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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2026 5:39 pm Post subject:

W.B.:

Given the fact that more than a few American trolleybuses were sold for service elsewhere after retirement, I always thought itoff that no buyers were interested in the Brooklyn coaches, then barely more than a decade old.

Odd, also, that neither Branford nor Seashore was interested in purchasing one of the coaches for their then-expanding collections......

"NYO"

["ST. LOUIS CAR COMPANY"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2026 5:43 pm Post subject:

Just was thinking......

PSNJ replaced their dual-powered ASVs in two stages; all HUDSON Division routes were converted to buses in 1947, while the ESSEX Divusion lines were converted the following year.......

"NYO"

["21 WEST NEW YORK"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 3:43 pm Post subject:

....on Eyewitness News at 4, anchor David Navarro did a "run through" report on the Tremont Avenue Busway, up in "da Bronx".

Footage showed a slew of "BBs" ("Bendy BINOs") in both the old blue/white and current colors.

Disappointed as all heck that I did not see any red and cream "Soifce" buses during the report....... Wink

"NYO"

["RIDE THE SURFACE WAY"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 7:56 pm Post subject:

Curious......

How many major transfer poits in "da Bronx" did "Soface" serve?(i.e.:transfers to connecting bus routes/subways/El, etc)..................

"NYO"

["SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 11:00 pm Post subject:

Judging by this bustling scene at West Farms Square, it would seem that this was a busy transfer point, for both TARS and "Soiface"(note buses).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116553

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["GMC"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2026 8:34 pm Post subject:

"Soiface" MACK on the "Bx12", circa 1956..............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154548

(courtesy: nycsubway.orrg)

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_the_Bronx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Transportation_Corporation (note photo from 1952)

Curious as to which of today's MTA routes (Bronx) are still (more or less) still configured to the "Soiface" era.....

"NYO"

["SURE-IT'S A MACK!"]

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2026 9:35 pm Post subject:

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2026 9:38 pm Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2026 10:52 pm Post subject:

W.B.:

Appreciate the detailed info; once again, I'll say that a detailed,illustrated book of "Soface", its buses, rosters, and detailed info on depots, etc, is long, long overdue (ditto a detailed work on "stoa")

Not to mention another book on FACCo/FACL. where Fishbowls are given more than a passing mention......

'NYO"

["FACL"]