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Green Lines 629789 views#629 - a 1937 Mack model 6CT3S (ser# 1204) along with 69 other CT's became the backbone of the fleet in the late thirties
Photo taken while on loan to Triboro Coach in 1949.
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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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Green Lines 717744 viewsGreen Lines #717 on Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines 730834 viewsGreen Lines #730 working route Q35 on the Marine Parkway Bridge. This bus was was transferred to Jamaica Buses, Inc. in the mid 1950s. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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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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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. 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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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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Green Lines 908951 viewsGreen Lines #908 working route Q22 eastbound to Far Rockaway in 1957. Photograph taken by Joe Scully; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines 9121036 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 929848 viewsGreen Lines #929 in original factory forest green over battleship gray, working route Q60 ay Queens Plaza. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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Green Lines 9371212 viewsGreen Lines #937 at the Rockaway Boulevard garage being readied for transfer to Jamaica Buses circa 1960. Photographer unknown; collection of Dennis M. Linsky.
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