Thank you, Craig! I appreciate that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching!!
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Fascinating. I never even knew there were double-decker buses in the USA. Until recently there was a company here in Phoenix, AZ that ran a small fleet of ex-London double-deckers (Leyland Titans and Olympians). They were called 'The Real London Bus Company', but are now out of business.
New York and Philadelphia, at least, ran ex-London buses, and in NYC, ex-Edinburgh double deckers for tour service. Too bad they're all gone. Thanks for watching!
In the late 1970s, while riding an Amtrak from Boston to NYC, I looked out the window on the "passenger" side of the train and saw down below, a huge junkyard or storage yard that had a bunch of double decker open top buses. like at 2:25 in this video. They looked like the one used in the movie "The Ghost in The Invisible Bikini". (Wish I could include a photo) The yard was somewhere between the bottom of Connecticut and possibly Westchester Co, NY.
Hi Jeffery from Tom across the pond. I came across your site today. Being a former bus driver years ago, I take great interest in seeing videos like yours. This one I found very interesting and informative. I’ve never really thought about looking at the bus network in the USA, but having seen this video, it’s opened up my eyes, so I am now going to look at more of your videos. Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to make these videos.
Hello Tom! I'm really glad you like my videos! I also saw your comment on the Leyland National - very interesting and informative. Unlike in Europe, Americans generally have disdain for buses, but there's some good systems out there in the US despite that feeling. I'm working on a video about a very controversial British bus - hopefully it will be interesting. Thank you for watching from the UK!!
@@JeffreyOrnstein Thank you for your message. Controversial British bus, I wonder what one that could be! I have a feeling I know which one it will be, but I will keep that to myself for now. Keep up the good work Jeffrey.
Back in the saddle ! That copyright thing was weird, glad you're back. There are films on YT of NYC in color in the 40's and there is great footage of double deckers in action. But hey, there are plenty of double decker sightseeing buses on Fifth Ave now, a friend of mine was a tour guide on one. I rode on Fifth Ave Coach co. single deck buses when I was a kid, until MABSTOA took over all the bus companies
Thank you for watching and for your comment!! Yes, it's good to be back after that little copyright incident. Like you said, there's definitely a good number of old films that show these buses...but I didn't want to run into any copyright issues again, so I just used still photos. Thanks very much for your support!!
Yaa, , Great video, I did not know Double Deckers were used here in this country,I guess i just did not notice them in old movies, i wonder if any are still around in a back lot or corner of a building, really enjoy these videos
Thank you for watching and for your comment!! I'm really glad you liked the video! Double decker buses were used to some degree in NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles and probably elswhere. But it never really caught on as standard practice in the US. I did see a photo of one of these Queen Mary buses, very dusty and unidentified, sitting in a lot somewhere. But I could not use the photo, unfortunately.
@@JeffreyOrnstein Yes, i grew up in the Seattle area they did not have double decker, they liked using a double length bus with a cool pivot point where the halves ere connected, popular here, great video
There are a few double decker bus in San Francisco but they aren't part of the transit system there. They are operated by tour companies and take passengers on tours of the city.
Just come across your channel and this is a really interesting video - I'm not really that much into American buses however I do have a book in my collection about the Fifth Avenue Coach Company which does have a lot of photographs of these Queen Mary types - I think it's because they're double deckers that I got the book, being from Britain, I've always preferred doubles to singles. Keep up the good work.
Great to have you back Jeffery. I figured that unplanned hiatus wouldn’t last long. Very interesting presentation of those double deckers. It’s also interesting that there are countless double deckers today running as tourist buses. History often repeats itself.
Interesting stuff. Any other Brits thinking the inspiration for our Atlantean design may have come from America? 🤔 The look, layout, and internal design are remarkably similar. So those buses were petrol…so I have wondered… Do US buses still use gasoline or have they all switched to diesel? Or maybe there’s both in use today? What kind of economy do you get from a gasoline bus? 6cylinder, V6, V8, torque converter automatic? 😬 Another question is about seating heights…this is nerdy stuff….many years ago I saw on a tv documentary, how early buses (double decker?) struggled to meet height regs, and all sorts of design tricks were used to stay within the regs….such as having the seating lower than the walkway. Am I remembering this right?
Hello! Glad you liked the video!I believe all buses in the US are diesel today, but most transit systems have switched to hybrid buses. The Queen Mary bus was rear engined, so it had a lot in common with the Atlantean that appeared three decades later. I believe you are right about the sunken gangway on the top deck of some double decker buses to make them low height so they can fit under bridges. Thanks for watching!
Welcome back! After watching the video, I don't understand the deal where the lower half of some top deck bus windshields had to be blanked out because of passengers possibly falling out? What am I missing?
Thank you, Jeff!!! As to answer the question about covering the bottom of the front upper windows with a solid metal panel: When the buses were first built, they had hinged windows at the front that opened outwards at the bottom. What it looks like the bus company did, was to just weld a panel over the bottom part of the opening - instead of perhaps replacing the window entirely. That's how they secured the window from opening...I guess. Thank you so much for watching!!
Thank you for another very interesting video. I'm very interested in the american buses .my favourite being the fifth avenue double decker. I have 3 american bus models but can't find a model of the decker..
Hello! I'm really glad you found this video interesting!! I can't think of a model that was made of this 5th Avenue bus, unfortunately. Thank you very much for watching!!
Interesting rear axle. Looks like hub reduction. Was the semi automatic gearbox a Wilson imported from the UK or was it an American developed system? They were ahead of their time and looked nicely laid out inside.
Hello! I can't say for sure if the gearbox was imported from the UK, but given that it was a GM/Yellow Coach product of the 1930s....I'm thinking probably not. Need to research that! Thank you for watching and for your comment!
@@JeffreyOrnstein Yeh didn't think so, just exploring the possibility. I'd like to find out more about this gearbox set up. Looks like America may have beaten Britain to the semi automatic concept but didn't run with it for long unlike GB where it became ubiquitous for many decades. Nowadays both sides of the pond rely on Voith and ZF.
Hello! I am from Brooklyn, New York. It's an accent specific to the Flatbush neighborhood. I am very happy you enjoyed my video! Hopefully more interesting videos to come! Thank you for watching and for your comment!
A rear engined double decker that predates the Leyland Atlantean by 20 years! I think the small number of USA Atlanteans & Olympians were later used as sightseeing buses.
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Great to have you back Jeffrey, another fascinating video about a virtually unknown bus this side of the pond 👍
Thank you, Craig! I appreciate that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching!!
Fascinating. I never even knew there were double-decker buses in the USA. Until recently there was a company here in Phoenix, AZ that ran a small fleet of ex-London double-deckers (Leyland Titans and Olympians). They were called 'The Real London Bus Company', but are now out of business.
New York and Philadelphia, at least, ran ex-London buses, and in NYC, ex-Edinburgh double deckers for tour service. Too bad they're all gone. Thanks for watching!
In the late 1970s, while riding an Amtrak from Boston to NYC, I looked out the window on the "passenger" side of the train and saw down below, a huge junkyard or storage yard that had a bunch of double decker open top buses. like at 2:25 in this video.
They looked like the one used in the movie "The Ghost in The Invisible Bikini". (Wish I could include a photo)
The yard was somewhere between the bottom of Connecticut and possibly Westchester Co, NY.
Hello! That sounds interesting! Wonder what happened to those buses...probably scrapped, unfortunately. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Hi Jeffery from Tom across the pond.
I came across your site today. Being a former bus driver years ago, I take great interest in seeing videos like yours. This one I found very interesting and informative. I’ve never really thought about looking at the bus network in the USA, but having seen this video, it’s opened up my eyes, so I am now going to look at more of your videos.
Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to make these videos.
Hello Tom! I'm really glad you like my videos! I also saw your comment on the Leyland National - very interesting and informative. Unlike in Europe, Americans generally have disdain for buses, but there's some good systems out there in the US despite that feeling. I'm working on a video about a very controversial British bus - hopefully it will be interesting. Thank you for watching from the UK!!
@@JeffreyOrnstein Thank you for your message. Controversial British bus, I wonder what one that could be! I have a feeling I know which one it will be, but I will keep that to myself for now. Keep up the good work Jeffrey.
Back in the saddle ! That copyright thing was weird, glad you're back. There are films on YT of NYC in color in the 40's and there is great footage of double deckers in action. But hey, there are plenty of double decker sightseeing buses on Fifth Ave now, a friend of mine was a tour guide on one. I rode on Fifth Ave Coach co. single deck buses when I was a kid, until MABSTOA took over all the bus companies
Thank you for watching and for your comment!! Yes, it's good to be back after that little copyright incident. Like you said, there's definitely a good number of old films that show these buses...but I didn't want to run into any copyright issues again, so I just used still photos. Thanks very much for your support!!
Yaa, , Great video, I did not know Double Deckers were used here in this country,I guess i just did not notice them in old movies, i wonder if any are still around in a back lot or corner of a building, really enjoy these videos
Thank you for watching and for your comment!! I'm really glad you liked the video! Double decker buses were used to some degree in NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles and probably elswhere. But it never really caught on as standard practice in the US. I did see a photo of one of these Queen Mary buses, very dusty and unidentified, sitting in a lot somewhere. But I could not use the photo, unfortunately.
@@JeffreyOrnstein Yes, i grew up in the Seattle area they did not have double decker, they liked using a double length bus with a cool pivot point where the halves ere connected, popular here, great video
There are a few double decker bus in San Francisco but they aren't part of the transit system there. They are operated by tour companies and take passengers on tours of the city.
Just come across your channel and this is a really interesting video - I'm not really that much into American buses however I do have a book in my collection about the Fifth Avenue Coach Company which does have a lot of photographs of these Queen Mary types - I think it's because they're double deckers that I got the book, being from Britain, I've always preferred doubles to singles. Keep up the good work.
Hellol! I'm really glad you liked the video! Too bad we don't have double-deckers here anymore. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Great to have you back Jeffery. I figured that unplanned hiatus wouldn’t last long. Very interesting presentation of those double deckers. It’s also interesting that there are countless double deckers today running as tourist buses. History often repeats itself.
Thank you very much, and thank you for watching! But if only we had double decker buses used for regular passenger service again!
Las Vegas, NV at least until 2013, double deck buses in regular transit service
Yes, Las Vegas had had double deckers! I heard they are buying new ones from Alexander Dennis. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Interesting stuff.
Any other Brits thinking the inspiration for our Atlantean design may have come from America? 🤔
The look, layout, and internal design are remarkably similar.
So those buses were petrol…so I have wondered…
Do US buses still use gasoline or have they all switched to diesel? Or maybe there’s both in use today?
What kind of economy do you get from a gasoline bus? 6cylinder, V6, V8, torque converter automatic? 😬
Another question is about seating heights…this is nerdy stuff….many years ago I saw on a tv documentary, how early buses (double decker?) struggled to meet height regs, and all sorts of design tricks were used to stay within the regs….such as having the seating lower than the walkway. Am I remembering this right?
Hello! Glad you liked the video!I believe all buses in the US are diesel today, but most transit systems have switched to hybrid buses. The Queen Mary bus was rear engined, so it had a lot in common with the Atlantean that appeared three decades later. I believe you are right about the sunken gangway on the top deck of some double decker buses to make them low height so they can fit under bridges. Thanks for watching!
Welcome back!
After watching the video, I don't understand the deal where the lower half of some top deck bus windshields had to be blanked out because of passengers possibly falling out? What am I missing?
Thank you, Jeff!!! As to answer the question about covering the bottom of the front upper windows with a solid metal panel: When the buses were first built, they had hinged windows at the front that opened outwards at the bottom. What it looks like the bus company did, was to just weld a panel over the bottom part of the opening - instead of perhaps replacing the window entirely. That's how they secured the window from opening...I guess. Thank you so much for watching!!
Thank you for another very interesting video. I'm very interested in the american buses .my favourite being the fifth avenue double decker.
I have 3 american bus models but can't find a model of the decker..
Hello! I'm really glad you found this video interesting!! I can't think of a model that was made of this 5th Avenue bus, unfortunately. Thank you very much for watching!!
Interesting rear axle. Looks like hub reduction. Was the semi automatic gearbox a Wilson imported from the UK or was it an American developed system?
They were ahead of their time and looked nicely laid out inside.
Hello! I can't say for sure if the gearbox was imported from the UK, but given that it was a GM/Yellow Coach product of the 1930s....I'm thinking probably not. Need to research that! Thank you for watching and for your comment!
@@JeffreyOrnstein Yeh didn't think so, just exploring the possibility.
I'd like to find out more about this gearbox set up. Looks like America may have beaten Britain to the semi automatic concept but didn't run with it for long unlike GB where it became ubiquitous for many decades.
Nowadays both sides of the pond rely on Voith and ZF.
I see at 3:19 what must be a Hollywood movie street scene that is supposed to be London.
It is! It's a still from a movie! Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Jeremy: to what precise area does your accent originate? I love your accent - and your work - but am not an expert. Is it Long Island?
Hello! I am from Brooklyn, New York. It's an accent specific to the Flatbush neighborhood. I am very happy you enjoyed my video! Hopefully more interesting videos to come! Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Wonder what kind of "Rock & Rollin" went on in the "windy city" in a double decker
A rear engined double decker that predates the Leyland Atlantean by 20 years! I think the small number of USA Atlanteans & Olympians were later used as sightseeing buses.
Yes, that's quite innovative for its time, isn't it?! Tnanks for watching!