounge

https://travelupdate.com/mobile-lounges-washington-dulles/

There are lots of youtube video's on riding them...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
traildriver:

GREAT LINKS!! Wink

Back in the late 1960's, I had an issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC which featured an excellent feature on future transportation; there was a photo of a "mobile lounge" (Dulles) that, at the time, really blew my mind.....NEVER saw anything like THAT before!! Shocked Shocked

I often wonder how many airports (here and abroad) used "mobile lounges" as part of their "ground support" fleet........

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mobile lounges were used at this airport until the early 2000's.......

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