| Most viewed - Green Lines, Inc. - The Early Years |
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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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 3351575 views# 335 - a 1950 GM TDH 4509 photographed on a training run in Riis Park Rockaway - Fifteen Green Line drivers & one mechanic were dispatched to Pontiac, Mich. to pick up half this 35 bus order due to a shortage of GM delivery chauffuers.
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Green Lines 1131402 views#113 - a 1954 GM model TDH 4512 - part of a fifteen bus order (101 to 115) and the first to be equpped with 'air suspension'.
These buses eventually went to Kent State University and to various New Jersey operators.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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 905 (ex-Jamaica Buses 654)1005 viewsGreen Lines #905 after retirement in Broad Channel. Photograph taken April 13, 1980 by Doug Grotjahn; collection of Joe Testagrose.
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