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| AM General: Hummers, Mutts, Buses & Pos |
| Patrick R. Foster. While AM General is almost totally unknown, it makes some of the most recognizable vehicles in the world including the Hummer, Humvee, and postal Jeeps. During its relatively short... |
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| Buses of Western Flyer and New Flyer Ind |
| Western Flyer Auto & Truck Body Works began producing buses in 1930 and through a number of name-changes continues today as New Flyer Industries. Because they served Canada and much of North America,... |
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| City Transit Buses of the 20th Century |
| City transit has become a part of government activity and, to some extent, a social necessity. Motorized buses, usually open-top double deckers, began appearing on the streets of the main large citie... |
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| GM Intercity Coaches 1944-1980 Photo Arc |
| During 1943, General Motors purchased the minority interest in Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Co., and effective October 1, 1943, Yellow became a division of GM under the name GM Truck & Coach Di... |
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| Go the Greyhound Way: The Romance of the |
| It is hard to imagine an America without the Greyhound Bus. It is an institution woven into the fabric of the nation. It has provided the mobility that Americans have always treasured. When personal ... |
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| Greyhound in Postcards: Buses, Depots, a |
| A collection of vintage Greyhound Bus postcards portraying the buses, depots and post houses from a variety of regions all across America and Canada. A visual treat for all bus enthusiasts and postca... |
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| Motorcoach Milestones |
| The Twentieth Century was a milestone in itself for transportation history, and buses played a major role in the transformation of America. The Museum of Bus Transportation presents this special book... |
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| New York City Transit Buses 1945-1975 Ph |
| New York City has one of the finest and largest transit systems in the country. Beginning with early horse-drawn omnibuses, followed by battery-operated streetcars and electric street railway systems... |
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| New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company 1885 |
| The Legendary Fifth Avenue Coach Company were famous for their double-deck buses and for being a leader for public transportation in New York City. They were the first bus company to run gasoline-pow... |
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| Old Look Buses: Yellow Coach and GM in t |
| Through vintage color and black and white pictures, William A. Luke portrays not only the various buses in his latest book, but also history about bus companies. The book also has vintage and bus com... |
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| Rapid Transit Series Buses: General Moto |
| General Motors wanted to revolutionize transit bus design after having success with their New Look Bus through the 1960s. Being protagonists for progress, GM's engineers created a prototype coach that... |
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| Trolley Buses Around the World: A Photo |
| For more than a century trolley buses have been providing transportation in towns and cities throughout the world. The trolley bus offered several advantages over other vehicles, primarily quiet oper... |
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| Trolley Buses: 1913-2001 Photo Archive |
| Trolley buses first began operation in the United States around the turn of the century. Today, five cities in the U.S. and two in Canada use these mass-transit vehicles. This collection depicts a va... |
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| Buses of ACF Photo Archive:Including ACF |
| American Car and Foundry (ACF), a pioneer transportation manufacturer, came into existence in 1899 as a result of the merger of 13 railroad-manufacturing companies. After a complicated transaction in... |
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| Buses of Motor Coach Industries:1932-200 |
| This is the first and only book to cover Motor Coach Industries, one of the largest producers of motor coaches today. The company got started manufacturing buses in the mid-1930s, and has been the pr... |
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| Fageol & Twin Coach Buses:1922-1956 Phot |
| An innovator in the bus business, Fageol was the first company to build a bus from the ground up, and it was called the Safety Coach. Later in 1927 the Fageol brothers sold out and began Twin Coach. ... |
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| Flxible Intercity Buses 1924-1970 Photo |
| Hugo Young founded the Flxible Side Car Company in 1913 in Loudonville, Ohio. In the early 1920s, the mass production of automobiles lowered their cost to the point where sidecar-equipped motorcycle... |
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| Highway Buses of the 20th Century |
| Over 300 photos combine with insightful captions to present a complete history of the intercity, charter, tour and sightseeing bus industry throughout the 20th Century. Each of the 11 chapters provid... |
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| Prevost Buses:1924-2002 Photo Archive |
| Primarily a Canadian bus builder, Prevost began building buses in 1924 and went on to become the second largest highway style bus builder behind MCI. Prevost also built city buses, private buses and ... |
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| The Leyland Man:The History, Rediscovery |
| Mike Sutcliffe has devoted the last thirty years to the rescue and restoration of several, now famous, examples of the early Leyland motorbus. The Mike Sutcliffe Collection is one of the most import... |
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