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Description
Limited edition of
243.09
1947/48
White 798 (Capital Transit Co. 5100-5199 series).
Washington's
Capital Transit Co. acquired its first White 798 during the World War
II, when 145 coaches were allocated to the nation's capital by ODT. Pleased
with Whites, Capital Transit Co. placed a 100-bus order after the war
and new coaches arrived in 1947 (5100-5149) and 1948 (5150-5199). These
buses had a three-part front destination sign and double curb-side signs
as well. They arrived in then standard CTCo bus silver livery and were
fitted with Hydrotorque automatic transmission.
Scale 1:48
Available 2008/2009
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
Photo: Capital Transit Co.
25
243.09-1
1947/48
White 798 (D.C.Transit System 5100-5199 series) - post'56 livery.
As
all Washington's buses, the Whites received a new D.C.Transit livery after
1956.
Scale 1:48
Available 2008/2009
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
25
243.10
1945/47
White 798 (Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co. 256-290 series).
Familiar
sights in downtown Washington and northern Virginia for more than 40 years
were the buses of the "Arnold Lines", more formally the Washington,
Virginia & Maryland Coach Co., or WV&M. The company likes White
buses, in 1945 it acquired 15 White 798s, numbered 256-270 and twenty
more in 1947 (271-290).
Scale 1:48
Available 2008/2009
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
Photo: White Motor Co.