BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

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Fordham Plaza, 1972..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153817

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["3 PROSPECT AVE."]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

By the time this (Brooklyn) photo was snapped in 1978, the iconic "Jetsons" were indeed quite "long in the tooth", and were indeed in the twilight of the years.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153231

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["B44"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Hillside Avenue, 1978; this now-classic veteran is still proudly proclaiming the traditional "Wearin 'o The Green"!

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153266

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["Q43"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Cadman & Tillary, 1979, indeed, the end of the line was nigh............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153216

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["2003"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

Notice that by 1978-80, the oldest "Jetsons" were the ones ordered more recently (the 2000's were from 1962). Their yeoman service belied the "old clunker" label WNEW-TV slapped onto them in the wake of the "Borough Bomber" hubbub.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Here in "Joisey", in my immediate area of Hudson County back in the 60s, "Jetsons" were simply not to be seen.

It was not until 1966/1967 that Fishbowls began to make strong inroads into the Hudson County "indy" fleets, replacing the veteran square-window Old Looks, "Pattons", and WHITES; so, of course, these Fishbowls were all "bullets".

You had to go across town (Union City) to see PSNJ "Jetstons" working on lines like the #44; last "Jetsons" I recall at all were "suboibans", back in the early 1980s, then operated by "En-Jay-Tee"............

"NYO"

["44 JOURNAL SQUARE"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Recalling PSNJ's transit "Jetsons"............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154505

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154505

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["TNJ"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

1980..................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156466

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["GMC"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Back in the day, both "Jetsons" and "Bullets" in the PS/TNJ fleet sported natwings (note: not all buses were so equipped)...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155377

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["6 CROSSTOWN"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

208 St. & 32nd Ave., 1978.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153236

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["NO PASSENGERS"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Queens Village Garage, 1977.................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153257

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["Q44A"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Pelham Parkway & Eastchester, 1980.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153239

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["BX12"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

I would indeed agree with you on that point; indeed, that work-wearing "Jetson" was indeed showing the battle scars of many years of hard work.

NOTHING today could even BEGIN to TRY to "measure up" to the Fishbow, whether it be a "Jetson" or a "Bullet"!

Quick question(s)

1:

What garage(s) stabled the last "Jetsons"?

2:

What routes were the used on?

3:

When were the last retired?

Thanks...............

"NYO"

["New York City Transit Authority"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

See also:

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156093

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156080

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

A few quick questions regarding #100:

1:

When was the "Myew-zeeum's" #100 "Jetson" retired, and put into preservation?

2:

What route(s) did it run on?

3:

What garage(s) was this now-historic bus based at, at time of retirement?

Appreciate info, as always.....

"NYO"

["100"]