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Whitecars became a hackneyed title for Cairns Tableland Motor Service Ltd as the first "buses" were Studebaker cars stretched to include an extra row of seats, and they were painted white for safety. The company was bought by other interests in 1947 and the founder purchased the company back in 1950 where it has remained in the family to this ...
Mitsubishi's North American R&D facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2010 2015 was a record setting year for MMNA, selling five million vehicles to date and 95,342 for the year in the United States, continuing a streak of 22 consecutive months of year-over-year sales increases and a 23 percent sales increase over the previous year.
It initially was a joint venture with Beach Bus and West Cairns Bus Service, but Blundred took full control shortly after. [ 3 ] As part of the deal, Sunbus was also responsible for the operation of school bus services in the region, however these were sold in 1997 to fellow British bus operator Stagecoach .
Chrysler sold its equity stake to Mitsubishi in 1993, and Diamond-Star Motors was renamed Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing America (MMMA) on July 1, 1995. [3] Despite the departure, the two companies have maintained various co-operative manufacturing agreements since and considered all vehicle produced until 1995 [ 9 ] as Diamond Star Motors.
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is a 50/50 partnership between the two named companies, operating 9 coal mines in the Bowen Basin. BMA Rail was authorised to operate on the Goonyella coal network from 1 January 2014, and purchased 13 Siemens E40 AG-V1 electric locomotives, designated as the BMACC class, numbered BMACC001-BMACC013.
Love's Bus Service was established in 1975 when the business of Cooper, Benger was acquired. [2] [3] Love's operated the Bunbury urban services until it was put out to tender, and passed to South West Coach Lines. [4] By 2002, Love's had an operation in Kerang, Victoria. [5]
The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). [3] At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train The Sunlander.
Cairns is the terminus of Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service to Brisbane Roma Street Station. [5] From June 1953 to December 2014, Cairns was the terminus of The Sunlander service which was operated by Traveltrain (the long-distance passenger division of Queensland Rail). [citation needed]