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Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by Joe on Fri Sep 18 19:41:05 2020 Photo in retrospective of storms on Staten Island. November, 1950. A postwar GM bus on 3 Castleton Avenue, stuck in sand. Cannot figure out fleet number. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by northshore on Fri Sep 18 20:38:32 2020, in response to Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by Joe on Fri Sep 18 19:41:05 2020. 4284 |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by B53RICH on Fri Sep 18 20:59:16 2020, in response to Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by Joe on Fri Sep 18 19:41:05 2020. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by Joe on Fri Sep 18 21:37:52 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by B53RICH on Fri Sep 18 20:59:16 2020. Is that a 35-foot bus? Thanks. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by andy on Fri Sep 18 22:05:38 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by Joe on Fri Sep 18 21:37:52 2020. No. It's a 40 foot GMC TDH5101, a model unique to NYC Board of Transportation which ordered it in 1948. The double width front door was designed for routes terminating at St. George ferry or subway terminals in Queens, where large numbers of riders boarded or alighted at the same location. There were 400 such buses in total in NYC - about 100 ran on Staten Island, 200 in Queens, and 100 in Brooklyn. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by Keeping the RAPID in Rapid Transit on Fri Sep 18 22:37:59 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by northshore on Fri Sep 18 20:38:32 2020. I see the # as 4784. The GM TDH5101 Production List states the fleet #s for the NYC Transit System were 4500 - 4899. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by B53RICH on Sat Sep 19 08:50:13 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by B53RICH on Fri Sep 18 20:59:16 2020. What happened to my post? LOL!I was mentioning photo # 8 dated Aug. 13, 1978. In the background there is a Flxible New Look with its engine compartment open. It appears to have been caught in a flood. |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by northshore on Sat Sep 19 13:27:54 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by Keeping the RAPID in Rapid Transit on Fri Sep 18 22:37:59 2020. Yes, 4784 |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by northshore on Sat Sep 19 13:27:55 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by Keeping the RAPID in Rapid Transit on Fri Sep 18 22:37:59 2020. Yes, 4784 |
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Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950 |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Sep 20 08:47:15 2020, in response to Re: Castleton Ave bus in 1950, posted by B53RICH on Sat Sep 19 08:50:13 2020. Thanks for clarifying. I though my adblocker was being too aggressive. |
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