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Johnson Model 'D' Farebox821 viewsThe famous model 'D' Johnson fare box used on all Green Line buses from 1933 to 1959.
This machine remained unchanged in design from its inception in 1909!
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Green Lines 9121035 views#912 - a 1946 GM TD4506 (ser#0731) boasted several milestones for the company including; first GM products, first Diesels, & first fully automatics.
Wartime shortages of chromium and stainless steel left these buses very austere!
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Green Lines 3551078 viewsGreen Lines #355 in South Ozone Park. This bus was sold to AB&W Transit Company of Virginia in October of 1966 as their #605. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines 351966 viewsGreen Lines #351 working route Q60 on Queens Boulevard near Roosevelt Avenue. This bus was sold to AB&W Transit Company in October of 1966 as their #601. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines 1551076 viewsGreen Lines #155 at the Rockaway Boulevard garage. This bus was sold to Chicago & Calumet District Transit Company as their #2977 in 1966. Green Lines photo; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Manhattan & Queens Bus Corp. 1101029 viewsNumber yet to be assigned at factory - a 1937 Mack model 6CT3S built for Manhattan and Queens Bus Corporation (#101 to 130) and acquired by Green Line in 1943 with the purchase of the company.
Most of these buses eventually went to Jamaica Buses.
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Green Lines 942948 views# 942 - a 1947 GM Model TDH4507 (ser#0867) originally built for and rejected by Surface Transportation. Note the large old fashioned 'city' headlamps which were soom replaced by sealed beams.
This bus eventually went to Jamaica Buses
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Green Lines 824763 views#824 - a 1939 Mack model CM3G (Ser# 1087) dressed for the 39/40 World's Fair, and the first with an 'Air Clutch' eliminating the clutch pedal affording a much smoother ride.
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Green Lines 441652 views#441 - A 1933 Mack Model 6BC3S (ser# 1284) originally purchased to service Manhattan crosstown runs but spent most of its life in surburban Queens County.
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Green Lines 514716 views#514 - a 1935 Mack model 6CX3S (ser# 1014) - one of a 35 bus order (501 to535) and one of only fifty manufactured by Mack, and the last of the front engines.
This short 33 passenger job made the twists and turns of narrow streets much easier to negotiate.
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Green Lines 716827 views# 716 - a 1938 Mack model CT3G (Ser# 1016) 37 passenger (@$ 9721.20 ea.) spending its final days in the Rockaways.
This bus must have been very close to retirement because the body was no longer kept in Green Line tradition!
Most of these buses eventually went to Jamaica Buses.
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Green Lines 9071593 views#907 a 1946 GM TD4506 repainted to new apple green and cream livery in 1947.
Notice the added GM wings and logo under the winshield and the chromium plated bumper.
Photographed leaving Riis Park Rockaway, NY
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