Yellow Coach
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The Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 as a subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company by John D. Hertz and was an early player in bus] manufacturing in the United States.
General Motors became a majority owner of the company in 1925 and changed the name to the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company. In 1943 General Motors purchased the company outright and folded it into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division. Although GM continued with the Yellow Coach product line, the Yellow Coach badge gave way to the GM nameplate in 1944.
[edit] Models produced
[edit] Z-model buses (1923-1936)
- Z-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- Z-63 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
- Z-66 - front-engine double-decker semi-enclosed transit bus
- Z-67 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
- Z-A-199 - front-engine double-decker transit bus
- Z-AAAM - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
- Z-AL-265 - front-engine transit "All Service Vehicle" (combination bus/trolleybus)
- Z-AQ-273
- Z-BI-610 - 32 passenger, front engine parlor coach
- Z-BP-620 - 38 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- Z-BR-602 - 62 passenger, front-engine double-decker transit bus
- Z-C-201 - 66 passenger, front-engine double-decker transit bus
- Z-CT-843
- Z-E-203 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
- ZBQ-621 - front-engine double-decker gas-electric powered transit bus
- Z-200/Z-230 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
- Z-230-W-8 - 33 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- Z-225 - front-engine parlor coach
- Z-250 - 33-passenger, front-engine parlor coach
- Z-240 - front-engine transit bus
- Z-255 - 33 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
[edit] Y-model buses (1924-1932)
- Y-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
- Y-Z-227
- Y-Z-229
- Y-O-254
- Y-U-316
[edit] X-model buses (1924-1928)
- X-21 - 17-21 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
[edit] W-model buses (1928-1935)
- W-21 - 18-21 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach
[edit] U-model buses (1928-1935)
- U-16 - 16 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach
- U-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach
[edit] V-model buses (1930-1936)
- V-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
- V-225 - front-engine transit bus
- V-A-634 - front-engine parlor coach
- VR-819 - front-engine parlor coach
[edit] 700-series buses (1934-1937)
- 700
- 701 - 40 passenger, transit trolleybus
- 702
- 704 - 40 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 706 - "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, 'straight-in' rear-engine double-decker prototype transit bus (one only built)
- 709 - 18 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 711 - 28 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 715 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 716 - 23 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 717
- 718 - rear-engine transit bus
- 719 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 720 "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, rear-engine double-decker transit bus
- 722 - 20 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- 724 - 28 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- 725 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 727 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 728 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 729 - rear-engine transit "All Service Vehicle" (combination bus/trollybus)
- 731 - rear-engine transit bus
- 732 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 733 - front-engine transit bus
- 734 - rear-engine suburban bus
- 735 - rear-engine double-decker transit bus
- 736 - rear-engine diesel-powered bus
- 738 - rear-engine small parlor coach
- 739 - rear-engine small transit bus
- 740 - rear-engine transit bus
- 741 - rear-engine gas-electic powered transit bus
- 742 - rear-engine suburban bus
- 743 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 744 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 745 - rear-engine sleeper coach
- 746 - rear-engine diesel-electric powered transit bus
[edit] 1200-series buses (1938-1940)
- 1203 - transit bus
- 1204 - transit bus
- 1209 "Cruiserette" - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- 1210 "Cruiserette" - parlor coach
[edit] T-series transit buses (1940-1942)
- TG-2101 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TG-2102 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TG-2105 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TD-2401/TG-2401 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TG-2402 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TG-2405 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- TD-2501/TDE-2501 - 25 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- TD-2502 - 25 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- TD-2701/TG-2701 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-2705/TG-2705 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TG-2706 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3201/TG-3201 - 32 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3205/TG-3205 - 32 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3601/TG-3601 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3602/TG-3602 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TG-3603 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3605/TG-3605 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-3606/TG-3606 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-4001/TDE-4001/TG-4001 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TDE-4002 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-4005/TDE-4005/TG-4005 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-4006 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TC-4501 - 45 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- TD-4502/TG-4502 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-4503 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-4505/TG-4505 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
- TD-5401 - 54 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
[edit] P-series parlor coaches (1940-1944)
- PG-2501 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PG-2502 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PG-2503 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PG-2504 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PD-2901/PG-2901 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PG-2902 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- PDG-3701/PGG-3701 "Silversides" - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built for Greyhound Lines)
- PDA-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built during WWII)
- PG-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built during WWII)
- PDG-4101/PGG-4101 "Silversides" - 41 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built for Greyhound Lines)
[edit] See also
- GM Truck & Coach Division
- GM "old-look" transit bus
- Transit bus
- Coach (vehicle) - parlor coach
- Trolleybus
- Toronto Transportation Commission - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
- Hamilton Street Railway - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
- Chicago Motor Coach - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
- Chicago Surface Lines - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
[edit] References
- Stauss, Ed (1988). The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses, Woodland Hills, CA: Stauss Publications. ISBN 0-9619830-0-0
- Luke, William A. & Metler, Linda L. (2005). City Transit Buses of the 20th Century, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-146-8
- Luke, William A. & Metler, Linda L. (2004). Highway Buses of the 20th Century, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-121-2
- Luke, William A. (2001). Yellow Coach Buses - 1923-1943 Photo Archive, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-054-2
- McKane, John H. & Squier, Gerald L. (2006). Welcome Aboard the GM New Look Bus, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-167-0
- Plachno, Larry (2002). Greyhound Buses Through the Years - Part I, Polo, Il: National Bus Trader Magazine, November, 2002
- Ohio Museum of Transportation, omot.org, retrieved on 2006-12-22
- Coachbuilt.com - Yellow Coach, coachbuilt.com, retrieved on 2006-12-23
- New York Public Library - Photographs of General Motors and Chrysler car and truck models, 1902-1938, nypl.org, retrieved on 2006-12-23
- Coach Information Network, coachinfo.com, retrieved on 2006-12-23
