BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 30286 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1240 Views: 677526 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 10:35 pm   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) On this day in 1969, the last prewar "Lo-V" IRT cars were retired; operating on the 3rd Avenue El in the Bronx, these ancient and iconic cars were replaced by "R-12s". And, on t ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 8:56 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! It certainly can be argued that the "KEY SYSTEM's" modern, smart-looking "Bridge Units" were indeed the ancestor of the modern-day, articulated LRV......... https://www.nycsubwa ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 8:47 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! These sleek, articulated 1960s-era trams in Vienna clearly were PCC-inspired......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?9015 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?8930 https://www.nyc ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 8:39 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Also.............. Recall that the ungainly "Two Rooms" (retired by early 1920s) units were the only articulated cars to run in Boston until the Boeing LRVs arrived in the mid-1970s. I ...   Topic: After only a decade, DC "streetcars" are kaput NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 18 Views: 1792 Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:20 pm   Subject: After only a decade, DC "streetcars" are kaput Obviously PCC's are too beautiful to be the king! Cyberider: Agreed, 100%! The PCC eas indeed a thing of GREAT BEAUTY, unlike today's giant, mutated insects and oversized Dustbusters... ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:15 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! In 1925, "CHICAGO SURFACE LINES" put into service a lone experimental articulated unit, #4000. Like the articulated units in Baltimore, this car was built using the bodies and components ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:55 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Cleveland also operated articulated cars for a number of yeas; these were the formidable "5000" Series units. On the NewDavesRailpix site, on the Cleveland page, there is a link to na pho ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:45 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Further: Baltimore's "UNITED"/"BTC" "kitbashed" articulateds came in two varieties: The "8100s" were rebuilt from semi-convertible cars; the "8500s& ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 2:39 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! Definitely like the Cleveland and Shaker Heights cars. Even have a few photos my Dad took of them in Cleveland. Shaker got their cars from Cleveland. Cyberider: Center-entrance cars would have ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 10:39 am   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! CANNOT forget those handsome center-entrance cars which ran until the 1950s on the "Shaker"............ https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?94542 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 10:25 am   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! The Red Arrow was exceptional. I was amazed when I first learned of it and the equipment they were running in the 70's and 80's. On the subject of center entrance cars, let's not forget the giant ...   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1240 Views: 677526 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:00 am   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) "R"-contract evolution.......... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?127791 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?160575 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["CITY OF NEW YORK"] ...   Topic: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 1240 Views: 677526 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 11:50 pm   Subject: NYC/London congestive pricing (Eyewitness News) W.B.: Thanks for the info; much appreciated. And, to think, the "R" contract-era dates back over 90 years, now! Cannot believe that the "R-62" (aka "Silverbo ...   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 11:24 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! "Timeless"..................... https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?88027 (courtesy: nycsubway.org) ["WEST CHESTER"]   Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 Replies: 906 Views: 584133 Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else   Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 11:09 pm   Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! "Rdd Arrow" classics (now THESE were cars you could indeed associate with "TRACTION"(!!) https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?42197 https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ...   Page 1 of 2020 Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 2018, 2019, 2020  Next All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum PLEASE READ FIRST!----------------Announcements & InformationMember Introductions and AnnouncementsMember Feedback & Help Featured Forums----------------Hot Topics & Current EventsGeneral Bus Forum - All Bus TopicsGeneral Transportation - All Other ModesHobbyist Trips, Events, Outings, & MeetingsSurface Transit Resources on the Web New York Transit Forums----------------New York City BusesNew York City Bus RostersLong Island & Westchester BusesUpstate New York Surface TransitMTA News, Current Events & HappeningsToday in New York City Transit History Surface Transportation Worldwide----------------Transit Bus ManufacturersSurface Transit - Eastern United StatesSurface Transit - Western United StatesSurface Transit - CanadaSurface Transit - Everywhere ElseOver The Road Carriers Transit Employees & Employment----------------Transit Employee Discussion, Information, & IssuesBus Transportation Planning The Transit Hobbyist, Historian, Enthusiast----------------Photographs, Bus Logs and Route Suggestion IdeasBuses in Pop CultureExchange Place & Collector's CornerBus Preservation, Conversion, & SalesThe Bus Modeler  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group