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The 1926 Cardinal's Train/Religion On The Rails/etc.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now, let's look back at old views of buses with houses of worship in the background.

This photo dates back to 1981, and was snapped at Lenox & 110th St., back in 1981......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155554

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

79th St. & 1st Avenue, 1981..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155912

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New GRUMMAN in the shadows of the historic St. Patrick's Cathedral, during a publicity photo shoot.....

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154355

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A fine line-up of postwar TWINS figure prominently in this photo (Vanderbilt Avenue) circa-early 1950's.....

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156392

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A nostalgic glimpse of what once was (Park Row & Beekman, 1972)......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154821

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

4th Avenue & 95th St., 1981............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154439

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broadway & Fulton, 1972.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155629

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A nostalgic San Francisco scene from 1973, showing a vintage postwar TWIN trolleybus passing by a small, picturessque old church.....

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?56539

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another timeless (streetcar) scene from San Francisco, 1981.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?16116

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steadfastly thwarting the effects of countless earthquakes and tremors over many decades, this handsome, historic brick church still towers proudly above the ever-scurrying, ever-clanging SF cable cars......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?41498

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

California & Mason, 2007...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?71007

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In this 1972 photo, we see the soaring spire of a Gothic church towering above a 6000-series CTA "L" train, at the old Wentworth station, on a bright, sunny day.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?14717

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a SEPTA two-car KAWASAKI fantrip (ERA), rolling along the former "Red Arrow",back in 1999.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?16700

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On a bright, sunny day in 2009, we see a SEPTA PCC II heeling to a tight curve, at 42nd & Baltimore..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?103108

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Handsomely restored #8534 is seen here operating on a fantrip, passing through Germantown, back in 1995.

The charming little stone church on the the right would have looked quite at home in any English village.....

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?151356

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