BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

You should find this of interest..........

https://localwiki.org/oakland/Greyhound_Bus_Station

["PACIFIC GREYHOUND"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also of interest.......

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/pittsburgh-then-and-now-the-greyhound-bus-station/

(the signs in the circa-1930 photo are of particular interest!)

["PITTSBURGH"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelloway-Pioneer_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_Lines (scroll to: "HISTORY-EARLY YEARS" heading)

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Coach_Manufacturing_Company (note company was once a subsidiary of the famed "Yellow Cab"; also, note historic photos, including ex-FACCo YELLOW "Z")

['"PHILADELPHIA"]

["NEW YORK LIMITED"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W,B.:

Indeed!

Right up until YELLOW was taken over by "Gee-Em" in the early 1940s, GREYHOUND rostered a HUGE fleet of YELLOWS (both front- and rear-engined coaches)

They also rostered front-engined MACKS.

With "Pee-Es", their huge fleet, through the 30s and into the 40s, were virtually all YELLOWS (again, both front-and rear-engined models.

In fact, a true "oddball" in the vast "Pee-Es" fleet was the one lone ASV that was built by MACK (all others, ofcourse, were YELLOW).......

"NYO"

["ATLANTIC GREYHOUND"]

["PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Interesting..............

The "Port-of-Authority" opened in late 1950; GREYHOUND, interestingly enough, did not move into the new facility until 1963, 13 years later.

It would have been interesting, to say the least, had GREYHOUND not moved moved into "The Port" until some later date.......

"NYO"

["SECOND SECTION"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also of interest:

In David Jacobs' photo book "AMERICAN BUSES" (1985), there is a photo of the corporate offices of "Big Red" (Trailways), then located at 625 8th Avenue.

Besides the TRAILWAYS photos, there are many contemporary GREYHOUND photos; one chapter deals with city buses, and, here, we see a number of "Noo Yawk"photos, including MTA "Dangerfields" and RTS, as well as a great "head on" shot of a "QUEENS TRANSIT" Fishbowl..

Also, a classic two-page photo of a LIBERTY "Buffalo:, signed for the "BXM-1", heading for Riverdale........

"NYO"

["GO GREYHOUND"]

["METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY""

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also of interest (scroll down for regional links on classic bus stations)..........

https://www.chicagorailfan.com/greysta.html

["CHICAGO EXPRESS"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

You and I both, it seems, have long wondered the same thing.

WHY the "Em-Tee-Yay" did not order "Bison" for express service remains a mystery (at least to us) to this day.

Here in "Joisey", the "suboiban" carriers began purchasing "Bison" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, using them on both the longer-haul commuter runs, and charters.

Among those Your's Truly remembers:

PSNJ/TNJ

ORANGE & BLACK

INTER-CITY

DE CAMP

MANHATTAN LINES

SHORTLINE

I had my "foist"ride on a "Bison" way back in 1973, when my folks and I took a bus tour of Canada ("PARKER TOURS"); bus was lettered "DATTCO".

In the early 1980s, I often rode them on the "RIVER ROAD EXPRESS".

Great buses.............

"NYO"

["GMC"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Oh, give me a home, where the "Buffalo" roam.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154392

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153729

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154497

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156429

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["EXPRESS"]