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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on May 05, 2024, 09:24:29 AM
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If you are into Vintage Buses and the History of Bus Terminals, you may be interested in learning how passenger bus service started and how these machines are built ruggedly so they can travel millions of miles over their lifetime.
Remember the U-shaped booths in the Greyhound lunch counters where the wait staff, walked into the U and served you?
Remember Capital Greyhound in the Big Apple?
Running Greyhound Dog double-sided signs were popular at all Greyhound Stations.
Front engine long-nose buses were being replaced by rear-engine buses.
See the Pennsylvania Motor Coach Terminal in NYC.
Back then, luggage was still carried on the roof.
See the tall GX-2 Greyhound Scenicruiser.
See the 1946 Greyhound Terminal in Los Angeles.
The Port Authority Bus Terminals replaced the original Greyhound Stations.
The Greyhound Tropical Key had a mini-resort with a swimming pool, a beach, and a golf course. It was a very upscale resort for its time.
At one time they had one-way fares as low as $5.00 in 1994, when they were competing with Peter Pan buses.
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