Yellow Coach

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Front view of a Yellow Coach Model 719 of the Greyhound Lines ("Supercoach"), approx. 1938

The Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 by John D. Hertz as a subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company founded and was an early bus manufacturer in the United States . At times, the company was the largest bus manufacturer in the world.

Company history

The company's roots go back to the Gas-Electric Motorbus Company and the American Motor Bus Company , which were founded in 1913 by the brothers Stanley L. (1850 – around 1920) and Roland R. Conklin (1858–1936) in Chicago ( Illinois ) had been. By this time the Conklins were already successful business people with interests in banking, real estate, railroad companies, and mines. With the American Motor Coach Company , founded in Chicago on May 2, 1901 with start-up capital of US $ 100,000, they also operated one of the first public bus companies in the USA. With 12 vehicles he initially connected : Lincoln Park and Adams Street in Chicago. They also took part in the oldest railway line in Cuba and, in December 1912, co-founded the New York Motor Bus Company , which ran a petrol and electric bus service between 14th and 191st Streets in Manhattan .

1913 was the Conklin investors in the said gas Electric motor bus Company of Percy K. Hexter , in New York previously a subsidiary of gram - truck and a taxi company with 50  taxis branded Sultan had passed. Gas-Electric Motorbus built an innovative driving concept for a truck with a payload of 4 tn according to Hexter's plans  . Hybrid bus . A gasoline engine fed an electric motor on each rear wheel via a power transmission and controller from General Electric . In 1921 the company was taken over by the Yellow Cab Company and formed the basis for its own vehicle production, which was initially concentrated in the Yellow Cab & Coach Manufacturing Company .

In 1923 bus production was separated from taxi production and the Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company became its own subsidiary.

GJ Rackham , who began his career with the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) after World War I , was in the United States from 1922 to 1926 and saw the benefits of low-frame buses while working for Yellow Coach in Chicago. He was presumably poached by Hertz in London to organize his entry into the bus business. In 1926 he returned to England and joined Leyland as chief engineer, where he was responsible for the revolutionary Titan and Tiger models.

General Motors became the majority owner of the company in 1925 and changed its name to Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company on July 8th . new production facilities were built in Pontiac (Michigan) after 1925 . In 1928 the Chicago plant was closed and the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company , also acquired in 1925, was relocated to Pontiac. Taxis were sold as General Motors Cab from 1930 to 1936 and then discontinued; the taxi business became a business of the divisions , particularly Chevrolet and Pontiac .

During 1930, Yellow Truck & Coach invested in Greyhound Lines Corp. The well-known overland bus service was already a customer and in trouble.

In 1943 General Motors bought the remaining shares in the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company and incorporated them completely as the GM Truck & Coach Division . Although GM continued the Yellow Coach product line, the Yellow Coach brand name was replaced by GMC in 1944 . The department existed until 1987.

Models

A Yellow Coach Z-BH-602 from FACCO

Z series buses (1923–1936)

  • Z-29 - city ​​bus with front engine for 29 passengers
  • Z-63 - open top double decker bus with front engine
  • Z-66 - half-open double-decker bus with a front engine
  • Z-67 - open top double decker bus with front engine
  • ZA-199 - double decker bus with front engine
  • Z-AAAM - open top double decker bus with front engine
  • Z-AL-265 - Omnibus / trolleybus with front engine
  • Z-AQ-273
  • Z-BI-610 - coach with front engine for 32 passengers
  • Z-BP-620 - city bus with front engine for 38 passengers
  • Z-BR-602 - double-decker bus with front engine for 62 passengers
  • ZC-201 - double decker bus with front engine for 66 passengers
  • Z-CT-843
  • ZE-203 - open top double decker bus with front engine
  • ZBQ-621 - gas-electric powered double-decker bus with a front engine
  • Z-200 / Z-230 - open top double decker bus with front engine
  • Z-230-W-8 - city bus with front engine for 33 passengers
  • Z-225 - coach with front engine
  • Z-250 - front-engined coach for 33 passengers
  • Z-240 - city bus with front engine
  • Z-255 - front-engined coach for 33 passengers

Y series buses (1924–1932)

  • Y-29 - front-engined coach for 29 passengers
  • YZ-227
  • YZ-229
  • YO-254
  • YU-316

X series buses (1924–1928)

  • X-21 - front-engined coach for 17–21 passengers

W series buses (1928–1935)

  • W-21 - city or coach with front engine for 18–21 passengers

U series buses (1928–1935)

  • U-16 - city or coach with front engine for 16 passengers
  • U-29 - city or coach with front engine for 29 passengers

Class V buses (1930–1936)

  • V-29 - front-engined coach for 29 passengers
  • V-225 - city bus with front engine
  • VA-634 - coach with front engine
  • VR-819 - front-engined coach

Series 700 buses (1934–1937)

  • 700
  • 701 - trolleybus for 40 passengers
  • 702
  • 704 - city bus with rear engine for 40 passengers
  • 706 - "Queen Mary" - prototype of a double-decker bus with rear engine for 72 passengers
  • 709 - city bus with front engine for 18 passengers
  • 711 - city bus with rear engine for 28 passengers
  • 715 - city bus with front engine for 21 passengers
  • 716 - city bus with front engine for 23 passengers
  • 717
  • 718 - city bus with rear engine
  • 719 - coach with rear engine
  • 720 "Queen Mary" - double decker bus with rear engine for 72 passengers
  • 722 - rear-engined coach for 20 passengers
  • 724 - rear-engined coach for 28 passengers
  • 725 - city bus with rear engine for 32 passengers
  • 727 - city bus with rear engine for 36 passengers
  • 728 - city bus with rear engine for 32 passengers
  • 729 - Omnibus / trolleybus with rear engine
  • 731 - city bus with rear engine
  • 732 - coach with rear engine
  • 733 - city bus with front engine
  • 734 - city bus with rear engine
  • 735 - double decker bus with rear engine
  • 736 - bus with a diesel engine in the rear
  • 738 - small coach with rear engine
  • 739 - small city bus with rear engine
  • 740 - city bus with rear engine
  • 741 - gas-electric powered city bus with rear engine
  • 742 - city bus with rear engine
  • 743 - coach with rear engine
  • 744 - city bus with rear engine for 36 passengers
  • 745 - Coach with rear engine and reclining seats
  • 746 - diesel-electric powered city bus with rear engine

Class 1200 buses (1938–1940)

  • 1203 - city bus
  • 1204 - city bus
  • 1209 "Cruiserette" - touring coach with rear engine for 25 passengers
  • 1210 "Cruiserette" coach

City buses series T (1940–1942)

  • TG-2101 - city bus with front engine for 21 passengers
  • TG-2102 - City bus with front engine for 21 passengers
  • TG-2105 - city bus with front engine for 21 passengers
  • TD-2401 / TG-2401 - City bus with front engine for 24 passengers
  • TG-2402 - City bus with front engine for 24 passengers
  • TG-2405 - City bus with front engine for 24 passengers
  • TD-2501 / TDE-2501 - rear-engined city bus for 25 passengers
  • TD-2502 - City bus with rear engine for 25 passengers
  • TD-2701 / TG-2701 - rear-engined city bus for 27 passengers
  • TD-2705 / TG-2705 - rear-engined city bus for 27 passengers
  • TG-2706 - rear engine city bus for 27 passengers
  • TD-3201 / TG-3201 - City bus with rear engine for 32 passengers
  • TD-3205 / TG-3205 - rear-engined city bus for 32 passengers
  • TD-3601 / TG-3601 - rear-engined city bus for 36 passengers
  • TD-3602 / TG-3602 - rear-engined city bus for 36 passengers
  • TG-3603 - City bus with rear engine for 36 passengers
  • TD-3605 / TG-3605 - rear-engined city bus for 36 passengers
  • TD-3606 / TG-3606 - rear-engined city bus for 36 passengers
  • TD-4001 / TDE-4001 / TG-4001 - city bus with rear engine for 40 passengers
  • TDE-4002 - city bus with rear engine for 40 passengers
  • TD-4005 / TDE-4005 / TG-4005 - city bus with rear engine for 40 passengers
  • TD-4006 - rear engine city bus for 40 passengers
  • TC-4501 - city bus with rear engine for 45 passengers
  • TD-4502 / TG-4502 - City bus with rear engine for 45 passengers
  • TD-4503 - rear-engined city bus for 45 passengers
  • TD-4505 / TG-4505 - rear engine city bus for 45 passengers
  • TD-5401 - City bus with rear engine for 54 passengers

P series coaches (1940–1944)

  • PG-2501 - rear-engined coach for 25 passengers
  • PG-2502 - rear-engined coach for 25 passengers
  • PG-2503 - rear-engined coach for 25 passengers
  • PG-2504 - rear-engined coach for 25 passengers
  • PD-2901 / PG-2901 "Cruiserette" - coach with rear engine for 29 passengers
  • PG-2902 "Cruiserette" - rear-engined coach for 29 passengers
  • PDG-3701 / PGG-3701 "Silversides" - rear-engined coach for 37 passengers (built for Greyhound Lines )
  • PDA-3701 - rear-engined coach for 37 passengers (built during World War II)
  • PG-3701 - 37-passenger rear-engined coach (built during World War II)
  • PDG-4101 / PGG-4101 "Silversides" - rear-engined coach for 41 passengers (built for Greyhound Lines )

Web links

Commons : Yellow Coach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ coachbuilt.com: Gas Electric Motor Bus Co .; American Motor Bus Co., Part 1.