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Description
Limited edition of
245
1958
GM TDH-5105 (D.C. Transit 5600-5666 series).
The
first experimentally air-conditioned TDH-5105 visited Washington in the
Summer of 1956. It was painted by GM in attractive two-tone green with
orange flamingo striping and white roof. Claire Clark, a wife of Roy Chalk,
President of D.C. Transit, liked the livery and it was choosed as new
company's standard. Also, an order for 67 air-conditioned TDH-5105s was
placed with GM Coach and it was delivered in July 1958. The coaches were
numbered into 5600-5666 series and were placed to D.C. Transit's busiest
routes. They had a modified rear windows and wear "Arcticooler"
and "Air Conditioned" lettering.
Scale 1:48
Available 2007/2008
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
Photo: Al Holtz
35
238.18
1956
GM TDH-5105 (D.C. Transit 5325-5374 series, ex-Houston, acq. in 1961).
Replacement
of the Mount Pleasant and 11th Street car lines by buses was therefore
scheduled for the fall of 1961, by which time another 75 air-conditioned
buses were to be in hand. Because of the General Motors strike the delivery
of new buses were delayed so 50 more GM TDH-5105 buses were acquired in
September 1961 from Houston's Rapid Transit Line. They were built in 1956;
in Texas they had ran without heaters so those had to be installed as
part of their preparation in service in Washington. These coaches were
numbered 5325-5374 in the D.C. Transit roster.
Scale 1:48
Available 2007
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
10
246.09
1952
GM TDH-5104 (D.C. Transit 5020-5032 series, ex-Queens, acq. in 1961).
In
1961 D.C.Transit purchased thirteen 96" wide TDH-5104 buses formerly
owned by the Queens-Nassau Transit Lines, they were rehabilitated by D.C.
Transit, renumbered into 5020-5032 series and went to Brookland where
they provided base service on route 82.
Scale 1:48
Available 2007/2008
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
Photo: C. Richard Kotulak Collection