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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 5 07:28:11 2021 Tuscarora Almanac – August 5, 1941 – The Book of First and Last Runs Third Avenue Railway Company Union Railway Company of New York Buses replace streetcars on the Willis Avenue Line between Fordham Road and the 125th Street Pier. The streetcars had been run by the Third Avenue Railway. Bus service will be operated by the Union Railway until July 1, 1942 when the Surface Transportation Corporation takes over. The bus route will be known as the Bx-29 Willis Avenue Line. Source: New York Division Bulletin /March 1996, article by Mr. Bernard Linder TARS discontinues service on the Harlem Shuttle Streetcar Line. This route ran along Third Avenue between East 138th Street and East 128th Street. Source: New York Division Bulletin /April 1997, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac – August 5, 1990 – The Book of First and Last Runs New York City Borough of Manhattan New York City Transit Authority / MaBSTOA The late night subway Route 3 Lenox Terminal Shuttle is discontinued. A Route 3 Shuttle Bus is established between 135th Street and 148th Street with a stop at 145th Street. Free transfers are issued at 135th Street station and are valid on the M-7 and M-102 buses as well. Source: New York Division Bulletin / August 1990, article by Mr. Bernard Linder New York City Subway Map / Issued August 5, 1990 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu Aug 5 09:11:19 2021, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 5, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 5 07:28:11 2021. From the Facebook page of the New York Transit Museum as posted for today on Thursday, August 5, 1981...#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1981, the first General Motors RTS Advanced Design buses went into service on the B17 route in Brooklyn. The new RTS-04s were equipped with several innovative features, including push-type exit doors, rear wheelchair lifts, front kneeling suspensions, 2-way radio equipment, and electronic “flip dot” front and side destination signs. By 1999, a total of 4,877 RTS buses were built by three different manufacturers for NYC Transit and MaBSTOA service. Retired from service in 2019, their blue and white design and signature curved windshields are a familiar sight to generations of New Yorkers! Today, RTS Bus #1201 and #5249 live on in the #NYTransitMuseum’s beloved vintage fleet. While Bus #1201 was one of the first orders of RTS model buses built, Bus #5249 was the last. What’s your favorite memory on a General Motors RTS Advanced Design bus? -William A. Padron ["RTS on MTA NYCT: August 5, 1981 - May 6, 2019"] |
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Posted by Andy on Thu Aug 5 10:38:47 2021, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5, posted by William A. Padron on Thu Aug 5 09:11:19 2021. The push type exit doors are actually a lot older than the RTS 1981 bus. The 1957 TDH 5106 GM diesels were the first NYC buses to be so equipped, followed closely by Fifth Ave. Coach 5106s in 1958. When the GMC fishbowls were introduced in 1960, all NYC bus operators, both TA and private, opted for the push type exit door. GMC offered the old style jackknife rear doors as an option on the fishbowls, but to my knowledge no NYC operator ever bought them new with this option. Other properties did opt for jackknife rear doors on their new fishbowls, notably Public Service in NJ and Boston MTA (later MBTA). |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Aug 5 11:09:17 2021, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5, posted by Andy on Thu Aug 5 10:38:47 2021. What about the kneelers? Those weren’t new. |
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Posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 5 17:39:05 2021, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5, posted by William A. Padron on Thu Aug 5 09:11:19 2021. The first RTS's for TA and MaBSTOA were of the T8W-204 variety, and the 'flip dot' electronic front and side signs came courtesy TransDot, then connected with Transign but later palmed off to Vultron. I was never too fond of that type of sign, as electronic signs go; much preferred the Gulton Luminator signs as were on the ultimately ill-fated Grummans and then on the next set of RTS's ordered for both the TA and MaBSTOA that arrived within the next year (which were T8J-204). |
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