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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Mar 29 08:57:26 2017 Tuscarora Almanac – March 29, 1980 – The Book of Last Runs The Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Corporation discontinues operations. Its three routes are taken over by either MaBSTOA or the NYCTA. The routes were M-7 110th Street – Wall Street Express, M-8 Grand Street Crosstown and M-9 Avenue B. Upon takeover the M-7 was merged into the already existing X-23 Yorkville – Wall Street Express. The M-7 designation was also used by a MaBSTOA route. Source: “New York City Transit Buses” (Iconografix /2005) by Mr. Guy E. Martin Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by W.B. on Wed Mar 29 19:20:17 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Mar 29 08:57:26 2017. Prior to July 1, 1974, there were three M-7's - the third being the NYCTA's 66th Street crosstown that on that summer day that year became the M29 (and is today the M66). You could say that was a triplication of route numbers. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29 |
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Posted by gbs on Thu Mar 30 01:50:14 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Mar 29 08:57:26 2017. When I was a kid in the early '60s we would go to the lower east side to buy pickles from Guss, and I would see these old buses, unlike any I had ever seen. Coming from Rego Park, with its GMC Green Buses on the Q60, I was fascinated by the Ave B buses, but, sadly, never rode them.  They did eventually acquire modern buses before they closed up shop. 
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 30 18:40:07 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by gbs on Thu Mar 30 01:50:14 2017. When I was a kid in the early '60s we would go to the lower east side to buy pickles from Guss, and I would see these old buses, unlike any I had ever seen. Coming from Rego Park, with its GMC Green Buses on the Q60, I was fascinated by the Ave B buses, but, sadly, never rode them. My memories are similar to yours. My mother would take us down to Orchard Street on a Sunday to buy clothes. I remember seeing those shortened buses. Like yourself I never got around to riding them. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 30 18:43:04 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by W.B. on Wed Mar 29 19:20:17 2017. WB: Your right about third M-7. We had one each for the NYCTA and MaBSTOA. I don't recall exactly when Avenue B began running their M-7 but I believe that it was sometime on the early seventies. What was interesting is that they were allowed to use the M-7 designation when there already were two routes operating with that designation. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29 |
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Posted by W.B. on Fri Mar 31 04:25:27 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 30 18:43:04 2017. Sort of like the 1972-74 period when there were two QM15's and QM16's operating. One set was MaBSTOA (ex-FACCo) Fifth & Madison Avenues/Jackson Heights and Elmhurst crosstown, respectively, while the other were Green Lines express bus routes (today operated by MTA Bus) to Manhattan out of Lindenwood and Far Rockaway (again, respectively). |
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