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Posted by fishbowls4ever on Wed Oct 11 10:11:07 2017 What engines did the 65 flxibles have? |
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Posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 11 10:26:43 2017, in response to 65 flxibles, posted by fishbowls4ever on Wed Oct 11 10:11:07 2017. DD 6V-71 is what I come up with, but not a 100% guarantee |
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Posted by WayneJay on Wed Oct 11 11:11:39 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 11 10:26:43 2017. Yes, those at NYCTA did have the DD 6V-71N engine |
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Posted by Joe V on Wed Oct 11 11:18:31 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by WayneJay on Wed Oct 11 11:11:39 2017. The ones I remember on the TA (5500's) and the Triboro Coach ones zooming down Woodhaven Blvd had a different sounding engine, even though it was a 6V71. |
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Posted by Westcode44 on Wed Oct 11 21:36:40 2017, in response to 65 flxibles, posted by fishbowls4ever on Wed Oct 11 10:11:07 2017. I thought the NYCTA models had Cummins engines.?WE-44 |
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Posted by northshore on Wed Oct 11 22:27:09 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by Westcode44 on Wed Oct 11 21:36:40 2017. All NYCTA buses had Deitoit Diesel engines |
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Posted by WayneJay on Thu Oct 12 23:24:57 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by Joe V on Wed Oct 11 11:18:31 2017. I think the TA buses you're referring to are actually the 5600 series. The '65 Flxibles were the 5600-5700 series, and the '64 Flxibles were 5000-5100 series. The TA's 5500 series were actually MABSTOA GMC 5303 5201-5525. |
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Posted by W.B. on Fri Oct 13 07:18:28 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by WayneJay on Thu Oct 12 23:24:57 2017. And the big question: Any '64 or '65 Flxibles (besides one in the 5000's that 'B53RICH' maintains plied the M15 First and Second Avenues line for a time) get assigned at any point in time to the Manhattan Bus Division depot at 126th Street for service on the TA's five routes in that borough? They did, in the estimation of yours truly, seem to be off-Broadway and dinner theatre roadshow compared to the 5201-5525 and 6401-6900 MaBSTOA GMC 5303's that were fixtures of Manhattan and Bronx bus routes for nearly two decades - and thus truly made it "on Broadway." Literally and figuratively (I think the M10 and M104 routes, among others). |
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Posted by WayneJay on Fri Oct 13 10:24:35 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by W.B. on Fri Oct 13 07:18:28 2017. Good question. I grew up in MABSTOA territory and while I did see some of the 126th depot action... I've never seen any of the '64 or '65 Flxibles operating there. |
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Posted by W.B. on Mon Oct 16 02:29:19 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by WayneJay on Fri Oct 13 10:24:35 2017. I presume, then, that for the most part, any '64-'65 Flxibles that plied Manhattan would have been if those buses were assigned to the B39 and B15/B51 routes . . . |
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Posted by WayneJay on Mon Oct 16 11:14:34 2017, in response to Re: 65 flxibles, posted by W.B. on Mon Oct 16 02:29:19 2017. If they never went to 126th St... Yes, that would be my guess too.Let me add that with me being a youngster in the early 70s... I realize there's over a decade in which those buses could've been at 126th, in those years before I was old enough to notice, and go out exploring on my own. I do recall seeing these buses at an early age as the elementary school I attended was near West Farms Square. I could see the Q44 buses at their old layover spot on Bryant Ave and Boston Rd from our school yard. |
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