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Here's another nostalgic "Manhattan cameo" from the 1970s, this one features a MaBSTOA Fishbowl and a CAREY 4104.........

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155462

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["M"]

[traildriver]

NYO--

Found this item over at CPTDB. I thought it may be of interest to you, since you seem fascinated by this sort of history...the Great Migration during the last century.

A photo shows the bus at the soon to be vacated Cleveland Terminal, which is so appropriate, in more ways then one. Both the bus and the terminal were born around the same time, and likely that bus served that terminal sometime in its career. But back then, probably there were a dozen of those, as well as earlier models occupying the gates...

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/cleveland-artist-turns-historic-greyhound-bus-into-a-museum

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traildriver:

All I got was a blank page full of large symbols, arrows, etc..

Thank you, anyway!

"NYO"

[traildriver]

NYO--

Sorry about the difficulty. Some websites make it hard to share a link. After reading it once, they don't seem to allow you to re-access it unless you "subscribe" to their site.

Try this...go to the CPTDB, where I found it, and under the category Motorcoaches, then the sub category Greyhound and Affiliates, then the sub sub category, Greyhound in the news, click on the last page (66), and scroll to the last post. That's where I found the link. Click on it, and hopefully that will work for you.

If I try to send you the link to that page, it might 'recognize' that I sent it to you, and fail again.

Good luck!

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traildriver:

Thanks for the info; I will try again later.

Hopefully, I'll be able to retrieve the article and SEE (and read!) it!

ALWAYS greatly interested in the links you sometime provide!

"NYO"

["TRAVEL STRAIGHT THROUGH-WITH GREYHOUND"]

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Here's an interesting (and nostalgic!) Chicago photo from 1969.....

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45904

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["MCI"]

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

I wonder how many scheduled GREYHOUND stops were made at this CTA transfer station, on a given day, back then?

Does GREYHOUND still stop here? (I'm going to wager a "no", unless I'm wrong)

At that time (1969) the CTA was still running postwar TWIN COACHES, as well as ex-CMCCo Old Looks (and, of course, Fishbowls and Flex New Looks.

The CTA would also be operating trolleybuses for several more years.......

"NYO"

["CTA"]

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Be sure to check out the interesting details of the "extended stay" of this truly MAGNIFICENT early-1930s MACK (#1931), restored on classic "GREYHOUND" regalia, easily recalling the classic 1934 comedy, "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT".

Note that this rare coach originally ran for the "LEBANON AUTO BUS COMPANY" (Lebanon, PA).....

https://pacbus.org

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

Indeed, those beautiful and historic buses MORE than deserved a good (permanent!) home (hard to believe that this beautiful coach is not all that far from being 100 YEARS OLD!!!)

With today's buses crammed with as much electronic components as the Starship Enterprise, the skilled mechanics who so patiently restore such old buses are indeed of a vanishing breed themselves!

One look at that handsome coach easily transports us back over 90 years.......a time when GREYHOUND was then the UNDISPUTED king of the highway!

"NYO"

["ATLANTIC GREYHOUND"]

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Related trivia:

Front-engined buses like restored #1931 were often referred to as "pullers"; the more modern rear-engined buses were "pushers".

If you notice the many, many period photos on the 'net, showing GREYHOUND (and other long-haul carriers of those long-ago days), you'll see the drivers nattily attired in military-style uniforms, complete with puttees and boots.

Not only did this give the drivers of those long-ago days an especially "professional" look, the puttees and boots help to insulate their feet and lower legs from the heat generated by the engine.

Also, many "parlor coaches" of that era sported (decorative only) rear platforms, to simulate the luxurious railroad observation cars of that era, replete with railroad-style markers, and, often, drumhead signs.......

"NYO"

["BOSTON"]

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

Correct!

So, in many cases, those simulated rear platforms were not only ORNAMENTAL but FUNCTIONAL as well!

Personally, I've longed referred to those early long-haul drivers as "IRON MEN"........indeed, they HAD to have IRON constitutions to be able to withstand the many rigors that were then part and parcel of being a "highway driver", back in those early days! (NO a/c, NO power steering, NO automatic transmissions,, etc.)

NOT a job for the "faint of heart", by ANY means!

Speaking of these men having to be "fit as fiddles", I wonder now if GREYHOUND provided them with "gym" facilities, where they could work out and "keep in shape", when off-duty........

"NYO"

["ATLANTIC GREYHOUND LINES"]

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Perhaps the ULTIMATE in 1930s "pullers!" (what a SLEEK "hound", for sure!)

Note the sleek and distinctive rear end "teardrop" design; also, the barred rear windows and luggage rack; "MANHATTAN LINES and "RED & TAN" also rostered similar buses (wish at least ONE survived into preservation!)........

https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2015/02/greyhound-bus1937.html