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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22634 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Here's an interesting photo from 1974, showing MaBSTOA Fishbowl #8486 in Brooklyn, signed for the "TB" (note front sign).........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154085
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:23 am Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Here's an interesting photo from 1974, showing MaBSTOA Fishbowl #8486 in Brooklyn, signed for the "TB" (note front sign).........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154085
(courtesy: nycubway.org) |
Doesn't that (and other like photos) belong in MaBSTOA- or "bit player"-related threads? I know we like to honor our fallen officers, but . . . just how is this related to what kind of buses were used for NYPD or FDNY?
On a side note, odd there were no photos taken after 'TB' was split up into M34, M35 and Bx21. By then the buses would have been of the lot that ran on such routes as M3, M4 and M5. (Between later 1974 and 1976, any photos taken at Wards Island would have shown 'M34'.) |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:27 am Post subject: |
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W.B.:
MY error entirely, my friend; for some oddball reason, I was confusing WARDS ISLAND with RIKERS* (I've told you before that, when you are insomniac, you'll do some STRANGE things!!)
Getting back to the "TB", I've only seen five or six in the nycsubway.org archives; seems as though this was a route largely ignored by the bus photographers of that day, for whatever reason.....
"NYO"
*Recall, two ex-SI ferries, The "KOLF" and the "MERRELL" served as floating dormitories at Rikers for many years, before being scrapped.
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B53RICH
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Here's an interesting photo from 1974, showing MaBSTOA Fishbowl #8486 in Brooklyn, signed for the "TB" (note front sign).........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154085
(courtesy: nycubway.org) |
Just a correction, this was in Astoria, Queens, 29 Street at Hoyt Ave North, just at the Queens side of the TB Bridge. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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B53RICH wrote: | NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Here's an interesting photo from 1974, showing MaBSTOA Fishbowl #8486 in Brooklyn, signed for the "TB" (note front sign).........
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154085
(courtesy: nycubway.org) |
Just a correction, this was in Astoria, Queens, 29 Street at Hoyt Ave North, just at the Queens side of the TB Bridge. |
.........being from NJ, the only "Hoyt" I'm familiar with is in Brooklyn ("HOYT-SCHEMERHORN" IND station)
Appreciate the correction!
"NYO" |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Quick question:
Anyone know where the NYPD/Transit Police buses were based/serviced when not in use?
Appreciate any info.....
"NYO" |
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traildriver
Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2459 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:15 am Post subject: |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Quick question:
Anyone know where the NYPD/Transit Police buses were based/serviced when not in use?
Appreciate any info.....
"NYO" |
I know where one of them was...Highway Patrol Precinct Number 3 was on the side of the Grand Central Parkway, at Cunningham Park. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:43 am Post subject: |
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traildriver:
As usual, appreciate the info!
"NYO" |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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This police "Dangerfield" Flex was seen "off duty" at the Castleton Garage, back in 1987.........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157446
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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From what I gathered, that was the experimental air-conditioned "3100" that Fifth Avenue Coach Lines ordered and had placed in service not long after they adopted that moniker. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Thanks for the info.
Was this bus eventually added to the historic fleet, or was it scrapped?
"NYO" |
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traildriver
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting in that it is shown with an NYPD shield. "SPring 3100" was the official magazine of the NYPD...the number was the old 6 digit phone number of NYPD headquarters.... |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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traildriver wrote: |
Interesting in that it is shown with an NYPD shield. "SPring 3100" was the official magazine of the NYPD...the number was the old 6 digit phone number of NYPD headquarters.... |
traildriver:
VERY interesting trivia!
Thanks for sharing!
"NYO" |
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