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Posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012 Njoyjrc GMC 1854 climbs up the hill into the heart of Riverdale and one of the nicer bus shooting locations.  Here 1808 is on Netherlands Ave. Seems a detour was in effect and is shown off to the right.  Flx 1893 on the "11X" 
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Posted by caine515 on Sat Jun 16 12:47:42 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. Customers must have been pissed dealing with therse buses especially on the express routes. Did the Greyhound buses help more then the WMATA buses did for express service?And i know that some depots used the METROBUS for express service but what did boroughs like Brooklyn and Queens use? B82-#5006-NOVABUS |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Jun 16 12:53:38 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. Photo #2 almost looks like a Green Bus unit. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Sat Jun 16 13:52:47 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by caine515 on Sat Jun 16 12:47:42 2012. Customers must have been pissed dealing with therse buses especially on the express routes. Did the Greyhound buses help more then the WMATA buses did for express service?And i know that some depots used the METROBUS for express service but what did boroughs like Brooklyn and Queens use? My guess is that the X-bus riders probably didn't hate getting a WMATA buses. Although they had transit seating, it was 2X2 soft seating. Not quite as comfy as the high-backed seating, but in those days you'd see plenty of local buses doing express runs. The WMATA buses at OA didn't do express service as FFS and AMS didn't have any express routes. It appears that SI used the WMATA buses for both local and express service, but again. SI also used plenty of local buses on express runs. I say this to say... In my observations, the WMATA buses were used mainly in local service, but they often did Staten Island express trips too. Of course the 150 ex-Greyhound MC-8 were used only for express service. During those days most NYCTA express buses were still the mixed bag of GMC T6H-5305A (4400, 8800 & 8900 series), 5310A (4500, 6100 & 6900 series), a few 5303AC (83/8400 series), '77 Flxible 9100 series and of course the '81 GMC RTS (1298-1317) and '82 RTS (PA1705-PA1858). Later toward the mid-1980s, the 5100 & 5500 series Blitz rebuilds helped too. By the mid-1980s, the old new-looks were pretty much gone from exopress service. On Staten island they were using the Greyhound MC-8s, '81 RTS, and some '82 RTS. In Brooklyn and Queens the '82 1700-1800 series RTS were used for express service. I think the Blitz rebuilds and '85 GMC RTS pretty much replaced the ex-Greyhound MC-8s. Those were interesting days as a lot was happening. |
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Posted by Huz66511 on Sat Jun 16 13:53:28 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. GR8 scans! When ya gonna do some vintage MBTA stuff?! |
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Posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 16:17:38 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Huz66511 on Sat Jun 16 13:53:28 2012. Vintage MBTA stuff? Hmmm. Do EYE have any? :)Glad U like the scan shots jrc |
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Posted by WayneJay on Sat Jun 16 19:08:55 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by B53RICH on Sat Jun 16 12:53:38 2012. Yeah - It was cool that some of the buses still in the old DC Transit color scheme made it to NYC. |
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Posted by busdude on Sun Jun 17 00:57:53 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. obviously they dident have to worry much about installing compex radio and farebox systems back in those days. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Sun Jun 17 01:50:42 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by busdude on Sun Jun 17 00:57:53 2012. The TA installed their fareboxes but not radio equipment. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Jun 17 02:40:35 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 16:17:38 2012. they are the freshest ever.. |
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Posted by regent23 on Sun Jun 17 08:37:21 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Edwards! on Sun Jun 17 02:40:35 2012. I guess I am getting old ... I remember very very clearly riding the dc buses on.Lexington avenue and also on 79 th street crosstown m17. I was fortunate enough to be heading downtown on lex in unreal traffic from 86 down to 42 on a flex. I think the trip took an hour. I remember the interior colors were brown and orange. In those days these buses were very common . The 79 street had the fishbowlsf I remember. These were my highschool years but I really do have a pretty clear memory of those buses. The fishbowls were not brown and orange they had kind of a very light mint one of color going on can't remember too clearly. |
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Posted by Mr. D - Type on Mon Jun 18 08:57:56 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. Beautiful, thanks for sharing |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 18 09:11:03 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. Those first two photos are awesome! Please keep them coming! |
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Posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 18 09:46:24 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Mr. D - Type on Mon Jun 18 08:57:56 2012. My pleasure!jrc |
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Posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 18 09:48:47 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 18 09:11:03 2012. Glad u like. Funny; I had very few door side shots of those Metro Flx's and the day I tried in earnest to nab one, the damn truck got held up 'hind a damn taxi which caused that not so hot view.jrc |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Jun 18 09:56:44 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. That was a wild time in NYC. Retired buses from DC shipped to NYC to replace questionable Grumman Flxibles. We'll probably never see something like this again.Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jun 18 12:07:17 2012, in response to pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Sat Jun 16 12:43:17 2012. Was 6808 one of the buses that went "swimming with the fishes" at Edgewater back in the day? |
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Posted by Mr. D - Type on Mon Jun 18 12:29:04 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Jun 18 09:56:44 2012. It sure was Bill, how about when they practically emptied the old Brooklyn Army Terminal of all the 2000's & 3000's & 4000's & 5000's that would run and put them back into service and parked all the Grumman's down there. I recall going down there quite a few times to photograph with the late / great Alan Bromberger. |
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Posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 18 12:44:42 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jun 18 12:07:17 2012. May have been. |
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Posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 18 12:44:42 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jun 18 12:07:17 2012. May have been. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jun 18 13:03:55 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 18 09:48:47 2012. The reason I left out the third photo was that it was the only one not taken in/near Riverdale. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jun 18 13:46:12 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Jun 18 12:07:17 2012. Possibly. It was one WMATA Flxible and one WMATA GMC. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jun 18 13:48:45 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Jun 18 09:56:44 2012. They weren't quite retired. WMATA had them in their contingency fleet. The funny thing is that many of those buses buses were Blitzed and operated in WMATA service 'til '99-'00. |
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