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GM TDH4509 U.S. Production List

Transit / 6-71 Diesel Engine / Hydraulic Transmission / 45 passenger / Model 09

Length = 35 foot / Width = 96 inch

Manufactured from 1949 to 1953

Serial # Notes Property Fleet Number Delivery Date
0001 - Demo to Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 2 09/49
0002-0026 - Miami Beach Railway Co (Miami FL) 300-324 01/49
0027-0051 - Key System Transit Lines (Oakland CA) 1900-1924 02/49
0052-0053 - Transports Inc (Memphis TN) 66,69 02/49
0054-0067 8 Great Lakes Greyhound Lines (Detroit MI) G6855-G6868 02/49
0068-0112 11 San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 914-958 02-03/49
0113-0114 - Lincoln Coach Lines (Irwin PA) 91-92 03/49
0115 - Harmon & Regalia/North Blvd Transportation Co IBOA (N. Bergen NJ) B113 03/49
0116-0127 - Knoxville Transit Lines (Knoxville TN) 301-312 03/49
0128-0147 - Cincinnati Street Railway Co (Cincinnati OH) 50-69 03-04/48
0148 - Sun-Tai Bus Co/North Blvd Transportation Co IBOA (N. Bergen NJ) B134 05/49
0149-0154 - GMDD/SMT (Eastern) Ltd (St John NB) 901-906 03/49
0155 - Rex Bus Co/North Blvd Transportation Co IBOA (N. Bergen NJ) B116 03/49
0156-0200 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 2737-2781 03/49
0201-0277 - Public Service Coordinated Transport (Newark NJ) C323-C399 04-05/49
0278-0287 7 DeCamp Interstate Transit Co/DeCamp Bus Lines (Clifton NJ) 178-187 06/49
0288-0310 - Public Service Interstate Transport (Newark NJ) C300-C322 05-06/49
0311-0365 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 2782-2836 05/49
0366 - Effkay Bus Co/North Blvd Transportation Co IBOA (N. Bergen NJ) B118 06/49
0367 - Eagle Bus Co/North Blvd Transportation Co IBOA (N. Bergen NJ) B161 04/49
0368-0372 - East St Louis City Lines Inc (St Louis IL) 3012,3014-3017 06/49
0373 - Timothy J. Ryan/North Newark IBOA (Newark NJ) 316 06/49
0374-0383 - Mobile City Lines Inc (Mobile AL) 3002-3011 05-06/49
0384-0388 - El Paso City Lines Inc (El Paso TX) 3055-3059 05/49
0389-0448 - Eighth Avenue Coach Corp (New York City NY) 2837-2896 06/49
0449 - Worthington Bus Co/Newark-West Orange IBOA (West Orange NJ) 113 08/49
0450-0459 - Long Beach City Lines Inc (Long Beach CA) 7557-7566 06/49
0460-0467 - Spokane City Lines Inc (Spokane WA) 2517-2524 06/49
0468-0472 - East St Louis City Lines Inc (St Louis IL) 3018-3022 06/49
0473-0507 - Denver Tramway Corp (Denver CO) 253-287 06-07/49
0508-0517 - Gary Railways (Gary IN) 500-509 07/49
0518-0520 - Boulevard Transit Lines (Bayonne NJ) 90-92 09/49
0521 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 1 09/49
0522 - Vandalia Bus Lines (Collinsville IL) 124 08/49
0523-0542 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 311-330 10-11/49
0543-0552 - Portland Coach Co (Portland ME) 151-160 10-11/49
0553-0572 - Chicago & West Towns Railway Co (Oak Park IL) 700-719 11/49
0573 1 GM Engineering to John D McGuigan (Chicago IL) - 11/49
0574 - Demo to Caseyville Bus Lines (Caseyville IL) - 11/50
0575 - Transports Inc (Memphis TN) 70 11/49
0576 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 9 09/50
0577 7 Green Flyer (Hillside NJ) 109 12/49
0578-0602 - Rochester Transit Corp (Rochester NY) 401-425 11/49
0603-0607 - Steinway Omnibus Corp (Long Island City NY) 301-305 01/49
0608 7 Green Flyer (Hillside NJ) 110 01/50
0609-0638 - Memphis Street Railway Co (Memphis TN) 400-429 11-12/49
0639-0688 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 2897-2946 12/49
0689-0698 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co (Philadelphia PA) 77-86 12/49-01/50
0699 2 Public Service Coordinated Transport (Newark NJ) D900 05/50
0700-0704 - Evanston Bus Co (Evanston IL) 211-215 01/50
0705-0714 - East St Louis City Lines Inc (St Louis IL) 3075-3084 01/50
0715 - Herbert T. Randall/Champion Paper & Fibre Co (Hamilton OH) - 01/50
0716 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 3 03/50
0717-0719 - Albuquerque Bus Co (Albuquerque NM) 350-352 03/50
0720-0731 7 Central Greyhound Lines (Cleveland OH) C61-C72 03-04/50
0732-0751 - San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 959-978 03/50
0752-0757 - DeCamp Bus Lines (Clifton NJ) 188-193 04-05/50
0758-0834 - Denver Tramway Corp (Denver CO) 288-364 03-04/50
0835-0859 - Chicago & West Towns Railway Co (Oak Park IL) 720-744 04-05/50
0860-0934 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co (New York City NY) 2363-2437 05-06/50
0935-0936 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 4-5 05/50
0937-0938 7 Green Flyer (Hillside NJ) 113-114 09/50
0939-0944 - Knoxville Transit Lines (Knoxville TN) 313-318 09/50
0945-0946 - Central New York Coach Lines (Utica NY) 65-66 10/50
0947-0951 - Missouri Pacific Transportation Co (St Louis MO) 909-913 09/50
0952 - Green Flyer (Hillside NJ) 115 09/50
0953-0963 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 341,331-340 09/50
0964-0965 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 6-7 09/50
0966-0975 - Cincinnati Street Railway Co (Cincinnati OH) 70-79 09/50
0976-0984 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 342-350 10/50
0985-1014 - Memphis Street Railway Co (Memphis TN) 430-459 10/50
1015-1016 - Transports Inc (Memphis TN) 71-72 10/50
1017-1018 - Indianapolis Transit Inc (Indianapolis IN) 340-341 10/50
1019 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 8 10/50
1020-1030 - Scuylkill Valley Lines (Norristown PA) 170-180 10/50
1031-1036 - Buffalo Transit Co (Buffalo NY) 316-321 10-11/50
1037-1071 - Green Bus Lines (Jamaica NY) 311-345 11/50
1072 - Kentucky Bus Lines (Louisville KY) 43 12/50
1073 - Flint Trolley Coach Co (Flint MI) 976 01/51
1074-1083 - Community Traction Co (Toledo OH) 2431-2440 11/50
1084-1089 - Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston MA) 2600-2605 12/50
1090-1095 - Knoxville Transit Lines (Knoxville TN) 319-324 10/50
1096 - Central New York Coach Lines (Utica NY) 67 10/50
1097-1171 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 2947-3021 11-12/50
1172 - Demo to Yellow Bus Line (Memphis TN) - 05/51
1173-1187 - Triboro Coach Corp (Jackson Heights NY) 1151-1165 01/51
1188-1219 - Alexandria, Barcroft & Washington Transit Co (Alexandria VA) 801-832 12/50
1220-1249 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co (Harford CT) 601-630 12/50
1250-1252 - Albuquerque Bus Co (Albuquerque NM) 353-355 12/50
1253-1266 - Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston MA) 2606-2619 12/50
1267-1268 - Transports Inc (Memphis TN) 73-74 01/51
1269-1283 - Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston MA) 2620-2634 12/50
1284-1289 - United Motor Coach Co (Des Plaines IL) 94-99 01/51
1290-1294 - Baltimore Transit Co (Baltimore MD) 1600,1602-1604,1601 01/51
1295-1296 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 10-11 01/51
1297-1316 - Northern Indiana Transit Inc (South Bend IN) 335-354 01/51
1317-1336 - San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 979-998 01/51
1337-1339 - Twin City Motor Coach Co (Benton Harbor MI) 300-302 01/51
1340-1344 - Gary Railways (Gary IN) 510-514 01/51
1345-1348 - City of Euclid Municipal Bus Line (Cleveland OH) 22-25 02/51
1349-1367 7 Great Lakes Greyhound Lines (Detroit MI) G6886-G6904 02/51
1368-1378 - Central Greyhound Lines (Cleveland OH) C562-C572 02/51
1379-1385 - Community Traction Co (Toledo OH) 2441-2447 08/51
1386 - Brecksville Road Transit Co (Independence OH) 10 02/51
1387-1396 - Mobile City Lines Inc (Mobile AL) 3324-3333 02/51
1397 - Caseyville Bus Lines (Caseyville IL) 42 03/51
1398-1400 - Baltimore Transit Co (Baltimore MD) 1606,1607,1605 02/51
1401-1402 - Baltimore Transit Co (Baltimore MD) 1608-1609 02/51
1403-1406 9 Village of North Olmstead/North Olmstead Municipal Transit (Cleveland OH) 108-111 03/51
1407-1409 - El Paso City Lines Inc (El Paso TX) 3346,3344,3347 03/51
1410-1411 - El Paso City Lines Inc (El Paso TX) 3345,3348 03/51
1412-1416 - Baltimore Transit Co (Baltimore MD) 1610-1614 03/51
1417-1426 - Canton City Lines Inc (Canton OH) 3334-3343 02/51
1427-1436 - East St Louis City Lines Inc (East St Louis IL) 3314-3323 02/51
1437-1471 - Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston MA) 2635-2669 02-03/51
1472-1475 - Phoenix Transit System (Phoenix AZ) 825-828 03/51
1476-1477 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 12-13 03/51
1478-1482 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co (Hartford CT) 631-635 03/51
1483-1487 3 Youngstown Municipal Railway (Youngstown OH) 70-74 06/51
1488-1492 4 Youngstown Municipal Railway (Youngstown OH) 75-79 11-12/51
1493-1512 5 Virginia Transit Co (Norfolk VA) 901-920 11-12/51
1513-1517 - Albuquerque Bus Co (Albuquerque NM) 356-360 04/51
1518-1520 - Roy L Dew/Dew Motor Co (St Petersburg FL) 801-803 09/51
1521-1526 - Flint Trolley Coach Co (Flint MI) 977-982 03/51
1527-1536 - DeCamp Bus Lines (Clifton NJ) 204-213 05/51
1537 - Oriole Motor Coach Lines (Pittsburgh PA) 60 05/51
1538-1542 - Baltimore Transit Co (Baltimore MD) 1615-1619 04/51
1543-1545 - Oriole Motor Coach Lines (Pittsburgh PA) 61-63 05/51
1546-1555 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 351-360 05/51
1556-1565 - Union Street Railway Co (New Bedford MA) 450-459 04-05/51
1566-1606 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 3056-3096 05-08/51
1607-1640 - New York City Omnibus Corp (New York City NY) 3022-3055 05-08/51
1641-1655 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co (Philadelphia PA) 87-101 08/51
1656-1705 - Houston Transit Co (Houston TX) 1026-1075 08/51
1706-1725 - San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 801-820 08/51
1726-1765 - Steinway Omnibus Corp (Long Island City NY) 306-345 09/51
1766 - Brecksville Road Transit Co (Independence OH) 11 10/51
1767-1770 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 361-364 10/51
1771-1778 - Mobile City Lines Inc (Mobile AL) 3405-3412 09/51
1779-1780 - Mobile City Lines Inc (Mobile AL) 3414-3415 09/51
1781 - Demo to Fort Worth Transit Co (Fort Worth TX) 909 09/51
1782-1785 - Fresno City Lines Inc (Fresno CA) 5101-5104 10/51
1786 - Yellow Bus Line (Memphis TN) 415 09/51
1787-1791 - Pacific City Lines/Salt Lake City Lines Inc (Salt Lake City UT) 3516-3520 09/51
1792-1797 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co (Tucson AZ) 201-206 09/51
1798 - Roy L Dew/Dew Motor Co (St Petersburg FL) 804 09/51
1799-1804 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 365-370 10/51
1805-1808 - Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railway Co (Chicago IL) 805-808 10/51
1809-1814 - Waukesha Transit Lines (Waukesha WI) 50-55 10/51
1815-1817 - Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co (Baltimore MD) 801-803 10/51
1818-1827 - Steinway Omnibus Corp (Long Island City NY) 346-355 10/51
1828-1857 - Queens-Nassau Transit Lines (Woodside NJ) 701-730 10/51
1858-1887 - Alexandria Barcroft & Washington Transit Co (Alexandria VA) 851-880 10/51
1888-1920 10 Public Service Coordinated Transport (Newark NJ) E300-E322 10/51
1921-1947 - Indianapolis Railways Co (Indianapolis IN) 1001-1027 10/51
1948-1957 - American Bus Lines (Omaha NE) 5100-5109 10/51
1958-1967 - Ohio Bus Line Co (Cincinnati OH) 650-659 10/51
1968-1969 - Torrance Municipal Bus Lines (Torrance CA) 701-702 12/51
1970 - Broadview Bus Line Co (North Royalton OH) 8 10/51
1971-1980 - Intertown Suburban Lines Corp (Detroit MI) 111-120 10/51
1981-2002 - Public Service Coordinated Transport (Newark NJ) E333-E354 11/51
2003-2037 - Indianapolis Railways Co (Indianapolis IN) 1028-1062 10-11/51
2038 - Transports Inc (Memphis TN) 75 12/51
2039-2041 - Scuylkill Valley Lines (Norristown PA) 181-183 12/51
2042-2049 - Charleston Transit Co (Charleston WV) 451-458 12/51
2050 - GMDD/Eastern Canadian Greyhound Lines G1817 06/52
2051-2052 - Upjohn Co (Kalamazoo MI) 14-15 01/52
2053-2062 - Buffalo Transit Co (Buffalo NY) 322-331 01-02/52
2063-2069 - Charleston Transit Co (Charleston WV) 459-465 02-04/52
2070 - Eva Gershkowitz/North Newark IBOA (Newark NJ) 330-8 01/52
2071 - Abraham Gershkowitz/Newark-Elizabeth IBOA (South Orange NJ) 188 02/52
2072-2083 - Elizabeth River Tunnel Co (Norfolk VA) 1-12 02/52
2084-2088 - Triboro Coach Corp (Jackson Heights NY) 1171-1175 02/52
2089-2094 6 City of Euclid Municipal Bus Line (Cleveland OH) 34-39 02/52
2095-2098 - Capitol Transportation Co (Little Rock AR) 303,304,302,301 01-02/52
2099 - Caseyville Bus Lines (Caseyville IL) 43 01/52
2100-2101 - Boston & Maine Transportation Co (Boston MA) 380-381 02/52
2102-2103 - Indianapolis Transit Inc (Indianapolis IN) 344-345 02/52
2104-2106 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co (Tucson AZ) 207-209 02/52
2107 - Central New York Coach Lines (Utica NY) 30 04/52
2108 - Gary Railways (Gary IN) 515 04/52
2109 - Indianapolis Railways Co (Indianapolis IN) 1012 04/52
2110-2118 - Capitol Transportation Co (Little Rock AR) 305-313 04/52
2119-2122 - Sun Valley Bus Lines (Phoenix AZ) 201-204 04/52
2123-2127 - DeCamp Bus Lines (Clifton NJ) 214-218 04/52
2128-2147 - San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 821-840 04/52
2148-2157 - Fort Worth Transit Co (Fort Worth TX) 910-919 04/52
2158-2162 - Albuquerque Bus Co (Albuquerque NM) 361-365 04/52
2163-2164 - Central New York Coach Lines (Utica NY) 68-69 04/52
2165-2194 - Pittsburgh Railways Co (Pittsburgh PA) 200-229 04-05/52
2195-2203 - Gary Railways (Gary IN) 516-524 06/52
2204-2205 - Vancouver-Portland Bus Co (Vancouver WA) 5201-5202 06/52
2206-2215 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co (Philadelphia PA) 102-111 06/52
2216-2217 - Roy L Dew/Dew Motor Co (St Petersburg FL) 805-806 06/52
2218-2221 - Chicago & West Towns Railway Co (Oak Park IL) 745-748 11/52
2222-2226 - Northern Indiana Transit Inc (South Bend IN) 355-359 09/52
2227-2228 - Oriole Motor Coach Lines (Pittsburgh PA) 69-70 08/52
2229-2230 - Fayette Coach Lines (Collinsville PA) - 08/52
2231-2232 - Lincoln Coach Lines (Irwin PA) 126-127 08/52
2233 - Mill Power Supply/Duke Power Co (Charlotte NC) 912 02/53
2234 - Demo to Fayette Coach Lines (Irwin PA) - 08/52
2235-2238 - Lincoln Coach Lines (Irwin PA) 109-112 06/52
2239-2240 - Central Swallow Coach Lines (Indianapolis IN) 431-432 06/52
2241 - Shell Oil Co (Houston TX) 52201 06/52
2242-2244 - Chicago & Calumet District Transit Co (Hammond IN) 500-502 06/52
2245-2251 - Chicago & Calumet District Transit Co (Hammond IN) 503-509 12/52
2252-2257 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co (Tucson AZ) 210-215 10/52
2258-2259 - Ohio River Motor Coach Co (Pittsburgh PA) 110,112 10/52
2260-2268 - Community Traction Co (Toledo OH) 2451-2459 10/52
2269-2272 - Phoenix Transit System (Phoenix AZ) 851-854 10/52
2273 - Irving Transit Co/North Newark IBOA (Newark NJ) A278 12/52
2274 - Caseyville Bus Co/Industrial Bus Lines (Caseyville IL) 44 02/52
2275-2294 - San Diego Transit System (San Diego CA) 841-860 11-12/52
2295-2299 - Portland Coach Co (Portland ME) 161-165 11/52
2300-2311 - Cincinnati Newport & Covington Railway Co (Covington KY) 261-272 12/52
2312-2316 - Evanston Bus Co (Evanston IL) 216-220 11-12/52
2317 - Sun Valley Bus Lines (Phoenix AZ) 205 01/53
2318 - Industrial Bus Lines (O'Fallon IL) 46 02/53
2319 - Mill Power Supply/Duke Power Co (Charlotte NC) 913 02/53
2320-2327 - Ohio Valley Bus Co (Huntington WV) 1501-1508 12/52
2328-2337 - Springfield Street Railway Co (Springfield MA) 371-380 01/53
2338-2342 - Intertown Suburban Lines Corp (Detroit MI) 121-125 12/52
2343-2344 - Clinton Avenue Bus Co (Union NJ) 155,417 01/53
2345-2346 - Tacoma Suburban Lines (Tacoma WA) 157-158 01/53
2347-2351 - Albuquerque Bus Co (Albuquerque NM) 366-370 01/53
2352-2356 - Augusta Coach Co (Augusta GA) 600-604 01/53
2357-2368 - Neuces Transportation Co (Corpus Christi TX) 501-512 01/53
2369-2370 - Central New York Coach Lines (Utica NY) 70-71 12/52
2371-2372 - Madison Bus Co (Madison WI) 203-204 12/52
2373-2378 - Lake Shore Coach Lines (Detroit MI) 401-406 01/53
2379-2382 - City of Euclid Municipal Bus Line (Cleveland OH) 4,1-3 01/53
2383-2387 - GMDD/City Transit Ltd (St John NB) 4507-4511 12/52
2388-2391 - Dundalk Bus Lines (Baltimore MD) 5-8 01/53
2392 - Sun Valley Bus Lines (Phoenix AZ) 206 01/53
2393-2412 - Pittsburgh Railways Co (Pittsburgh PA) 230-249 01/53
2413-2416 - Fresno City Lines Inc (Fresno CA) 5301-5304 04/53
2417-2418 - Crown Coach Co (Joplin MO) 182-183 02/53
2419-2428 - Bee Line Inc (Rockville Centre NY) 530-539 04/53
2429 7 Grand Island Transit Corp (Buffalo NY) 54 01/53
2430 - Tacoma Suburban Lines (Tacoma WA) 159 03/53
2431 - Broadview Bus Line Co (North Royalton OH) 9 03/53
2432-2477 - Public Service Coordinated Transport (Newark NJ) G300-G345 03/53
2478 - Grand Island Transit Corp (Buffalo NY) 56 04/53
2479 - Ohio River Motor Coach Co (Pittsburgh PA) 114 03/53
2480-2494 - Lehigh Transportation Co (Allentown PA) 4500-4514 04-05/53

Notes:

(1) Coach went to GM Engineering as EXP-257.

(2) Coach was built as an All-Service Vehicle.

(3) This order was built as United Transit Co (Nashville TN) #'s 621-625 in 3/51, not delivered and resold by GM to Youngstown Municipal Railway.

(4) This order was built as United Transit Co (Nashville TN) #'s 626-630 in 3/51, not delivered and resold by GM to Youngstown Municipal Railway.

(5) This order was built as United Transit Co (Nashville TN) #'s 631-650 in 3/51, not delivered and resold by GM toVirginia Transit Co.

(6) Coach 38 (serial 2093) of this order is preserved by the Ohio Museum of Transportation.

(7) Suburban style coach - Full height, paired, drop-sash side windows with no standee windows similar to the style used on the later TDH/TDM4515 models.

(8) Coach G6860 (serial 0059) of this order is preserved by the Antique Motor Coach Assn of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh PA)

(9) Coach 110 (serial 1405) of this order is preserved by the City of North Olmstead (OH)

(10) Coach E313 (serial 1901) of this order is preserved by New Jersey Transit (NJ)

(11) Coach 942 (serial 0096) of this order is preserved by Pace Suburban Bus of Arlington Heights, IL.  The bus was sold by San Diego Transit to West Towns Bus Company of Oak Park, IL where it ran until the late 1970's. The bus had a minor restoration in 1987 and is featured in parades and events. 

Coaches from GM Engineering and demonstrators typically had the coach serial number as the fleet number although not listed.

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