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GM TDH4801 U.S. Production List

Transit / 6-71 Diesel Engine / Hydraulic Transmission / 48 passenger / Model 01

Manufactured from 1953 to 1958

Serial # Notes Property Fleet Number Delivery Date
0001-0035 - Pacific Electric Railway (Los Angeles CA) 2900-2934 05/53
0036-0065 1 Metropolitan Coach Lines (Los Angeles CA) 301-330 10/53
0066-0165 - Metropolitan Coach Lines (Los Angeles CA) 400-499 04/54
0166-0265 6 Los Angeles Transit Lines (CA) 6500-6599 11-12/54
0266-0348 - Metropolitan Coach Lines (Los Angeles CA) 501-583 02-03/55
0349-0368 - Metropolitan Coach Lines (Los Angeles CA) 600-619 09/56
0369-0378 - San Diego Transit System (CA) 501-510 09/56
0379-0398 7 San Diego Transit System (CA) 511-530 08/57
0399-0406 - City of Santa Monica/Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines (CA) 4801-4808 08/57
0407-0456 2 Los Angeles Transit Lines (CA) 5100-5149 03-04/58
0457-0506 3-5 Metropolitan Coach Lines (Los Angeles CA) 620-669 03-04/58
0507-0526 - San Diego Transit System (CA) 531-550 04/58
0527-0547 4 Bay Area Public Transit Corp/Key System Transit Lines (Oakland CA) 2100-2120 04/58

Notes:

(1) Key System Transit Lines originally ordered 100 coaches for the 2100-2199 series but cancelled the order. Coaches that were built prior to the order being cancelled went to Metropolitan Coach Lines.

(2) Originally built as Los Angeles Transit Lines 5100-5149 but delivered directly to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority.

(3) Originally built as Metropolitan Coach Lines but transferred to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority upon receipt and renumbered as 5150 - 5199.

(4) Coach 2102 (serial 0529) of this order is preserved by Andy Goddard (San Diego CA).

(5) Coach 654 (serial 0491) of this order is preserved by Ralph Cantos (CA) as renumbered coach 5184.

(6) Coach 6583 (serial 0249) of this order is preserved by Graham Wood (AB)

(7) Coach 517 (serial 0385) of this order is preserved by Richard and Chris Stauffer (CA)

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

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