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Bus Stop Classic: Eagle Coaches – From Belgium to Brownsville
If it’s been awhile since you’ve read Paul’s excellent post on the Kassbohrer-Setra Super Golden Eagle articulated coach, I’d encourage you to take another look – it’s a superb article on a very rare...
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Curbside Outtake: Smart Forfour – A Hard Life in the Land of the Rising Sun
While walking over to City Hall the other day I saw these two cars parked side-by-side at a nearby apartment complex – and immediately thought “this picture perfectly captures the tough business case...
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Bus Stop Classics: CD Beck & Co. – Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of...
Does this look familiar? A GM Scenicruiser, right? No; it’s a Beck DH 1040, actually. But it’s a remarkably faithful copy, by a company that made a modest living copying GM buses for over twenty...
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Bus Stop Classic: Mack MV-620-D – The “Forward Look” Bus
Last week we took a quick look at CD Beck and Co., a low-volume maker of intercity coaches that was acquired by Mack in 1956. In 1957 and ’58, Mack marketed Beck’s Cruiser intercity coach and an...
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Bus Stop Classic: 1954 GMC PDX-4901 “Golden Chariot”– The Unsuccessful...
Note: While my name appears in the byline, it should read Brophy/Niedermeyer as Paul made significant contributions and improvements. The 40′ high-floor coach with large underfloor storage became...
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Bus Stop Outtake: Hino Poncho – Autumn Traveler
I’m sure most readers here are familiar with Japan’s current demographic dilemma – basically there are a whole bunch of old folks, few young folks, and a declining birth rate. It’s a problem that...
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Bus Stop Classic: GM PD 4107/4108 and 4903/4905; GM’s Buffalo – Last Of The Line
(curbside shots by PN) There are highs and there are lows…that old adage certainly sums up GM’s long history of intercity coach manufacturing. From the highs of the 1940’s, to its peak in the 50’s,...
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Bus Stop Classic: ACF-Brill IC 41 – Silver Screen Standout
This bus may look familiar to you – it may have you probing your memory, like trying to remember the name of an old character actor who seems to be in every TV show or movie, but you just can’t place...
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Bus Stop Classics: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Fuel Cell-Electric, and...
It’s been almost a year now that we’ve looked back and explored some of the classic makes and models of motor coach transportation in North America. And thanks to others such as our good friend...
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Bus Stop Classics: Tokyo Tama and Chiba City Monorail – The Bus with a...
Last week we looked at some possible future trends in urban motor coach transportation – those that rode on good ole’ terrestrial mother earth. But there is another mass transit option that due to a...
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Bus Stop Classic: Tokyo Disneyland Resort Cruiser Bus – Retro Disney…
I imagine most folks head off to Disneyland to do the typical tourist things; ride the various attractions, see some of the live shows and musicals, and take in the whole (pricey) Disney experience....
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Bus Stop Classic: General Motors Rapid Transit Series (RTS) II Coach – GM...
(first posted 4/2/2016) You don’t have to be a professional gambler to know the phrase “a sure bet” – a clear winner, in no doubt, guaranteed. As public transportation was evolving in the late 1960s...
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Truck Stop Classics: 1952 Fageol Super Freighter – The Definitive ‘50s Moving...
Whether you recognize this distinctive vehicle likely depends on your answer to the following question; Which actor did you first see portray Superman; A-Henry Cavill, B-Christopher Reeve, C-George...
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Bus Stop Classics: Bedford VAL (1963-1973) – English Charmer
Let me begin by issuing an apology to our good colleagues Roger Carr and Johannes Dutch for “poaching on their territory” – I typically stick to reviewing vehicles from North America or Japan; areas...
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Truck Stop Classics: Eisenhauer “Twin Engine” Freighter – Twin Strikeout
Last week we looked at the Bedford VAL Twin Steer coach, and the week before that, the Fageol Super Freighter Van – and it posed an interesting question in my mind – has there ever been a conveyance...
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Bus Stop Classic: Prevost H5-60 (1988 – 1992) – The Articulated Highway...
Note: This is another joint Niedermeyer/Brophy bus post. We’ve looked at several unique multi-front axle, twin-steer vehicles over the past couple weeks. Let’s close out this series by reviewing one...
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Best of 2016 Curbside Classic: 1982 Nissan Laurel “Special Edition” – It Has...
I must have walked by this early ‘80s Nissan Laurel fifty times – it’s parked in the lot of a local mechanic, on the route from our house to the nearest train station. I always give it an admiring...
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Best of 2016 Bus Stop Classic: Eagle Coaches – From Belgium to Brownsville
If it’s been awhile since you’ve read Paul’s excellent post on the Kassbohrer-Setra Super Golden Eagle articulated coach, I’d encourage you to take another look – it’s a superb article on a very rare...
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Bus Stop Classics: 1996- 2002 Mauck/Advanced Bus Industries MSV/TSV – Little...
CC’ers in North America may have came across this bus in the late 90’s or early 2000’s – it’s an Advanced Bus Industries (ABI) TSV 30 – a mid-sized, low floor coach used by only a few operators....
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Bus Stop Classic: Tokyo Disneyland Resort Cruiser Bus – Retro Disney…
I imagine most folks head off to Disneyland to do the typical tourist things; ride the various attractions, see some of the live shows and musicals, and take in the whole (pricey) Disney experience....
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