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An Eastern Greyhound Lines coach depicted at a stop in Conneaut, Ohio, c. 1930 Cast iron model "Northland Transportation Co." passenger bus, c. 1930. In 1914, Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant, was laid off from his job as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota.
The first design prototype for the Scenicruiser, the GX-1, was a double decker with access from the lower deck and the driver seated on the upper deck. It was soon decided that a split-level design would be better because the GX-1 was too tall for many Greyhound garages and lacked luggage space for 50 people.
The GX-2 (Greyhound Experimental #2 – The Scenicruiser) was a prototype bus built for Greyhound that was eventually developed into the Scenicruiser.It began in mid-1948 as a 35-foot design, but, in part to accommodate more passengers, Greyhouse President Orville Caesar directed his engineering department to add five feet in length to the upper deck of a PD-3751 obtained from GM. [1]
Another 1969 product of Bus & Car was the Model 07. This was an 05 that was 102 inches wide (rather than 96); 45 were produced. The 'Bus & Car' name may sound odd as they never made automobiles but the word 'Car' in this case came from the European term 'Touring Car/Touringcar' or highway coach as opposed to a local or regional bus.
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Peaked caps are also commonly worn around the world by some railway, or airport staff (baggage porters, but often wearing kepi type cap), bus drivers and security guards. A peaked cap is a part of the Salvation Army uniform in most of the territories it operates in. Student caps in Northern and Central European countries are frequently peaked caps.
Z type single-deck bus or coach; Z type double-deck bus; Y type coach; X type bus or coach. All were conventional front-engine design vehicles powered by Yellow Knight I4 sleeve-valve gasoline engines, or a General Electric gas-electric hybrid unless noted otherwise. The Knight engine was connected to the rear wheels by a mechanical drive shaft.
Greyhound continued to operate as a separate business, including its bus routes in Bristol until 1936. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The new owners expanded the Greyhound coach operations. In 1934 it was one of the founder members of the Associated Motorways consortium of long-distance coach operators, but continued the London service outside the consortium.