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Description
Limited edition of
243.01
1944/46
White 798 (San Francisco Municipal Railway 075-0155 series).
First
Muni White buses were 81 coaches acquired between December 1944 and September
1946. They were first painted "Commodore Blue" and "Coca
Cola Yellow", Muni's streetcar colors of the period. With the arrival
of the first Mack diesels of 2100-series in 1955, this batch of Whites
was retired.
Scale 1:48
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Series 075-0155 buses may be ordered in the Muni second "wings" livery.
35
243.01a
1947/49
White 798 (San Francisco Municipal Railway 0166-0454 series).
Muni
was very satisfied with first batch of the White buses and placed a huge
order to the White Motor Co. for 289 coaches. First batch of 30 buses
(0166-0195) arrived in September-October 1947, they were painted in the
green and cream "wings" livery and were fitted with automatic
"Hydrotorque" transmission. They had only 39 seats (with single
seating along the front part of the the left side). In May-June 1948 the
second order of 209 coaches (0196-0404) arrived and last 798s were delivered
in late 1948 and early 1949 (0405-0454). McAllister Division was converted
from a streetcar depot to house these buses. The 798s was a mainstay of
the San Francisco bus fleet in the 1950s, with deliveries of the Mack
diesels the number of Whites in service was reduced to an ultimate fleet
of about 80; they were withdrawn from service in 1969.
Scale 1:48
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75
243.01a-1
1947/49
White 798 (San Francisco Municipal Railway 0166-0454 series) - Muni's
2d "wings" livery.
In
1950s the original "wings" livery of Whites was replaced by
shortest version which remained until end of the operation.
Scale 1:48
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