All About Buses
GMC RTS-II
There were a number of different configurations in each of the series and the model numbers designated the following equipment: T Transit Coach H 8V71
XL
Introduced in 1983 as the Marathon XL, this was the first 102-inch-wide Prevost. Passenger windows are higher and wider than on the Champion which it
LeMirage
The LeMirage was modified from the Prestige by adding a full-height windshield and eliminating the roof step. The large side windows are the same size
Prestige
Prevost, of Sainte Claire, Quebec, produced the Prestige 1973 through 1981. It is mechanically and structurally identical to the Champion with the notable exception of
Champion
Prevost, of Sainte Claire, Quebec, produced the Champion 1967 through 1982. The first Prevost coach to be marketed in the United States, it was a
Jetliner
Jetliners AN235 and AN240 are intercity coaches for general line haul and airport transfer service. The first 102-inch, U.S.-built Jetliner was exhibited at the UBOA
Cityliner
The Cityliner is a high-deck, deluxe intercity bus. The three-axle, 102 inch coach uses a 400 horsepower Detroit Diesel 8V92TA engine wit an Allison HTB748
MCI 96A3, MC 102A3
The 102A3 was the first production 102-inch MCI bus available to all buyers (first delivery in October 1985) and quickly became more popular than the
MCI 96, 102A2
This is the first 40-foot MCI coach to be produced with no tag axle. For proper weight distribution, the drive axle was moved rearward 25
MC-9
The structure, engine and driveline were unchanged from the MC-8. Window size was increased and the windshield got taller as the roof-dip over the driver
MC-8
The MC-8 was the first model assembled at the new Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) plant established at Roswell, New Mexico in 1974. TMC became primarily
MC-7
The MC-7, based on the shorter MC-5, was designed to replace Greyhound’s Scenicruiser fleet which was averaging nearly 14 years old in 1968. The MC-7
MC-6
The MC-6 was MCI’s and Greyhound’s first experiment with a 102-inch wide intercity bus. Two prototypes were built in 1967 and production began in 1969
MC-5C
The MC-5C featured a modernized front end to match the 40-foot MC-8 which was in simultaneous production. In 1979, over 200 special MC-5C buses were
MCI MC-5
The Fort Garry Motor Body Company was founded in 1932 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Greyhound Lines affiliates operating in Canada began buying buses from Fort Garry
GMC-5310
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5309
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5308
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5307
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5306
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5305
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5303
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5304
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5302
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5301
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
GMC-5108
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
GMC-5106
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
5105
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
PD4903, PD4905, P8M4905A, H8H649
The PD-4903 was the first 40-foot GM bus available to non-Greyhound operators. (Greyhound had an exclusive 40-foot design, the PD4501 Scenicruiser.) The next version, the
4801
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
4523
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4521
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4519
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4518
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4517
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4516
Notes: 1. Wide units, TDH-4616 and 4518,totaled 273 2. Mechanical, 4-speed transmissions, TDM-4517 and -4519, totaled 14 The new-looks, first delivered in September 1959, were
4515
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
4512
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
4504
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
4503
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
4502
Notes: 1. Narrow units, TDH/M-5302, TDH/M-5304, T6H/T8H-5306, -5306A, T6H/T8H-5308, -5308A, totaled 5,437 2. Mechanical transmissions, TDM-5301, -5302, -5303, -5304; T6M-5305A, -5306, -5306A, T8H-5307A, -5308A, totaled
PD4501
The PD-4501 Scenicruiser, the most distinctive parlor bus design of the modern era, was the result of five years of effort based on a design
4501
Suburban models have no standee windows, no rear door, all forward facing seats on a raised floor, full-length parcel racks and provision for underfloor luggage.
PD4107, PD4108, P8M4108A
The PD-4107 introduced a higher passenger platform to provide more luggage capacity and the distinctive style informally known as the buffalo bus because of the
4106
The PD-4104 was restyled with larger windows to create the PD-4106 which was first to use the new Detroit Diesel 8V-71 engine which developed 253
4104
While Greyhound and GM continued to develop a unique parlor bus design which was to become the PD-4501 Scenicruiser, GM constructed a bus incorporating some
4103
GM created the model PD-4102 by restyling its 41-passenger bus in 1950 using a distinctive new front end with the destination sign below the windshield
4102
GM created the model PD-4102 by restyling its 41-passenger bus in 1950 using a distinctive new front end with the destination sign below the windshield
4101
When operators other than Greyhound showed interest in 41-passenger diesels after the war, GM responded with its model PDA-4101. Mechanically similar to the PD-3751 and
PD-3751, PD-4151
When Greyhound plans for a revolutionary postwar bus design did not materialize, 2,000 buses of the familiar prewar Silversides pattern were ordered from General Motors
3714
After being replaced in 1959 by the modern buses which became known as new-looks, these wartime and postwar models became the “old-looks.” This basic design
PD 3302
The PD-3302 was built in 1945. It is 33′ long and 96″ wide, with a wheelbase of 212″. It is powered by a 4-71 Detroit
Twin Level
Flxible built 208 of the split-level Vistaliner VL-100 in Loudenville, Ohio, from 1954 through 1958. Continental Trailways purchased 126 of these 39-passenger buses. They could
New Look
PRODUCTION HISTORY 1961 – 1978: 12,993 built Flxible acquired the production rights to the Twin Coach transit design and built its first transit bus in
Grumman
In 1970, Flxible was acquired by Rohr Industries, an aerospace company in Chula Vista, California. During Rohr ownership, Flxible built a prototype Transbus which did
Flxible Hi-Level
Produced from 1959 to 1962, the Hi-Level was similar to the Vistaliner except that the raised roof was pushed forward to about three feet back
Clipper
The Flxible Company was founded in 1912 to build a motorcycle sidecar with a flexible connection to the motorcycle. Originally the Flexible Side Car Company,
Eagle 20
Although the 102-inch Model 15 accounted for most Eagle sales, some demand continued for narrower coaches so the Model 10 was restyled to look like
Eagle 15
The first production 102-inch Eagle for general sales was introduced at the ABA meeting in Reno in October, 1985. Advertised as the Golden Eagle II,
Eagle 10
The most obvious spotting mark of the Model 10 is the sloping front end cap over the windshield, replacing the angular hatch of the Model
Eagle 05
The first Model 05 Eagles appeared very similar to the Model 01, including the rounded end cap over the windshield, but the defining difference was
Eagle 01
The first Eagles were built in Germany by Kassbohrer during 1956 and 1957 as ordered by Continental Trailways. Built with luxury features, these 51 buses
