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Bus Stop Classic Archive
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![Yes indeed – though a suburban/commuter version and not a transit one. Pacific Greyhound had the commuter contract for southern and northern California in the early 70’s, before it transferred […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GM-new-look-suburban-115x115.webp "1963-67 GM SDM 5302 Bus – Wait a Minute, A Greyhound Fishbowl?")
1963-67 GM SDM 5302 Bus – Wait a Minute, A Greyhound Fishbowl?
Posted on March 14, 2026 | 10 CommentsYes indeed – though a suburban/commuter version and not a transit one. Pacific Greyhound had the commuter contract for southern and northern California in the early 70’s, before it transferred […] -
![(Updated 3/7/2026) Over the long history of London’s buses, there have been many with double decks, separate driver’s cabs, forward engines, rear entrances, open rear platforms, and red color schemes. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Routemaster-RM8.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: 1958 AEC Routemaster – The Ultimate London Double-Decker Bus")
Bus Stop Classic: 1958 AEC Routemaster – The Ultimate London Double-Decker Bus
Posted on March 7, 2026 | 55 Comments(Updated 3/7/2026) Over the long history of London’s buses, there have been many with double decks, separate driver’s cabs, forward engines, rear entrances, open rear platforms, and red color schemes. […] -
![(Updated 2/7/2026) Visiting the CC Cohort is like stepping into a transportation book store: so many enticing titles and covers vying for one’s attention. The problem is which one to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/O-Bus-Chile-US.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Vintage Electric Trolleybuses of Chile and Innsbruck")
Bus Stop Classics: Vintage Electric Trolleybuses of Chile and Innsbruck
Posted on February 7, 2026 | 60 Comments(Updated 2/7/2026) Visiting the CC Cohort is like stepping into a transportation book store: so many enticing titles and covers vying for one’s attention. The problem is which one to […] -
![(Updated 1/3/2026) Sleuthing out who built the first of any new significant automotive development can be a fraught undertaking. When I wrote up the remarkable 1946 Kaiser articulated bus, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Twin-Coach-Super-Twin-115x115.jpg "The First Articulated Transit Buses: 1938 Twin Coach and 1937 Alfa Romeo 110 AM-Macchi")
The First Articulated Transit Buses: 1938 Twin Coach and 1937 Alfa Romeo 110 AM-Macchi
Posted on January 3, 2026 | 23 Comments(Updated 1/3/2026) Sleuthing out who built the first of any new significant automotive development can be a fraught undertaking. When I wrote up the remarkable 1946 Kaiser articulated bus, I […] -
![(Updated 12/7/2025) Back in 1958, DAF started the production of the TB-series of rolling bus chassis. The letters TB stand for TramBus (streetcar-bus), which means that the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_8573.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: 1963 DAF-Verheul Transit Bus – Museum Quality")
Bus Stop Classic: 1963 DAF-Verheul Transit Bus – Museum Quality
Posted on December 7, 2025 | 17 Comments(Updated 12/7/2025) Back in 1958, DAF started the production of the TB-series of rolling bus chassis. The letters TB stand for TramBus (streetcar-bus), which means that the […] -
![Here’s a bus that certainly stood out as it cruised the roads in many Canadian and US cities in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s – the Orion II. Made by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4-wmata-orion-ii-115x115.webp "1984–2003 Orion Bus Industries Orion II: Is This North America’s Strangest-Looking Bus?")
1984–2003 Orion Bus Industries Orion II: Is This North America’s Strangest-Looking Bus?
Posted on December 6, 2025 | 11 CommentsHere’s a bus that certainly stood out as it cruised the roads in many Canadian and US cities in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s – the Orion II. Made by […] -
![In the mid-2000’s, BC Transit (BCT) of British Columbia and Ottawa’s OC Transit (OCT) in Ontario identified a need for a 25-27 foot bus, for smaller suburban feeder routes and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed-1-115x115.jpg "2013 – 2024 Grande West/Vicinity Classic Bus – So Long, We Hardly Knew Ya’")
2013 – 2024 Grande West/Vicinity Classic Bus – So Long, We Hardly Knew Ya’
Posted on November 1, 2025 | 7 CommentsIn the mid-2000’s, BC Transit (BCT) of British Columbia and Ottawa’s OC Transit (OCT) in Ontario identified a need for a 25-27 foot bus, for smaller suburban feeder routes and […] -
![(Updated 10/29/2025) As we saw in our post on the NH series “Hamburg” bus, Neoplan was a German coach manufacturer on the move in the 1960’s – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JR-Bus-Kanto-D750-00501-N128-4-e1563866152537.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1990 – 2003 Neoplan Megaliner – The Bus That Changed the Rules")
Bus Stop Classics: 1990 – 2003 Neoplan Megaliner – The Bus That Changed the Rules
Posted on October 29, 2025 | 24 Comments(Updated 10/29/2025) As we saw in our post on the NH series “Hamburg” bus, Neoplan was a German coach manufacturer on the move in the 1960’s – […] -
![I’m sure CC readers know that MAN and Scania are part of TRATON SE, the truck and bus subsidiary of the VW Group. Accordingly, almost all urban transit and intercity […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maxresdefault-1-1-115x115.jpg "2021–2025 Caio Apache Volkswagen 22.280 ODS Urban Transit Bus: Not the VW Bus You Were Expecting")
2021–2025 Caio Apache Volkswagen 22.280 ODS Urban Transit Bus: Not the VW Bus You Were Expecting
Posted on October 25, 2025 | 4 CommentsI’m sure CC readers know that MAN and Scania are part of TRATON SE, the truck and bus subsidiary of the VW Group. Accordingly, almost all urban transit and intercity […] -
![(Updated 10/19/2025) I’m not sure how I ended up in this particular rabbit hole, but the other day I started browsing the web for vintage photos of Alfa heavies. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/430-a-autobus-cop-depliant.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: More Vintage Alfa Romeo Bus Pics – Pure Eye Candy")
Bus Stop Classics: More Vintage Alfa Romeo Bus Pics – Pure Eye Candy
Posted on October 19, 2025 | 27 Comments(Updated 10/19/2025) I’m not sure how I ended up in this particular rabbit hole, but the other day I started browsing the web for vintage photos of Alfa heavies. […] -
![The world’s largest annual motor coach exposition was held last week in Brussels – Busworld 2025. How I wish I could have attended. Fortunately, there is a lot of info […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/maxresdefault-1-115x115.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 2025 Ayats Twiliner Overnight Coach – Sleep Sound")
Bus Stop Classics: 2025 Ayats Twiliner Overnight Coach – Sleep Sound
Posted on October 18, 2025 | 12 CommentsThe world’s largest annual motor coach exposition was held last week in Brussels – Busworld 2025. How I wish I could have attended. Fortunately, there is a lot of info […] -
![(Updated 10/5/2025) A late spring Saturday, unseasonably warm, even hot. The choice was the chores or exercising the MX-5 with the roof down and a picnic in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WP_20190601_13_56_56_Rich-1.jpg "Bus Classic: 1949 Bedford OB – 70 Years On And Still Working")
Bus Classic: 1949 Bedford OB – 70 Years On And Still Working
Posted on October 5, 2025 | 15 Comments(Updated 10/5/2025) A late spring Saturday, unseasonably warm, even hot. The choice was the chores or exercising the MX-5 with the roof down and a picnic in […] -
![Some time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Image03-1.jpg "Technobus Gulliver U520 – World’s Shortest Bus?")
Technobus Gulliver U520 – World’s Shortest Bus?
Posted on September 18, 2025 | 7 CommentsSome time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […] -
![(first posted 7/20/2019) We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5046323679_70bf599dba_b-1-e1562559645985.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1961 – 74 Neoplan NH Series Intercity Coach – The “Hamburg”")
Bus Stop Classics: 1961 – 74 Neoplan NH Series Intercity Coach – The “Hamburg”
Posted on August 10, 2025 | 14 Comments(first posted 7/20/2019) We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […] -
![Good ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/goodyear-2-1-e1754271460432.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1947 Flxible Clipper Mobile Airship Mast – Blimp Catcher")
Bus Stop Classics: 1947 Flxible Clipper Mobile Airship Mast – Blimp Catcher
Posted on August 9, 2025 | 13 CommentsGood ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]
