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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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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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Manhattan & Queens Bus Corp. 1101031 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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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 TDH4509s844 viewsBrand new GM 4509s for Green Bus Lines on display at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens in 1950. The sign between the middle buses reads "35 GM DIESELS FOR QUEENS COUNTY'S GREEN BUS LINES INCORPORATED." Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines service vehicle667 viewsA Green Lines 27-passenger Brockway Bus converted to a road service and maintenance car. Photograph taken by Joe Scully; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines Mack model AB540 viewsA late 1920s Mack Model AB traveling west on Chambers Street Manhattan on the M1 run. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines Indiana model 14C471 views1933 Indiana Model 14C at Chambers Street & Broadway. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines G447670 viewsGreen Lines #G447 at the uptown yard at York Avenue & East 92nd Street. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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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 G394461 views1933 Indiana Model 14C #G394 on layover at the York Avenue & 92nd Street yards. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines G354521 viewsGreen Lines #G354 at the uptown yard at York Avenue & East 92nd Street. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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