MSBA Logo

[transitman]

During the MSBA days, did buses have a "M MSBA" logo on the bus?

[RailBus63]

During the MSBA days, did buses have a "M MSBA" logo on the bus?

 

 

They had the 'M' logo with 'SUBURBAN' below it. The later pre-LI Bus MSBA scheme also had a stylized 'MSBA' on the side.

 

Click here for an example:

 

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[transitman]

I should have been more specific. I was referring to a silver colored circle with a large "M" on one line and the "MSBA" below on a second line.

[RailBus63]

I should have been more specific. I was referring to a silver colored circle with a large "M" on one line and the "MSBA" below on a second line.

 

 

It was the same as what's on the front of the Flxibles:

 

M

SUBURBAN

[Far Rock Depot]

as railbus stated. The Logo (lt blue/dk blue "M" thats on the front) was what was inside the silver bullet as the logo which was typically placed behind the last window on both sides of the bus. each MTA company had the same logo with something differenet under it even before a formal MTA company was created (Ex, Metro-North)

Heres what each one said:

 

NYC Subways "NEW YORK CITY" along the top and "TRANSIT" under the "M"

NYC Buses "NEW YORK CITY" along the top and "SURFACE" under the "M"

SIRTOA (SIR) "NEW YORK CITY along the top and "STATEN ISLAND" under the "M"

 

all the others had just words under the 'M', nothing above it

 

LIRR "LONG ISLAND"

MSBA (LIB) "SUBURBAN"

Metro-North:

befoe 1983 "CENTRAL" (Harlem and Hudson lines)

"NEW HAVEN" (NH line)

After 1983 "METRO-NORTH"