![Several German bus manufacturers have tried in the past to crack the North American bus market. While having some success with intercity and touring coaches, they haven’t been able to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/norta_man887_canalandcarondelet_jan1995-115x115.jpg "1984-88 MAN “Americana” Urban Transit Bus – Promising Start, Quick Exit")
![(Updated 9/27/2026) Some time ago, we reviewed the Transportation Products Twin Coach TC 25/29 bus – a medium sized coach designed for shuttle, para-transit, and cross-town work. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2526493449_a89a0e81e0_b-1-e1600682916901.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Transmark RE/Eldorado – If You Rented a Car in the US, You’ve Probably Ridden On This Bus")
![Throughout the middle 1950’s until the late 1960’s, General Motors (GM) made several attempts to mate its “Whirlwind” gas turbine engine to its motor coach line – these test models […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/6033163511_0cb8e6179a_b-1-115x115.jpg "Mid-Seventies MCI MC-8 – Greyhound, MCI, and Allison Try Once More to Make a Turbine-Engine Bus")
![In the mid-Seventies I was a typical college student, balancing classes at Ohio State, a part-time job, and ROTC drills. But thankfully the job and ROTC stipend allowed me to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantallaa-2026-09-02-15.37.02-115x115.png "1976 Car Shopping Memories: A V8 Monza, a Corvette and a College Kid’s Wallet")
![(Updated 8/22/2026) Here’s a bus that maybe a few of our “more senior” CC readers in North America (yours truly included) may have hitched a ride in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Dre5_26XQAAX5bq-e1597753682815.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1968-75 Highway Products Twin Coach TC-25/29 – The Last Bus to Carry the Storied Twin Coach Name")
![(Updated 8/11/2026) I found this series of very entertaining and informative videos from British Railways circa mid-1950’s on Youtube the other night. The videos address operation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/unnamed-1-e1596936633244.jpg "Trackside Classics: British Railways DMU Diesel Train Instructional Videos – Know Your DMU")
![I came across this small gem on Youtube recently, and knowing we have many Aussie and Kiwi CC readers, thought this may be something they might enjoy. It’s an 11 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-PB0601231-115x115.avif "CC Cinema: Sydney to Brisbane in 1951 – In an Ansair Flxible Clipper")
![Transit operators today have a wide selection of choices with regards to the type of energy to power their fleets; gas, clean diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, hydrogen fuel-cell, electric (trolley), […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6228022-115x115.jpg "The Flywheel Powered Gyrobus G3 – A Different “Spin” on Mass Transit")
![Several commenters on last week’s Kenworth T Series School Bus post mentioned that they were unaware that the company had manufactured buses. That’s understandable – the last Kenworth bus left […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GJxSNn6b0AA3pRG-115x115.jpg "Kenworth Buses – Forgotten Models from the Famous Truck Maker")
![As famous as Kenworth is for making large Class 8 over-the-road trucks, it’s easy to overlook the firm’s fairly extensive bus manufacturing history. Buses were part of its portfolio from its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Wahkiakum_sd_bus_6_03112007_12-1-115x115.jpg "1949-57 Kenworth Model T Series “Pacific School Coach” – The Bifocal Bus")
![As someone who spent a career in military law enforcement, I’ve always had a fascination with and connection to police vehicles. I began my career in 1978, so I missed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Policecar_then_andnow_1-115x115.png "Police Vehicles – How Do the Old School 1960’s Big-Blocks Compare to Their Current Blue Blood Brethren?")
![OK, I admit I’m biased, but really, who doesn’t like an old bus picture? The ones below are courtesy of the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport Maine, a great organization […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/675316617_1553475066779383_8293119881058376878_n-115x115.jpg "From the Bus Barn – Buses of the Seashore Trolley Museum")
![(Updated 4/16/2026) Fellow contributor and good friend Johannes Dutch tossed out an unexpected suggestion on a previous post—get a Volvo bus. Inspired? Absolutely. Practical? Not quite… unless my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1953-volvo-b-727-1-e1585914307670.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Some Mild & Some Wild 1950s Volvo Buses")
![Most people outside of Southern California (SoCal) would likely think that trailer buses (buses using a separate tractor hauling a trailer outfitted with seats) were obsolete and gone in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EeMk4IiUEAAoTvb-1-115x115.jpg "Mid-1990’s Orange County Superbus – Doing Mass Transit the “Old School” Way")
![(Updated with a not so happy ending, 4/4/2026) While I always enjoy looking back at some of the classic motor coaches from the Golden Age of bus transportation, its also […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2-2.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Proterra All-Electric Urban Transit Bus – The Clean and Quiet Shape of Things to Come (Updated with Postscript)")
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