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In the early 30-ies in the United States large-scale construction road network dorog- "Interstate". It was a government program, inspired by the government in the midst of the Great Depression: kill several birds with one stone - in the construction were involved in a huge number of unemployed people who are not allowed to die of hunger or start massively robbing - for "supervised" (besides they could pay the most minimorum least!), and the country entangled in front of an extensive network of highways. This stimulated and automakers, and freight and the development of road infrastructure, but at the same time hit the "reylveyam" - a network of American Railroads. Freight and passenger traffic fell sharply on them and the rail network is steadily beginning to decay. Instead, full flower bloomed bus transportation. The name of the largest transportation company Greyhound has even become a household word. On the history of the company Greyhound recounted comrade mgsupgs (that I took myself to write, but "in the process" stumbled on his article and too lazy to finish his. Yes, I'm a lazy bastard!). So I confine pictures and short comments.
Greyhound Lines for many years worked closely with General Motors, on whose plants specifically for it and built the famous gray buses. That'll show them. And not just them.
34 photos and text via kaschey-lp
Yellow Coach Z-250 '1934-36
The company Yellow Coach bus division was the concern General Motors. This model - 33 seats.
The ideological prototype of the ship, which just below: Kenworth Aluminum Bus' 1935-36
"Serebroboky» - GM «Silversides» sample 1939 has become a real bestseller. After his debut at the New York World's Fair «Silversides» was launched in a series. It was equipped with two-stroke diesel "six" and (revolutionary solution for the time) conditioned GM Frigidaire (and pulls me dragoon, I blurt out with his usual tact something about "frigidity»!).
The model is successful and was produced before the beginning of the fifties, and the design decisions embodied in «Silversides», remain unchanged to this day: the body with corrugated boards, lack of false radiator grille characteristic of frontal offormlenie. We can say that "Serebroboky" for many years has defined the future direction of development of American coaches.
GM «Silversides» PD 3751 '1939
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Stage Stop at Lovelock, Nevada, 1940's
Grant's Cafe, Elko, Nevada in 1940's Behind "Serebrobokim" is Lincoln Zephyr Coupe '1937 - one of the most beautiful "Lincoln", in my opinion
Big Meadow Hotel, Lovelock, Nevada '1949
Of course, the "Greyhound" with GM does not have a monopoly: there were other carriers, manufacturers and competitors, to let out long-distance airliners that in the United States called «coach». For example Flxible produced model Flxible Clipper '1944-50, became no less legendary than "greyhaundovsky" "Stsenikruizer»
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Competitors also buy products GM: GM PDA 3703 '1947. However, local carriers with flights from Gadyukino in Podlyakino - what they fucking giant behemoth competitors "Greyhound", the subjugation of all long and medium-haul routes?
1947. This prototype flying car GM GX-1 Prototype 'in 1947 was obviously inspired by the tents GM Futurliner' in 1940 and his fellow tent traveling exhibition Parade of Progress.
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In 1949, a prototype of, perhaps, the famous "Greyhound», GM GX-2 Prototype. By the design of the bus had a hand in the famous Raymond Loewy. And the hands of Monsieur Raymond grew from it! Talent - that here. Though skidding at times, like any genius ...
This "polutorapalubnaya" design then confused the minds of many designers on both sides of the ocean:
1950 ACF Brill X-001 Prototype
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West German Krupp Sudwerke SWO 480 '1951
Germans "polutorapalubniki" have become quite popular. This has a couple of posts my comrade p_d_m
In July 1954, the factory yard businesses in Michigan left the first production model of the new bus, which has become a landmark - GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser; after him, until June 56th, will be built a thousand copies. Since they are all manufactured in one version, then, consequently, raped and one brand index - PD-4501 (long distance, diesel, 45-seater - it is based on the driver's seat and a spare).
GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser '07 .1954-56
The original and beautiful bus was nezauryaden and inside: at the rear of the body side by side are just two diesel engines DDA 4-71. A similar scheme in the operation was unsuccessful, and in the course of modernization of the mass on the remaining 979 buses in service take-unit in 1961-62. was replaced by a diesel engine - longitudinally arranged 11-liter two-stroke DDA 8V-71, with a capacity of 285 hp All work carried out firm Marmon-Herrington. Buses are equipped with tinted windows, seats on the airplane type, air-conditioning, radios and even equipped with a toilet, which is located at the junction of lower front and higher rear section of the cabin.
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On the lower level, in the company of a driver seated 10 passengers, while the remaining 33 were placed in the superstructure, which even had its own windshield. Luggage compartment is located under the floor, intended for hand luggage shelf in the cabin. Among other advantages of the machine can be said pneumatic suspension and automatic air conditioning, the air inside is updated every 40 seconds, which was a thing simply is necessary during long trips in the southern states of the country.
In 1970, 500 more use the machine underwent a second modernization, which affected most of the interior, but after eight years, the last "Stsenikruizer" was removed from the active fleet «Greyhound Lines». Some buses were resold to other transport companies.
Doroguschy Scenicruiser was not the main machine Greyhound Lines, the basis of the bus fleet were other, less demanding and more economical cars. His destiny was to be "showcase" of the company (the more so that the whole party was built exclusively for her), because some of these buses operated in the most prestigious and long-distance lines.
In parallel with the "Stsenikruizerom» GM for «Greyhound Lines» produced and the model is easier - one-story GM PDX 4901 '1954
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and GM PD-4104 '1953-57
GM PD-4107 '1966-70 PD-4107 «Buffalo bus» - the last big intercity liner General Motors (1966-1970 gg.). He got the nickname because of the characteristic "bull" front end design. In the 1970-79 biennium. in a small amount it was issued a modification of 4108. 1567 saw the light of both versions of the machines.
Since the mid-60s, Greyhound, and the rest of the American transport workers, began to gradually move to the products of other companies, such as Trailways' Eagle Manufacturing Canadian or MCI (Motor Coach Industries). General Motors is releasing in 1980 his last «coach», left the sphere of production of intercity buses.
On this bold hamburger pie, the American market popaslis Europeans: Germans from Kässbohrer Setra put Houston transport Continental Trailways in 1955, more than two hundred perfectly executed in the American taste buses Setra Silver Eagle 'and the 1958 Golden Eagle' 1958
Setra Golden Eagle Prototype '1956
Continuous Setra Golden Eagle '1958
It was also supplied and articulated several luxury Setra Super Golden Eagle 'in 1958, with two bars in the cabin and 275-horsepower diesel engine Rolls Royce, instead of the usual 210 hp MAN
All this thanks to all.
Source:
Greyhound Lines for many years worked closely with General Motors, on whose plants specifically for it and built the famous gray buses. That'll show them. And not just them.
34 photos and text via kaschey-lp
Yellow Coach Z-250 '1934-36
The company Yellow Coach bus division was the concern General Motors. This model - 33 seats.
The ideological prototype of the ship, which just below: Kenworth Aluminum Bus' 1935-36
"Serebroboky» - GM «Silversides» sample 1939 has become a real bestseller. After his debut at the New York World's Fair «Silversides» was launched in a series. It was equipped with two-stroke diesel "six" and (revolutionary solution for the time) conditioned GM Frigidaire (and pulls me dragoon, I blurt out with his usual tact something about "frigidity»!).
The model is successful and was produced before the beginning of the fifties, and the design decisions embodied in «Silversides», remain unchanged to this day: the body with corrugated boards, lack of false radiator grille characteristic of frontal offormlenie. We can say that "Serebroboky" for many years has defined the future direction of development of American coaches.
GM «Silversides» PD 3751 '1939
...
Stage Stop at Lovelock, Nevada, 1940's
Grant's Cafe, Elko, Nevada in 1940's Behind "Serebrobokim" is Lincoln Zephyr Coupe '1937 - one of the most beautiful "Lincoln", in my opinion
Big Meadow Hotel, Lovelock, Nevada '1949
Of course, the "Greyhound" with GM does not have a monopoly: there were other carriers, manufacturers and competitors, to let out long-distance airliners that in the United States called «coach». For example Flxible produced model Flxible Clipper '1944-50, became no less legendary than "greyhaundovsky" "Stsenikruizer»
...
...
...
Competitors also buy products GM: GM PDA 3703 '1947. However, local carriers with flights from Gadyukino in Podlyakino - what they fucking giant behemoth competitors "Greyhound", the subjugation of all long and medium-haul routes?
1947. This prototype flying car GM GX-1 Prototype 'in 1947 was obviously inspired by the tents GM Futurliner' in 1940 and his fellow tent traveling exhibition Parade of Progress.
...
In 1949, a prototype of, perhaps, the famous "Greyhound», GM GX-2 Prototype. By the design of the bus had a hand in the famous Raymond Loewy. And the hands of Monsieur Raymond grew from it! Talent - that here. Though skidding at times, like any genius ...
This "polutorapalubnaya" design then confused the minds of many designers on both sides of the ocean:
1950 ACF Brill X-001 Prototype
...
West German Krupp Sudwerke SWO 480 '1951
Germans "polutorapalubniki" have become quite popular. This has a couple of posts my comrade p_d_m
In July 1954, the factory yard businesses in Michigan left the first production model of the new bus, which has become a landmark - GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser; after him, until June 56th, will be built a thousand copies. Since they are all manufactured in one version, then, consequently, raped and one brand index - PD-4501 (long distance, diesel, 45-seater - it is based on the driver's seat and a spare).
GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser '07 .1954-56
The original and beautiful bus was nezauryaden and inside: at the rear of the body side by side are just two diesel engines DDA 4-71. A similar scheme in the operation was unsuccessful, and in the course of modernization of the mass on the remaining 979 buses in service take-unit in 1961-62. was replaced by a diesel engine - longitudinally arranged 11-liter two-stroke DDA 8V-71, with a capacity of 285 hp All work carried out firm Marmon-Herrington. Buses are equipped with tinted windows, seats on the airplane type, air-conditioning, radios and even equipped with a toilet, which is located at the junction of lower front and higher rear section of the cabin.
...
...
On the lower level, in the company of a driver seated 10 passengers, while the remaining 33 were placed in the superstructure, which even had its own windshield. Luggage compartment is located under the floor, intended for hand luggage shelf in the cabin. Among other advantages of the machine can be said pneumatic suspension and automatic air conditioning, the air inside is updated every 40 seconds, which was a thing simply is necessary during long trips in the southern states of the country.
In 1970, 500 more use the machine underwent a second modernization, which affected most of the interior, but after eight years, the last "Stsenikruizer" was removed from the active fleet «Greyhound Lines». Some buses were resold to other transport companies.
Doroguschy Scenicruiser was not the main machine Greyhound Lines, the basis of the bus fleet were other, less demanding and more economical cars. His destiny was to be "showcase" of the company (the more so that the whole party was built exclusively for her), because some of these buses operated in the most prestigious and long-distance lines.
In parallel with the "Stsenikruizerom» GM for «Greyhound Lines» produced and the model is easier - one-story GM PDX 4901 '1954
...
and GM PD-4104 '1953-57
GM PD-4107 '1966-70 PD-4107 «Buffalo bus» - the last big intercity liner General Motors (1966-1970 gg.). He got the nickname because of the characteristic "bull" front end design. In the 1970-79 biennium. in a small amount it was issued a modification of 4108. 1567 saw the light of both versions of the machines.
Since the mid-60s, Greyhound, and the rest of the American transport workers, began to gradually move to the products of other companies, such as Trailways' Eagle Manufacturing Canadian or MCI (Motor Coach Industries). General Motors is releasing in 1980 his last «coach», left the sphere of production of intercity buses.
On this bold hamburger pie, the American market popaslis Europeans: Germans from Kässbohrer Setra put Houston transport Continental Trailways in 1955, more than two hundred perfectly executed in the American taste buses Setra Silver Eagle 'and the 1958 Golden Eagle' 1958
Setra Golden Eagle Prototype '1956
Continuous Setra Golden Eagle '1958
It was also supplied and articulated several luxury Setra Super Golden Eagle 'in 1958, with two bars in the cabin and 275-horsepower diesel engine Rolls Royce, instead of the usual 210 hp MAN
All this thanks to all.
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