W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd

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W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd
Posted by W.B. on Sun Dec 22 11:40:10 2024 December 22, 1946 - The Book of Changings of the Guard Manhattan, New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company With the last of the "open-top," rear-entrance double-decker buses about to be retired and new General Motors' single-deck TD-4506 buses entering service, Fifth Avenue Coach announces the conversion of its Route 4 - Fifth Avenue-Fort Washington line to single-deck bus service. Also effective as of this date, FACCo begins institution of the "pay as you enter" system requiring passengers to have fares ready upon boarding said route. (The last of FACCo's open-top double-decker buses would have its final run on December 29.) (Source: "Announcement - To Our Patrons." Fifth Avenue Coach Company, December 19, 1946.) December 22, 1963 - The Book of Last Runs Manhattan and Queens, New York Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (FACO Division) The Jackson Heights bus depot at 76th Street and Northern Boulevard, home to the 15 - Jackson Heights and 16 - Elmhurst Crosstown lines since they began service on July 9, 1925, closes, and the routes' depot assignment changed to the 54th Street garage on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, where they will remain into the 1980's. (Source: "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: The First Ten Years" by Bernard Linder. Motor Coach Age, May 1972.)
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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanc Decr 22nd Photo
Posted by Avid Reader* on Mon Dec 23 08:25:16 2024, in response to W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd, posted by W.B. on Sun Dec 22 11:40:10 2024.* *With the last of the "open-top," rear-entrance double-decker buses about to be retired and new General Motors' single-deck TD-4506 buses entering service.*
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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd
Posted by irtredbirdr33* on Mon Dec 23 08:50:54 2024, in response to W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd, posted by W.B. on Sun Dec 22 11:40:10 2024.* There was a 1947 movie titled "It Happened on Fifth Avenue". There is a fair amount of footage was shot on Fifth Avenue featuring both the open and closed double deckers. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanc Dec 22nd pHOTOS
Posted by Avid Reader* on Mon Dec 23 09:30:52 2024, in response to Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for December 22nd, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Dec 23 08:50:54 2024.* "It Happened on Fifth Avenue". One of many Christmas season movies shown
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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for Dec. 22nd Photo
Posted by W.B.* on Mon Dec 23 11:14:28 2024, in response to Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanc Decr 22nd Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Mon Dec 23 08:25:16 2024.* The "Queen Mary" photo you put up is not applicable, the last of them weren't retired until 1953. The "Old Looks" you see here are #2504, a TDH-5104, and the experimental 3100 which was TDH-5106.
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