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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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traildriver
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | traildriver:
Regarding "THE HOUND" in films, can you recall seeing any "classic" flicks where "Hounds" are being used in charter service? 
I can only think of one; a company outing (starting out from Manhattan) using several "Hounds" (SILVERSIDES and 4103!); this film came out in 1959, and was called "THE BEST OF EVERYTHING".
Just wanted to give you a quick "heads up"...... 
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Silversides and 4103's in 1959? Sounds like nothing has changed at Greyhound since then...today they also use their oldest equipment for charter's, unlike every other company that usually puts their newest and best equipment on charter's, to garner repeat business.
Greyhound has always put their line operation above charter's in priority, and only seems to accept charter's "as a favor", often multibus conference shuttles... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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traildriver:
Odd that you should mention this.......
Back in the 60's, when Your's Truly was still attending Catholic grammar school, I can only recall ONE charter for our school trips where we had Fishbowls; this was for our June, 1968 class trip to the Statue of Liberty (sadly, this was also the same day that RFK passed away)
All of our other school trips utilized Old Looks (I also recall our classes traveling on RED & TAN and BINETTI Old Looks)
Oddly, I cannot recall our school ever doing business with PS for our school charters.
I also remember seeing SILVERSIDES and 4103's operating for various charter outfits, back then.
Once the SCENICRUISERS and 4104's hit the highways, the SILVERSIDES and even the 4103's began to look "dated".
It all seems so long ago, now........
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kdr3bt
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:40 pm Post subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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Thanks NYO.
It makes sense about the pull cord on/in a parlor car coach.
If used with a local company instead of Greyhound, they probably had more stops than the "leave the driving to us" company.  |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: .....and leave the driving to us...... |
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| kdr3bt wrote: | Thanks NYO.
It makes sense about the pull cord on/in a parlor car coach.
If used with a local company instead of Greyhound, they probably had more stops than the "leave the driving to us" company. |
You are quite welcome!
Back in the day, a number of NJ "suburban" companies would not carry "local" passengers on routes that were traveling to/from New York.
An exception was DE CAMP's long-gone #22, which ran between Journal Square (Jersey City) and Caldwell; "local" passengers could board or alight anywhere along the route, at a designated stop.
The old DE CAMP #'s 145/146, which ran only as far east as downtown Newark, also carried "local" passengers".......
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traildriver
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A question came up on another forum, I am seeking the answer to...
Does anyone recall when Greyhound owned what is now the MTA Quill depot, if Greyhound had a “satellite” Package Express facility at that location for shippers?
Would appreciate any info... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| traildriver wrote: | A question came up on another forum, I am seeking the answer to...
Does anyone recall when Greyhound owned what is now the MTA Quill depot, if Greyhound had a “satellite” Package Express facility at that location for shippers?
Would appreciate any info... |
traildriver:
See this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_depots_of_MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations
On the left-hand side of the page*, scroll down to the listing for the different depots; click on the link for the "Michael J. Quinn" depot".......while it does not mention anything about GREYHOUND's "Package Express" service, it is, interesting, nonetheless.
"NYO"
*Photos will also be of interest! |
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From: "THE GREYHOUND STORY" (Schisgall)
".......Package Express still described itself as 'the fastest growing phase of the company's business', adding record revenues of $27.6 million to the corporation's income......"
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traildriver
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NYO--
Thanks for the links, but they provide nothing at all to answer my question.
Walking entirely around the building doesn't even provide any clues as to where such a facility would have been, if it in fact had...The only 'retail store', was the Maier-Lavaty uniform shop for the driver's on the 11th avenue frontage, and that is now covered up...no sign of a driveway or parking lot for shipper's, anywhere.... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| traildriver wrote: | NYO--
Thanks for the links, but they provide nothing at all to answer my question.
Walking entirely around the building doesn't even provide any clues as to where such a facility would have been, if it in fact had...The only 'retail store', was the Maier-Lavaty uniform shop for the driver's on the 11th avenue frontage, and that is now covered up...no sign of a driveway or parking lot for shipper's, anywhere.... |
traildriver:
I even checked through several of GREYHOUND books in my library, to see if I could find an answer to your question, but, alas, I could find nothing. 
As I've come to regard you as quite an impressive authority on historical GREYHOUND (and TRAILWAYS) operations, I must confess that I am a bit surprised that you, yourself, do not know the answer to this interesting little "puzzler"! 
"NYO" |
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traildriver
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | | traildriver wrote: | NYO--
Thanks for the links, but they provide nothing at all to answer my question.
Walking entirely around the building doesn't even provide any clues as to where such a facility would have been, if it in fact had...The only 'retail store', was the Maier-Lavaty uniform shop for the driver's on the 11th avenue frontage, and that is now covered up...no sign of a driveway or parking lot for shipper's, anywhere.... |
traildriver:
I even checked through several of GREYHOUND books in my library, to see if I could find an answer to your question, but, alas, I could find nothing.
As I've come to regard you as quite an impressive authority on historical GREYHOUND (and TRAILWAYS) operations, I must confess that I am a bit surprised that you, yourself, do not know the answer to this interesting little "puzzler"!
"NYO" |
Well I was 'out west' from 1971 until 1989, and did not get back into the 'bus business' until 1994, so I was not up on what was going on. By the time I got back into it, Greyhound had moved out of there...
And since I have retired, and moved down to Florida, I am no longer in the Port to ask old time employees, that would know, about it... |
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