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Bus Stop Classics Obscurity: 1994-2002 Nova Bus RTS 06 WFD (Wide Front Door) – The Door Closes on the RTS
Posted on April 20, 2024 | 15 CommentsWe’ve told the RTS story here, but I thought it would be interesting to highlight the last version of this controversial and conflicted design. -
Bus Stop Classics Obscurity: 1948 – 1953 Ford/Wayne/Marmon-Herrington 8MB; Ford Folds On Its Transit Bus Business
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 11 CommentsIn our previous post on Checker Motors, we talked a little about the Ford Transit Bus. Let’s take a closer look at the final evolution of that model, the 8MB. -
Bus Stop Classics Obscurity: Capitol Transit Buses and Their Three Panel Destination Sign
Posted on April 6, 2024 | 15 CommentsUnlike Europe and Asia, most buses in North America have used one large, rectangular sign located in front above the windshield, to show the bus’s route and/or destination. But that […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Greyhound’s Current Bus Fleet – Hopefully Eye-Opening
Posted on March 31, 2024 | 48 Comments(first posted 10/31/2018) I really enjoyed Paul’s article on the GM PD 4501 Scenicruiser last week – and it got me thinking. That, and as you may have […] -
Bus Stop Classic Obscurity: 1947 ACF-Brill C-10 – Short and Sweet
Posted on March 23, 2024 | 12 CommentsThe smallest urban transit bus typically falls into the 25-29 passenger range – that’s true today and was also true during the pre and post-WWII period. Here’s a bus that […] -
Bus Stop Classics Obscurity: 1948 ACF-Brill C-36 — The First Production Air Conditioned Transit Bus
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 12 CommentsWe take it for granted today that any vehicle we get into – from the smallest, cheapest compact car to the largest truck or bus will come standard with a […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1941 White Postal Service Bus – Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Flat Tire…
Posted on February 26, 2024 | 16 Comments(first posted 2/17/2018) What a beauty – this is a 1941 White 700 Series Transit coach, modified as a Suburban model, and outfitted as a mobile […] -
Curbside Commentary: The Cost of Owning a Vehicle in Japan
Posted on February 17, 2024 | 30 CommentsIn several previous posts, commenters expressed an interest in the costs of purchasing and owning a vehicle here in Japan. Here’s a short summary; from purchase price to annual expenses. -
Bus Stop Classics: Ciferal Dinosaur/Cometa Arrow – Brazil’s “Buffalo”
Posted on February 3, 2024 | 6 CommentsIn the decade of the 1950’s, Brazil was a prime market for GM’s intercity coaches. The country’s own bus manufacturing was still in its infancy, and large numbers of GM’s […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1946 – 1959 Flxible Twin Coach Transit Bus – Chicago’s Favorite
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 43 Comments(first posted 1/19/2018) Here’s another bus you would have likely seen or ridden in if you were spending time in any large North American metropolitan area […] -
Trackside Classic: Cincinnati Mount Adams Incline – Upward Bound
Posted on January 13, 2024 | 18 CommentsInclines, or more accurately incline plane railways, were once ubiquitous in the US. Developed to conquer the tyranny of elevation, many of these inclines were designed by European immigrants where […] -
CC Outtake: Curbside Reminiscences From My Childhood
Posted on January 7, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 1/7/2018) For me, the turn of the year always brings forth a sense of nostalgia – another year past and a longing to look back at the […] -
Curbside Outtake: American Quality Coach (AQC) Jetway 707 – One Large Lengthy Limo
Posted on January 6, 2024 | 20 CommentsThough I am loath to admit it, I’m ancient enough to remember airport travel before the now ubiquitous “cutaway” mini-bus. A time when factory vans, limousines, and full-sized buses […] -
Bus Stop Classics – CC Clue: 1947-1952 Bedford OB CAC (Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation) Coach – Streamliner From Down Under
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 33 Comments(first posted 12/10/2017) Several very good guesses but unfortunately no winners from yesterday’s CC Clue – but let’s take a look at this unique vehicle anyway. What we have […] -
Curbside QOTD: What Was Your First Memory of Riding in a Brand New, Off–the-Showroom-floor Car?
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 58 CommentsGrowing up, I was part of a “no-car” family. My parents were older and had both experienced the Great Depression, and as a result, if public transportation was available, […]