Eagle - The Movie

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Eagle - The Movie

https://youtu.be/76Bf_YL-3xI


Buses started out as stretched automobiles called "Jitneys"

Learn where the Eagle car came from

The Greyhound Lines were buying up several bus companies

Greyhound then made an exclusive deal with Yellow Coach

The Silverside bus was created

National Trailways Bus System was incorporated

Continental Trailways was born

The GM-4104 with air ride suspension was born around 1954 changing the bus industry

American Bus Lines was born and their buses ran coast-to-coast

The GM-4501 deck-and-a-half bus, the Scenicruiser came out next changing the bus industry

Brill then copied GM to create their own deck-and-a-half bus

Flxible then came out with a 35' deck-and-a-half bus, but it lacked large baggage bays

In 1956, the 01 Eagle was born with a Mann diesel engine with the 6-speed ZF transmission

See Eagle serial number 001, the first Eagle bus rolled out

The first Eagles came with a Sauna in the back of the bus

5-Star Eagle service began in 1956 with Flight Attendants and a mini-galley in the rear of the bus

The 60 foot-long articulated Golden Eagle was born. A total of five were built.

One of the earlier articulated buses had the back trailer of the bus converted into a horse trailer.  One was turned into an entertainer coach where the back portion of the bus turned into an equipment trailer.

In 1958 the first Silver Eagles appeared and had a destination sign in the front

Learn why white wall tires didn't last long on Eagle buses

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[Van]