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Posted by 33rd Street on Wed May 6 21:21:32 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Grand Concourse on Wed May 6 21:13:41 2009. Didn't have my camera with me that day. |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Wed May 6 22:30:10 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by 33rd Street on Wed May 6 21:21:32 2009. oh, ok. |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Thu May 7 00:16:42 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed May 6 13:38:31 2009. You lost me, what? |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 06:56:03 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Grand Concourse on Wed May 6 14:51:52 2009. Like he said, trains are more popular. So buses don't get priority. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 06:56:45 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by busdude2 on Wed May 6 14:21:06 2009. Again, no, I don't think the MTA would scrap them. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 06:57:55 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by 33rd Street on Wed May 6 14:25:32 2009. How so? Um, like a pier, so like maybe docks for boats and a public walkway and stuff???? Don't be so vapid. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 07:00:09 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Wed May 6 16:22:01 2009. That sucks. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 07:00:36 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Wed May 6 16:29:45 2009. wtf? |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Thu May 7 10:32:17 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Wed May 6 16:29:45 2009. That is the most 'off' spelling of Amsterdam I have ever seen. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 7 10:59:39 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Wed May 6 16:29:45 2009. AMS though will be needed for when 126 temporarily closes. |
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Posted by Deaks on Thu May 7 12:24:39 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed May 6 13:31:13 2009. I suppose they could remove all the mechanical units and such, but then again I recall reading a link posted here a while ago to an MTA auction for buses. I think most of them had either both or one of the engine and transmission still present. Of course if these are broken/well worn they may not bother to remove them, but the scrapyards probably would do so, recondition them, and sell them on, either outright or as exchange units. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 7 12:38:38 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Deaks on Thu May 7 12:24:39 2009. In addition, the buses were equipped with scrap tires. However, in almost all cases, the transmission was removed. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Thu May 7 12:43:43 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by R33/R36 mainline on Wed May 6 16:29:45 2009. Let's be realistic - there is zero chance that an MTA-funded bus museum will be put anywhere. |
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Posted by Bristol VR on Thu May 7 12:50:28 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Grand Concourse on Wed May 6 00:59:57 2009. Museums are not always the safest bet would you believe, even once there buses can get forsaken.Example: http://www.britishbusclub.org/RTL1628.htm |
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Posted by Deaks on Thu May 7 13:00:51 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Bristol VR on Thu May 7 12:50:28 2009. I wonder what is different between that bus, and the other three million RT-types that are already preserved in Britain. It would be nice to save everything but some are just better of being the victim of a 'mercy killing'! |
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Posted by Deaks on Thu May 7 13:02:04 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by AMoreira81 on Thu May 7 12:38:38 2009. I would think the reason they were on scrap tyres is that they have received them off buses still in use. No-one with any sense is going to send six tyres with life left in them to the scrapyard. |
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Posted by JAzumah on Thu May 7 13:08:00 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Deaks on Thu May 7 13:02:04 2009. I believe the MTA leases tires. So only scrap tires can be used for one way bus trips. NIMCO can use those too...they chop up rubber and it can be used for asphalt and rubber mats. |
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Posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Thu May 7 13:12:06 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by RailBus63 on Thu May 7 12:43:43 2009. IAWTP. The buses are better off where they are. If this was realistic, then I'd say someplace close to Downtown Brooklyn and the TM would be an ideal spot for it. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu May 7 13:50:27 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Bristol VR on Thu May 7 12:50:28 2009. Museums are not always the safest bet would you believe, even once there buses can get forsaken.Like Avenue B & East Broadway 414 at Trolley Valhalla  Or CTA 375 at the Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum 
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Thu May 7 17:02:53 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 7 06:56:03 2009. Well what if there was a museum and what if it becomes popular?I mean if there was one centralized location that was around for at least 3months, I'm sure it would be well visited. Plus if it doesn't work out then they can just go back to the current arrangement being one day out of the year and the December bus runs [if there's the money to run them]. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 7 20:49:30 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Bristol VR on Thu May 7 12:50:28 2009. That's a mess. it looks beyond saving, regrettably. What year is that bus? |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 7 20:52:39 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Bristol VR on Thu May 7 12:50:28 2009. Seems to me that the present MTA arrangement is best- keep the vintage buses INSIDE, at the various depots. I feel there probably isn't the public support for a good NYCTA bus museum, and putting them in the middle of nowhere, like Floyd Bennett, is asking for trouble. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 7 21:00:46 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by busdude2 on Wed May 6 14:21:06 2009. I'm not worried about this at present. Nobody in an official capacity has suggested it, have they? I say we cross that bridge when we come to it. |
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Posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Thu May 7 23:41:31 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 7 20:52:39 2009. There's a good thing and a bad thing about Floyd Bennett Field. The good thing is that there's plenty of space there. The bad thing was that it's a pain in the ass to get to. And not only that...it was held there every year since I first went there back in 2002. IMO, the locations could be changed to accomodate others coming from other places around the city. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri May 8 08:33:44 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by MainR3664 on Thu May 7 20:49:30 2009. That's a mess. it looks beyond saving, regrettably. What year is that bus?1954 |
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Posted by Brightonr68 on Fri May 8 11:58:44 2009, in response to Re: MTA Bus Rodeo Cancelled, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed May 6 13:27:31 2009. Scrap meral prices are at 10 year lows. Not a good time to scrap anything |
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