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Re: Grumman 870 history in NYC |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu Jun 14 19:13:08 2012, in response to Re: Grumman 870 history in NYC, posted by The TransitMan on Thu Jun 14 18:15:39 2012. ALL Queens Depots had Grummans.Agreed Flushing had some 300s along with two-digit numbers (I forgot) Jamaica had 200s Queens Village had 300s and 500s. The TA/OA Grumman 870s were sort of in 3 groups. The first (and largest) group were (TA) 201-452, (OA) 601-810. The second group were the "PA" units which were PA1-PA175 and the last 200 buses which were delivered after the A-frame retrofit were the lift-equipped buses. Those units were (TA) 453-552 amd (OA) 811-910. Originally, (IIRC) all depots with Grumman 870s rec'd buses from each group. Also, bus #199 (ex-100?) ran out of QV. Yes. I heard NYCTA was allowed to keep the demo bus to replace a '77 Flxible that was destroyed by fire. Then of course the TA got the 13 buses that were originally destined for Ave B, E Bway (but they folded) which were #553-565. This is why NYCTA had 851 Grumman 870s. 837-bus order, plus 1 demo and 13 Ave B E. Bway buses. |
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