Comments on: MTA NYC Transit To Run Vintage Buses In December http://www.transitblogger.com/buses/mta-nyc-transit-to-run-vintage-buses-in-december.php Covering the MTA, NYC Subway, LIRR, Metro-North & more Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Fairchild http://www.transitblogger.com/buses/mta-nyc-transit-to-run-vintage-buses-in-december.php/comment-page-1/#comment-24441 Jim Fairchild Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:33:42 +0000 http://www.transitblogger.com/?p=1508#comment-24441 I am looking for information on the 1931 FACCO Yellow coach #1263. I used to drive this bus in the 70's .. I can prove this by asking someone to count the leaf springs on the right rear side. There will be more than on the left rear side. Also by looking at the picture of the bus in Time Square, it appears the original windshield wipers have been replaced since the 1980's. Thanks for preserving this coach. We also had a Queen Mary (I think it was 2052), and who knows what happened to that.. I am looking for information on the 1931 FACCO Yellow coach #1263. I used to drive this bus in the 70′s .. I can prove this by asking someone to count the leaf springs on the right rear side. There will be more than on the left rear side. Also by looking at the picture of the bus in Time Square, it appears the original windshield wipers have been replaced since the 1980′s. Thanks for preserving this coach. We also had a Queen Mary (I think it was 2052), and who knows what happened to that..

]]> By: Alex Unold http://www.transitblogger.com/buses/mta-nyc-transit-to-run-vintage-buses-in-december.php/comment-page-1/#comment-22743 Alex Unold Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:44:43 +0000 http://www.transitblogger.com/?p=1508#comment-22743 Wonderful idea....our "fishbowls" went out of revenue service in late 2000 in Milwaukee. They were part of a shipment of orange and cream colored, then they were painted green and light green, and finally in the late 80's to white and black. Milwaukee County Transit System should have kept some of these buses for such an occasion. The only one set aside that I know of from that fleet is number 2023. Thank you City of New York, and for those who took the time to put video of this occasion on the web. Alex Wonderful idea….our “fishbowls” went out of revenue service in late 2000 in Milwaukee.

They were part of a shipment of orange and cream colored, then they were painted green and light green, and finally in the late 80′s to white and black.

Milwaukee County Transit System should have kept some of these buses for such an occasion.

The only one set aside that I know of from that fleet is number 2023.

Thank you City of New York, and for those who took the time to put video of this occasion on
the web.

Alex

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