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W.B.'s Bus Almanac for April 22nd |
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Posted by W.B. on Mon Apr 22 15:45:09 2024 April 22, 1963 - The Book of Bus Renumberings Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx, New York Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority To avoid duplications of bus numbers in the fleet as inherited from the former Fifth Avenue Coach, New York City Omnibus and Surface Transportation System / Surface Transit entities, presumably the Board of Transportation 4000's as well (and in anticipation of the arrival of the first 'New Look' buses ordered for MaBSTOA), numerous buses (mostly from within Surface Transit) are renumbered. A few examples, starting with the more recent and going on down, include: - 1-10 (air-conditioned 1960 Fifth Avenue Coach Lines TDH-5301's [with 6-10 going to Surface Transit after late 1960]) - as 3211-3220 - 3020-3059 (1959 Surface Transit TDH-5106's) - as 3291 and 3221-3259 - 1060-1089 (1954 STS TDH-5106's) - as 3260-3289 - 2990-2999 (1954 STS Mack C-49DT's) - as 4990-4999 - 2962-2989 (1956 STS Mack C-49DT's) - as 4962-4989 - 800 (1956 STS Mack C-49DT, ex demo) - as 4910 - 3000-3009 (1958 Surface Transit Mack C-49DT's) - as 4900-4909 - 1090-1099 (1953 STS TDH-5104's) - as 2590-2599 Other, earlier buses (from what was left of the TD-4506, TDH-4507 and TDH-4509 fleets, most being ex-NYCO and FACCo buses transferred to Surface Transit after 1957) would also have their numbering sequences changed. A few that were renumbered were done so for purposes of scrapping or other reasons. (Source: "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: The First Ten Years" by Bernard Linder. Motor Coach Age, May 1972.) |
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