| Most viewed - Green Lines, Inc. - The Early Years |
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 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 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 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 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 908 (ex-Jamaica Buses 608)823 viewsGreen Lines #908 at the Rockaway Boulevard garage in November, 1978. Photograph taken by Bob Hussey; collection of Dave Colton.
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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 307794 viewsGreen Lines #307 taking on Passengers at Riis Park Rockaway for the return trip to Brooklyn on the Q35 line. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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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 906 (ex-Jamaica Buses 653)772 viewsGreen Lines #906 at the garage in November, 1978. Photograph taken by Bob Hussey; collection of Dave Colton.
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Green Lines 824764 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 717744 viewsGreen Lines #717 on Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn. Photographer unknown; collection of Alan Linsky.
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