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Green Lines 911 (ex-Jamaica Buses 610)1030 viewsGreen Lines #911 awaiting scrap at the Green Lines garage. Photograph taken November 24, 1979 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Green Lines 911 & 906 (ex-Jamaica Buses 610 & 653)876 viewsGreen Lines #906 & 911 awaiting scrap at the Green Lines garage. Photograph taken November 24, 1979 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Green Lines 906 & 912 (ex-Jamaica Buses 653 & 607)891 viewsGreen Lines #906 & 912 at the Green Lines garage. Photograph taken November 24, 1979 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Green Lines 906 & 907 (ex-Jamaica Buses 653 & 611)1222 viewsGreen Lines #906 & 907 after retirement in Broad Channel. Photograph taken April 13, 1980 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Green Lines 3241932 viewsGreen Lines #324 working route Q9 at Rockaway Boulevard & Liberty Avenue. Photograph taken April 13, 1968 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Manhattan & Queens Bus Corp. 210888 viewsManhattan & Queens Bus Corp. 1946 GMC TD 4506 #210 southbound to Jamaica on Queens Boulevard (route Q60) sometime in 1946. Photographer unknown; photo courtesy of Dennis M. Linsky.
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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 102999 views#102 - a 1954 GM TDH4512 44 passenger 'air suspension' job sitting on a cobblestone street in Jamaica, NY.
Notice the missing second set of wings under the windshield (probably the result of never being replaced after an accident).
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Green Lines 716828 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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Manhattan & Queens Bus Corp. 203901 views# 203 a 1946 GM model TD4506 (ser# 0737) flagged as Manhattan & Queens Bus Corporation subsidiary.
Shown heading southbound on Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, NY
Notice the vented rear engine compartment doors that were eliminated on the 4507 models.
Looks as though emissions were not a big issue in those days!
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Green Lines G434573 views# G434 a 1933 Mack model 6BC-3S (ser# 1277) 28 passenger purchased by the company for $5277.25.
All Green Line bus numbers started with a 'G' through 1935. Photo courtesy of Mack.
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Green Lines 9071594 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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