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This Electricity Hogger; remember
Topic Started: Apr 5 2009, 07:49 AM (1,557 Views)
busfan12
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Remember these AM generals how was your first ride
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I used to hate them :X ^o) :-/ :blink:
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I used to (and still do) love those buses... i really miss those AMG's
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as do i, i have ridden all of southern's AMG'S (800 -844) when i used to take the 79 (and on rare occasion the 29) to and from school. the traction motors hum, the abrupt power off and coast through the crossovers at 22nd and 23rd streets, the bumps and (route 23) trolley tracks at 11th and 12th streets... so routine i knew where the bus was with out loooking out a window just from the feel of the ride, acceleration and deceleration, and sounds.

another thing i remember is AMG 821 and 835 occasionaly had a different hum than the rest of the fleet. also, the buzzing whine when AMG waiting at a traffic light would power up and down before the traffic light changed to green

for those 4 years, my stalkers (AMG's ridden and/or saw the most) were 800,803,808,809,811,813,819,821,822,824,827,828,829,832,833,834,836,837,838,839,841,842,843 and 844
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frankl3217
Apr 29 2009, 10:42 PM

for those 4 years, my stalkers (AMG's ridden and/or saw the most) were 800,803,808,809,811,813,819,821,822,824,827,828,829,832,833,834,836,837,838,839,841,842,843 and 844
I remember the AMG's in their later days, my stalker was 806 (my current all electric stalker is 806 also :o )
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i also remember the poles coming off the wires at 11th street crossing route 23's tracks and the crossovers at 23rd street
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frankl3217
May 1 2009, 04:25 AM
i also remember the poles coming off the wires at 11th street crossing route 23's tracks and the crossovers at 23rd street
Eek, that never happened to me... then again, I never rode any route besides the 66 as a trackless
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Apr 5 2009, 07:49 AM
Remember these AM generals how was your first ride
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Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10827604@N05/

I used to hate them :X ^o) :-/ :blink:
when and where were these picures taken? and how old is that bus? i dont think ive ever seen one of those in my life.
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bdub215
May 5 2009, 02:24 PM
when and where were these picures taken? and how old is that bus? i dont think ive ever seen one of those in my life.
They were made in 1978-80 and lasted till 2003(in service)and 2005(midvale grave yard).
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Those pics were taken sometime between 1997 and 2003, the bottom one was definately taken after 1998 though.
Also, the pics (All three) Were taken Between Bridge Street and Wakeling Street on Frankford Avenue (FTC or as it was then: Bridge-Pratt... or as the AMG's said: Frankford-Bridge Elevated Station)
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in the links below, are some more pics of the AMG's with thier original livery, as well as the marmon-herringtons and brills the AMG's replaced

http://world.nycsubway.org/us/phila/trackless.html

http://www.gallery.bustalk.info/thumbnails.php?album=188

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