As far as the old buses are concerned when I was a teen if I didn't have the money for the LIRR I would take 2 buses to Jamaica, The Hempstead Bus Company which had Macks from E. Meadow to Hempstead, and the Bee Line, which had GMC's from Hempstead to Jamaica. On either line, if I had the time, I would pass up a fishbowl to ride one of the old ones. The Macks made a bunch of different sounds, just like the pre-war subways. Also, after the city and MSBA got rid of all the old buses and fishbowls were left, only Queens Transit (GMC) and the AV B. & E. Broadway Bus Lines(Mack) had old buses.