Boroughs of Fun



Good day, everyone.

Following up on the "Shuttle Shuffle" will be photos of local and express bus and rail services throughout New York City. So sit back and enjoy the Boroughs of Fun:

Brooklyn:


C40LF #469 on 13th Avenue with orthodox Jews on their way to services. 




MCI D4500CT #2245 on the BM4 from Manhattan



Queens:

Former NYCT, now MTA Bus RTS #8924 at Queensboro Plaza on Route Q101

Orion VII hybrid #3583 on its way to Rikers Island prison. 



N.I.C.E buses #1711 and #1675 in Flushing, Queens

R188 train entering Main Street, Flushing

That same R188 train entering Junction Blvd

 
#4499 leaving 74th Street/Broadway Station
 
Novabus LFSA #5968 is seen picking up passengers on the M60 SBS line bound for Harlem, Manhattan


Bronx:


LFSA #1212, part of the original 90 bus order is seen on its normal line, the Bx12 SBS



4338 on the Bx24 on its way to the "Country Club"



A 2 Train pulls into E.180th Station with the maintenance yard in the background.


Manhattan:

Bronx C40LF #287 entering 125th Street in Manhattan


RTS #4974 on the outbound trip of the Bx15




LFSA #1256 on the M15 SBS in front of 126th Street depot, due to close in January 2015
 

Bonus:

Garbage train departing 34th Street/Herald Square Station

Rail construction train at Queensboro Plaza

HERTZ Eldorado EZ-Rider at LaGuardia Airport

Baby Gillig LF for AVIS 



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