GM TDH-5105 SEATTLE

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Limited edition of

238.15

USA1955 GM TDH-5105 (Seattle Transit System 200-304 series).

In 1954 Seattle was planning to buy 100 new buses. In a side-by-side comparison, they tested five GM TDH-5105s (numbered 1100-1104), five Mack C-49DTs and five Flxible Twins. After testing, Seattle decided to order 100 GM TDH-5105s and they were delivered in October-December 1955, beign numbered into 200-299 series. They were delivered in new green and white livery (test coches 1100-1104 were delivered in yellow and gray livery; later they were renumbered 300-304). Seattle TDH-5105s were retired by 1982, coach 263 of this order is preserved by the Metro Employees Historic Vehicle Assn
(Seattle WA).

Coaches 1100-1104 in yellow & gray livery (1954) available on special request.

Scale 1:48
Available 2007
Available through  SPTC, U.S.A./Canada Dealers

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238.15-1

USA1955 GM TDH-5105 (Seattle Transit System 200-304 series) - in post 1973 King County Metro white, yellow, ochre and brown paint scheme.

 

 

Scale 1:48
Available 2007
Available through  SPTC, U.S.A./Canada Dealers

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