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Posted by caine515 on Sat Aug 30 17:48:05 2014 I know that gmc did blitz buses for new york.does anyone know what depot had them and what was the first line to run them? Also, since green and triboro were short buses why didnt they get blitz buses? I know jg, fla and yukon got some. |
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Posted by Hart Bus on Sat Aug 30 17:58:37 2014, in response to first blitz in service, posted by caine515 on Sat Aug 30 17:48:05 2014. 1 - Don't know2 - Perhaps the Cooper Group didn't have enough spares to send any buses to Blitz to be rebuilt ? |
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Posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:11:45 2014, in response to first blitz in service, posted by caine515 on Sat Aug 30 17:48:05 2014. Hudson, Amsterdam, 100th, 147th (I think), Flatbush, Queens Village, Staten Island (not sure which depot). |
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Posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:14:43 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:11:45 2014. If not 147th, then Manhattanville. |
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Posted by caine515 on Sat Aug 30 23:14:41 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:11:45 2014. Yukon for staten island. Brooklyn was JG, FLA and i think ENY |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Aug 31 20:05:45 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:11:45 2014. Fresh Pond had a bunch of them..mostly used on the B38/26/57. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Sep 1 19:09:17 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Aug 30 19:14:43 2014. When the Blitz GMCs came along in late '84... They were assigned to AMS, OHS, HUD, FLA, QV, and YUK. 146 St (OFS) didn't have them, and Manhattanville had yet to be built.Of course they moved around to many other depots later. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 11:51:56 2014, in response to first blitz in service, posted by caine515 on Sat Aug 30 17:48:05 2014. Also, since green and triboro were short buses why didnt they get blitz buses?Rebuilding costs money. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 2 12:43:28 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 11:51:56 2014. The rebuilding was for NYCT, not for the Cooper family. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 13:58:11 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 2 12:43:28 2014. The rebuilding was for NYCT, not for the Cooper family.The privates could have sent buses to Blitz as well. My point was that they couldn't afford rebuilding as well as NYCT. |
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Posted by TheHat on Tue Sep 2 14:16:48 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 13:58:11 2014. Also considering (my understanding is) they were due for the upcoming NYCDOT RTS order in 1985. RIPTA correct me if I am wrong, (You're knowlege is greater than mine on these facts) out of TONY came bus purchases funded by, then purchased wholly by the NYCDOT. Along with full subsidization of services of the PBL's, because the PBL's in general coudn't afford to run service & purchase new equipment in the amounts needed. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 14:38:47 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by TheHat on Tue Sep 2 14:16:48 2014. Also considering (my understanding is) they were due for the upcoming NYCDOT RTS order in 1985. RIPTA correct me if I am wrong, (You're knowlege is greater than mine on these facts) out of TONY came bus purchases funded by, then purchased wholly by the NYCDOT. Along with full subsidization of services of the PBL's, because the PBL's in general coudn't afford to run service & purchase new equipment in the amounts needed.My knowledge of the facts is next to zero, but that certainly makes a lot of sense. |
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Posted by TheHat on Tue Sep 2 14:46:47 2014, in response to Re: first blitz in service, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Sep 2 14:38:47 2014. Don't sell yourself short, sir. You bring alot to the table, IMHO. |
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