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Description
Limited edition of
244
1951
GM TDM-5103 (Pacific Greyhound Lines K1400-K1436 series).
In
June-July 1951 Pacific Greyhound Lines acquired 37 GM TDM-5103 coaches
for use on their routes in San Francisco area. These coaches were built
without centre door and had manual transmission. As new 5105 model wasn't
approved by PUC, Pacific Greyhound Lines as other California's operators
went to 4801 model, a lighter bus on a shorter wheelbase, and acquired
75 TDM-4801 coaches (also with manual transmission). Coach K1407 is preserved
by the Pacific Bus Museum in California.
Scale 1:48
Available 2007/2008
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
35
244a
1954/55
GM TDH-5105 (Great Lakes Greyhound Lines G6963-G6992 series).
Great
Lakes Greyhound Lines succeeded Eastern Michigan Motorbuses on April 1,
1941 served suburban routes in Detroit area. One of most interesting features
of this operator was a livery: Great Lakes Greyhound buses were painted
in the green and gray colors, applied exactly as on Greyhound blue and
white coaches. In 1952-53 this company bought fifty-five TDH-5104/5106
buses in suburban single door configuration and in 1954-55 acquired thirty
102" TDH-5105 buses in the same configuration. They were numbered
into G6963-G6992 series. In February 1958 green and gray fleet was sold
by Greyhound to American Transit Corp. but the GM 51s contunued to serve
Detroit suburbs until 1972.
Scale 1:48
Available 2007/2008
Available through SPTC, U.S.A./Canada
Dealers
Photo: Thomas C.Vandegriff