BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[Cyberider]

NYO,

Rode a lot of MC-7's in the '70's. Wasn't fond of what came after.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Interestingly, the first Canadian buses to operate in NJ were not MCI's; in the late 1960s, "SOMERSET" purchased several PREVOST "Champions" for commuter service into New York.

These handsome buses had the distinction of being the first non-domestic buses purchased by an American carrier.

It would have been interesting had PSNJ purchased a few of the "Champions"........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154518

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154522

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["MOUNTAINSIDE-141"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"...........

After WW2, CCF-BRILL (the Canadian branch of ACF-BRILL) manufactured the 'VOYAGEUR", a 29-passenger intercity bus that was a virtual clone of FLXIBLE's popular "Clipper".

PREVOST also built a number of postwar highway coaches, which also incorporated some FLXIBLE styling, including the rounded, windowless rears and distinctive rear air scoop..........

"NYO"

["OTTAWA"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

It was not until the later 1970s that non-GM buses began operating over PSNJ/TNJ routes; these reliable, hard-working buses were part of a nearly 900 bus order by the NJDOT for FLXIBLE New Looks.................

jttps://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155323

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155329

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY"]

["NJDOT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Into the early 1980s, NJT was still operating "first generation" suburban Fishbowls; like most New Jersey suburban carriers, PSNJ purchased their first Fishbowls in 1960.

These were also among the first Fishbowls to be retired by NJT.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155342 (also, note CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS Eagle outbound, heading west on the helix)

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156475

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["NEW YORK"]

[Cyberider]

Nice, but not nearly as dignified as the Old Look Suburbans.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also of interest.....

In 1957, the JERSEY CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (a bus subsidiary of the CRRNJ) was sold to SOMERSET..........

"NYO"

["NEW YORK"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Though MACK transits were quite commonplace in my area(Hudson County) through much of the 1960s, the only company in my general area to operate MACK suburbans was the now-defunct "ORANGE & BLACK"; these buses (which indeed I do remember as a lad) were particularly handsome.

Outside of a postwar demo, PSNJ never rostered postwar MACKS, in any configuration.

This photo from 1964 shows a smart-looking MACK operating for a Long Island company, back in 1964.

What makes this photo unusual (at least to me) are the passenger windows; these windows are more reminiscent of those used on the postwar ACF-BRILL "C-44s"..

"LAKELAND" was another NJ-based suburban carrier that rostered MACKS into the 1960s............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153632

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["ORANGE & BLACK BUS LINES"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

NCR registers.........

By the 1960s, unlike the buses of the local "independent" companies in my area, PS used NCR ticket registers, instead of the usual fare boxes, on its "local" routes

NCR registers in New Jersey were commonly used on the buses of suburban carriers.

These big, hulking machines lasted into the 1980s, before being replaced with new fare boxes.

I am VERY fortunate to have one of these rare NCR registers in my collection today; I can STILL hear the familiar sounds they made, when the driver was hitting its keys, punching out the fare info!

"NYO"

["17 HUDSON PLACE"]

[Cyberider]

Never experienced the NCR fare boxes but certainly remember the clickity-clack and the wheel spinning around on the front of the Johnson fareboxes.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

The fascinating history of the Johnson fare box.......

www.johnsonfarebox.com

(the one in the top photo is EXACTLY what I knew for decades!)

["1 JOURNAL SQUARE"]

["5 NEW YORK"]