History of General Motors - Yellow Coach – Part 2 of 5

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Greyhound was one of the first passenger bus companies to buy Yellow Coach buses.

There was only one entrance door rather than one at each row of seats as in the original buses.  Some buses had doors in the front and some in the rear of the bus.

There were still luggage racks on the roof, but they also had overhead racks inside for smaller carry-ons.  There were no luggage bays back then.

Air Conditioning was becoming popular in the 1930s. It made riding in hot weather a bit more comfortable and they didn't all have to ride with the windows open as they still do in many buses in Mexico.

Flat nose buses were becoming popular as well, rather than the conventional nose buses making better use of space inside.

Some of the smaller coaches had 1 & 2 seating, as they were not wide enough for 2 & 2 seating.

Angle drive gearboxes were invented so they could install engines sideways in a bus thereby consuming less room and leading to larger luggage bays in the bus.

As prices of fuel skyrocketed to over 20 cents per gallon, they started streamlining buses to make them more fuel efficient and to look slicker.

Starting in 1933, the Queen Mary's were double-decker buses. They were great for revenue service as they had a lot of seats.

In 1934, GM and Greyhound engineers got together to design a unique coach to be used only by Greyhound called the Super-Coach. They had lavish interiors and reclining seats and were very comfortable to try to win over passengers.

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