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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 17th |
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Posted by andy on Sun Dec 17 19:20:18 2017, in response to Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 17th, posted by randyo on Sun Dec 17 17:18:07 2017. In the early 1950's, Fifth Avenue Coach and NYC Omnibus adapted simpler paint schemes to replace the rather elaborate two-toned green with a sweeping stripe, along with a contrasting cream top half. The simpler schemes were green and tan for FACCO's basic routes, and green and cream for NYCO.Surface Transit, after its absorption by FACCO, was notorious for buses appearing in a wide variety of paint schemes. Prior to 1956 Surface buses sported two basic red and white schemes (with and without the white bib stripe along the sides), and a few in an experimental red, white and blue scheme. After FACCO took over, Surface buses appeared in many different varieties of red/white, red/yellow, green/cream, green/tan, including some buses never changed from the original white bib stripe. And when some new GMC buses were assigned to Surface routes in 1959 and 1960, two newer schemes were introduced - for the 5106s and 5301s. |
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