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Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators.....
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another question I'm pondering at the moment......

With such a glut of used highway buses on the market at present, when (hopefully) the pandemic finally begins to make a long-overdue exit, will there be buyers (i.e. operators) to purchase these buses?

Given the dire straits that GREYHOUND has been in for some time now, my guess would be that its current fleet would remain basically "status quo" until either all bus operations end, or, if another company assumes operation of the remaining routes, at some future date.....

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

.....the scary thing to contemplate is what will happen to the newest and most up-to-date buses, if, eventually, no buyer can be found.

IMHO, I doubt that these vehicles could even hope to be purchased by foreign buyers, given the current dismal state of things across the globe......

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More long, long-forgotten "Fallen Flags".......

"WEST COAST PIONEER STAGES"

"MESEBA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY"

"ROYAL RAPID LINES"

"SUNNY SOUTH LINES"

"PURPLE SWAN LINES"

"RED STAR WAY LINES"

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few more obscure "Fallen Flags"......

"CONTINENTAL CENTRAL"

"CONTINENTAL DIXIE"

"WESTERN LINES"

"ARROW STAGES"

Ancient history......ancient names.......another time......another world.....

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speaking of obscure, long-defunct carriers.....

I have a very rare timetable for "KING BROS. BUS LINES, INC."*, from January, 1943.

This was a Midwest carrier that had terminals/stations at the following (Ohio) locations:

ABERDEEN

BOUDES FERRY

BUENA VISTA

CENTERVILLE

CINCINNATI

DAYTON

FELICITY

FRANKLIN

hIGGINSPORT

LEBANON

MANCHESTER

MASON

MOSCOW

NEVILLE

NEW RICHMOND

POINT PLEASANT

PORTSMOUTH

READING

RIDGEVILLE

RIPLEY

SHARONVILLE

XENIA

*HQ for this company was:

702 SCHMIDT BUILDING

CINCINNATI, OHIO

TELEPHONE: CHerry 4580

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(It would also be interesting to find out what makes/models of buses this company once used; also, when did the company go out of business, or, possibly, when was it absorbed by another company)
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also from the aforementioned "KING BROS. BUS LINES" timetable:

".........the Office of Defense Transportation has ruled that buses may not exceed a speed of 35 miles per hour........"

".......we beg your indulgence if we are late, but, please remember that we are at war, and are doing everything possible to cooperate with the government to save equipment and materials that are impossible to replace....."

"......in order to save time, gasoline, tires, and conserve the equipment in general, we are now establishing regular bus stops in each city and town where we operate. After these stops are established, they will be the only point in these cities and towns where stops will be made for passengers to board and leave the buses......."

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"KING BROS." routes......

DAYTON-LEBANON-CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI-RIPLEY-PORTSMOUTH

CINCINNATI-NEW RICHMOND

XENIA-CINCINNATI

CONEY ISLAND-CINCINNATI

FRANKLIN-CINCINNATI

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another rare item I dug out of my archives is a typewritten sheet (with holes for mounting in a binder) from 1949, for "DIXIE GREYHOUND".

This was a "TIME SCHEDULE", issued by Edwin J. Bomer, Vice-President of Traffic, dated 10/10/49.

Address given for "DIXIE GREYHOUND":

527 N. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee

Arrival and departure times were CST.

Times were given for running between Memphis and Mammoth Spring (Ark)

Stops included:

W. MEMPHIS

MARION

JERICHO

CLARKEDALE

TURRELL

GILMORE

TYRONZA

MARKED TREE

HARRISBURG CORNER

TRUMMAN

BAY JCT.

NETTLETON

JONESBORO

SHADY PARK

BONO

SEDGWICK

HOXIE

WALNUT RIDGE

PORTIA

POWHATAN

BLACK ROCK

IMBODEN

RAVENDEN

WILLIFORD

HARDY


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE MARKS" (from aformentioned TT):

"I": "INTRASTATE ONLY; NO INTERSTATE PASSENGERS TO BE CARRIED"

"Z": "SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS"

"F": "FLAG STOP"

"R": "REST STOP"

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More obscurity......

"GOLDEN EAGLE SOUTHERN LINES"

"KANSAS TRAILS"

"BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR TRAILWAYS"

"ZEPHYR LINES"

"WYANDOTTE"

"BENSON & AULT"

"CAMEL CITY"

"WHITE BIRD"
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In regard to King Brothers, it was started around 1921 by three brothers named King (naturally). Their original headquarters was in Lebanon, OH about midway between Cincinnati and Dayton. Eventually, their routes ran from Cincinnati north to Dayton and from Cincinnati east to Portsmouth along the Ohio River. There was also a short route from Lebanon northeast to Xenia, about 15 miles east of Dayton.

Cincinnati Street Railway, which also owned The Ohio Bus Line Company, acquired King Brothers around 1942. On February 1, 1948, King swapped its Cincinnati-Dayton, Cincinnati-Portsmouth and Lebanon-Xenia routes to Greyhound in exchange for Greyhound's Dayton-Middletown-Hamilton route. King also retained the right to operate local service between Cincinnati and Sharonville (on the Dayton line) and to New Richmond (on the Portsmouth route). Greyhound had acquired the Dayton-Hamilton route with the purchase of Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation Co. in 1947. Despite its name, the C&LE bus operation never made it to Cincinnati, terminating in Hamilton, about twenty miles north.

On the same day as the route transfer, Cincinnati Street Railway merged what remained of King Brothers into Ohio Bus Line and the King Brothers name disappeared.

King had started buying Yellow Coach diesels prior to World War II and that continued under Cincinnati Street Railway ownership. The last orders were for 10 GM TDH-3610's in 1946 and 6 PDA3703's the following year.

Hope this is of some interest.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roy:

I greatly appreciate this wonderful historical information; the late bus historian/newsman Jim Lehrer would have agreed with us, in believing that the study of historic bus companies and their routes is indeed a most fascinating subject.

When I browse through my old TT's, it never ceases to amaze me as to just how many bus companies were once in existence, and how few (if any at all) remain today.

Though GREYHOUND and TRAILWAYS were, indeed, the "big league players" in the long-distance highway bus business, back in the day,, it is important to remember the many, many, now obscure "fallen flags" that, today, are only known to the most astute of bus historians......

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

.......IMHO, one of the best ways to get an inkling of our once-complex intercity bus network is to pick up a vintage GREYHOUND or TRAILWAYS timetable and read the notes on connecting bus companies.

As an example, from a 1950 "SOUTHERN KANSAS GREYHOUND LINES" timetable, the following connection companies are listed:

ABL: AMERICAN BUSLINES

A: ARROW STAGE LINE

DMC: CONTINENTAL DIXIE LINES

TxB: TEXAS BUS LINES

JTC: JEFFERSON TRANSPORTATION

TDN: TRANSPORTES DEL NORTE

NMT: NEW MEXICO TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Those old, once-disposable timetables are, today, indeed, historical relics, allowing us to contemplate the extensiveness of yesterday's complex intercity operations.....

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taking that a step further, would be to obtain copy(s) of Russell’s Official Bus Guide, which in the 50’s and ‘60’s was as thick as a Manhattan Yellow Pages, with all Greyhound , Trailways, and most independent bus timetables, including maps, company directories, depot info, etc….

Try ebay…
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

traildriver wrote:
Taking that a step further, would be to obtain copy(s) of Russell’s Official Bus Guide, which in the 50’s and ‘60’s was as thick as a Manhattan Yellow Pages, with all Greyhound , Trailways, and most independent bus timetables, including maps, company directories, depot info, etc….

Try ebay…


traildriver:

I had one from 1970, but, many years ago, gave it to a (former) transit-buff friend who has since passed.

You are right; that old guide was like an old-time phone book.....THICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shocked Shocked Shocked

Further proof at just how complex and extensive our intercity bus network once was......

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