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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Lincoln Tunnel Helix, 1981.
This first-generation ex-PSNJ suburan Fishbowl now displays the "TNJ" insignia (although, by this time, NJT was at the helm)
I have ridden buses through this location countless times during the many years I commuted into lower Manhattan.
Up above, note the CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS Eagle (outbound from the PABT) still wearing its original paint...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155342
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Same location, same year...............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155363
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
This ex-PSNJ Fishbowl is one of the later, post-1962 models (note the "bullet" clearance lights); also, note the "sightseeing panels" in the roof.
Several NJ suburban companies rostered such buses; some were originally owned by GREYHOUND for World's Fair sightseeing service (1964/1965)
Buses on the "PARK-RIDE" route (rush hours only) were based out of the now-demolished Union City garage
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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The 1960s.............
The 1960s was the last full decade of PSNJ; in 1971, the transit operation broke away from the utility conglomerate, becoming "TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY".
Though some Fishbowls were repainted into a new red/white/blue scheme (remember, the Bicentennial was then only a few years into the future), many buses (including the remaining Old Looks, which were replaced by the Flex New Looks) retained their old PS paint until they were retired.
The very last Old Looks were gone by 1977, after being replaced by a massive influx of new NJDOT Flex New Looks.
TNJ, by 1980, would become part of a new agency, NJT............
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Further:
By the mid-1970s, the Newark City Subway's PCC fleet had been repainted into the new "Bicentennial" scheme; I never cared at all for this new paint job, especially on the PCCs.
The original PS gray was indeed far more smart-looking and stylish.....
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:08 am Post subject: |
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Remembering.........
The very last of what had once been proud members of PSNJ's vast fleet were retired early in the 1990s; the NJDOT New Looks (FLXIBLE), which wore "TNJ" logos, lasted a bit longer into the 1990s, before themselves being retired by NJT............
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Forever a PSNJ mystery............
For whatever reason, PSNJ's BERGEN Division was the ONLY one of its several divisions NOT to see conversions from streetcars to ASV.
Oddly enough, one ASV route (HUDSON Division) the "21 WEST NEW YORK" DID in fact, operate into BERGEN Division territory (Palisades Junction, Fort lee), BUT, NOT under wire.
Drivers pulled down the poles at Nungessers (about a mile south) and switched to gas power; the ASV wires went no further noth than Nungessers (90th Street)
Oddly enough, certain "short turns" of the #21 went only as far north as Nungessers, but this move required the ASVs to use several local side streets (off wire) to return back to Bergenline Avenue, where a rewiring pan was located.
The driver then raised the poles and the coach then proceeded on its inbound run to Hoboken (Hudson Place terminal)
ASV operations on the HUDSON Division were converted to buses in 1947; the ESSEX Division ASV routes followed one year later, in 1948.............
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Check out this nostalgic 1950s PS-issued postcard promoting express bus service from New York to Atlantic City (service from Newark was also available)
By the 1960s, 4106s also ran in express service to Atlantic City (I have this same postcard in my collection!)
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445926800583671016/
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a rare photo of the experiment diesel-electric GM-built ASV "D900" in 1950 (a customized 4509) at the Bell St. car house in Montclair; sadly, this unique coach never carried revenue passengers under wire.
Converted to diesel, it ran until 1969, when it and a group of other 4509s were sold for further service in Puerto Rico.
It was assigned to the ESSEX Division until 1960; it was then transferred to the HUDSON Division, based out of the Greenville (Jersey City) garage,,,,,,,,
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531213718540144106/
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Footnote:
While the one-of-a-kind FM ASV "D900" was being fitted out for test runs at PS's Plank Road shops (Newark), a stretch of specially-erected overhead was put up in Montclair along Bloomfield Avenue (recall, the last of the original ASV overhead came down two years earlier in 1948, when the last ESSEX Division ASV lines were converted to diesel bus)
Had the City of Newark paid to have the City Subway paved for ASV use, the Subway (and its connecting subway-surface lines, including those already abandoned) would have also converted the feeder streetcars with new GM-built ASVs.............
"NYO"
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Cyberider

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Here is a rare photo of the experiment diesel-electric GM-built ASV "D900" in 1950 (a customized 4509) at the Bell St. car house in Montclair; sadly, this unique coach never carried revenue passengers under wire.
Converted to diesel, it ran until 1969, when it and a group of other 4509s were sold for further service in Puerto Rico.
It was assigned to the ESSEX Division until 1960; it was then transferred to the HUDSON Division, based out of the Greenville (Jersey City) garage,,,,,,,,
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/531213718540144106/
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Cyberider:
Inside AND out, "D900" was NOT your average PS 4509!
The roof had to be re-enforced to support the weight of the trolley poles, and the hand hold stanchions inside the coach were made of wood, to eliminate any chance of shock.
Also, the (wooden) rear bumpers were custom made, and jutted out from the rear of the bus, to compensate for the length of the poles, and eliminated the risk of the poles striking the bus behind...........
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Beginning in 1951, and through 1958, PSNJ purchased a large number of suburban Old Looks, of various models; these big, powerful buses became the mainstay of several New Jersey company fleets through the 1950s and beyond.
Old Look suburbans in New Jersey (with the exception of those rostered by "SOMERSET") disappeared in 1976/1977, replaced by nearly 900 NJDOT Flex New Looks.
In my day, big buses like these were as commonplace as cracks in the sidewalk.
This timeless photo shows two PSNJ Old Look suburbans on a charter to Coney Island, back in 1954/1955..........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156331
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:36 am Post subject: |
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"The last of the breed"............
In 1981, the very last Old Look suburbans disappeared from North Jersey; these last veteran workhorses were rostered by the now-defunct "SOMERSET".
Back in the day, handsome buses like this one also operated for "SOMERSET" on routes that served Newark.
Man, they were handsome!
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154519
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee

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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:38 am Post subject: |
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"PSNJ goes Brooklyn" (1954/1955)..............
In the foreground we see two PS suburban Old Looks, enjoying a brief siesta from their charter duties at Coney Island, under the BMT El.
In the background, note the B&QT PCC passing by; the last street cars in Brooklyn made their final runs in October, 1956.
As I had stated earlier, PS once did a very brisk business in charter work (even ASVs were used in charter work).............
"NYO"
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157232
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