Buses - USA and Canada: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Motorcoach Milestones

The Museum of Bus Transportation presents this special book about the buses that made a difference, from the first Mack bus in America, the famous and few double-deckers, postwar sightseeing buses, and the various innovative designs that defined the modern bus.

Important models, manufacturers, bus lines, innovative features and designs are featured with captions presenting their contributions to bus history. Follow the growth of the bus industry from 1895 through the 20th Century with this educational timeline of captioned photographs.

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Author:	Robert L. Smith
Details:	128 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	444 b&w and 190 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2010)
ISBN:	9781583882603

Crown Coach Corp. - School Buses, Fire Trucks and Custom Coaches

Donald Martin Brockway founded the Crown Carriage Company in 1904, the same year that Henry Ford started Ford. With no engineering department at this time, Brockway would draw the outlines of the vehicles in the dirt on the production floor as they were conceived.
This informative story of Crown's various endeavors from 1900s horse-drawn wagons through early 1990s alternative fueled buses is chronicled here and highlighted with vintage photographs and factory memorabilia including advertising items, coach emblems, and production statistics.

Not to be left out are custom built coaches for such companies like Lockheed as mobile missile tacking station, Art Linkletter mobile video coaches, and the first air conditioned tour coach in Hawaii. The company built one of the largest fleets of fire trucks in the nation for the Los Angeles City and County fire departments and other agencies, and sent high quality custom built vehicles as far away as places like Juneau, Alaska, South America and the Middle East.

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Author:	Louk Markham
Details:	128 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.43 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	234 b&w and 30 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9781583882757

New York Fifth Avenue Coach Co. 1885-1960

New York City's legendary Fifth Avenue Coach Company was famous for its double-deck buses as well as its role as a leader in public transportation in New York City. It was the first bus company with gasoline powered buses and air-conditioning, and also the last company in the US to use double-deckers, which were also the last double-deck buses built in America.

This book covers all the various bus designs used, like early horse-drawn omnibuses and buses brought over from England, early Brills built on French chassis. Buses Fifth Ave Coach built in their own garage on 102nd Street using American-made chassis. Later Yellow Coaches and GMCs.

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Author:	Oliver J; Ogden
Details:	112 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.31 in (28 x 21.5 x 0.8 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	240 b&w and 20 color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2009)
ISBN:	9781583882498

American Buses

Not long after the invention of the automobile, the motorized, multipassenger vehicle appeared on America's roads. Early buses were nothing more than extended lightweight cars that quickly evolved into sturdy, truck-based commercial conveyances by the 1920s. Since then, the variety of bus designs, styles, and purposes has been staggering.

"American Buses" features archival photography of the great American buses, from the turn-of-the-century depot hacks to the modern Greyhound and Trailways liners. From readily recognized school buses to the heavily modified luxury entertainer liners, American Buses traces all of the major bus styles from manufacturers including Mack, Yellow Coach, GMC, Flxible, Superior, and Motor Coach Industries.

Author and bus historian Donald Wood chronicles the whole history of buses that carry the nation's children, tourists, workers, and entertainers. The 300 black and white photographs of bus interiors and exteriors make American Buses a requisite for bus enthusiasts as well as those who simply crave the sights, sounds, and feel of "true Americana."

Covers intercity coaches, school buses, suburban coaches, city buses, tour and sigtseeing buses, airport buses, military and goivernment buses & more.

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Author:	Donald F. Wood
Details:	160 pages, 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.39 in (27 x 21 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	300 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Motorbooks International (USA, 1998)
ISBN:	9780760304327

Buses of ACF Photo Archive - Including ACF-Brill and CCF-Brill

American Car and Foundry (ACF), a pioneer transportation manufacturer, came into existence in 1899 as a result of the merger of 13 railroad-manufacturing companies.
After a complicated transaction in the mid-1920s, ACF had control of the Brill Corp., Hall-Scott Motor Co., and Fageol Motors Co. From the beginning, ACF built both intercity and transit buses.

ACF began to capture large orders for intercity buses, especially when the National Trailways Bus System was formed. Sharp black & white photos with in-depth captions combine to capture this important part of bus history.

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Author:	William A. Luke
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	121 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2003)
ISBN:	9781583881019

Buses of Motor Coach Industries 1932-2000 Photo Archive

This is the first and only book of its kind to cover Motor Coach Industries, one of the largest producers of motor coaches today. The company began manufacturing buses in the mid-1930s, and it has been the primary supplier of buses to Greyhound as well as many intercity bus operators.
Also some were exported to South Africa, Australia, Taiwan and South America.

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Author:	William A. Luke, Brian Grams
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	117 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2001)
ISBN:	9781583880395

Buses of Western Flyer and New Flyer Industries Photo Archive

Western Flyer Auto & Truck Body Works began producing buses in 1930 and after many name-changes continues today as New Flyer Industries. Because the company served Canada and much of North America, the buses were built to stand up to the harsh winter climates they had to operate in.
This revered bus builder has become one of the dominant players in the transit bus manufacturing industry in North America, and a leader in hybrid bus manufacturing in the U.S. and Canada. New Flyer has been named as one of Canada's most earth-friendly employers for 2008.

From breaking new ground with low-floor buses to pioneering cleaner propulsion systems, innovation and excellence have taken New Flyer to the top of the industry.

Large format vintage photographs and concise, informative captions tell the story of this innovative company and the buses it designed and built.
Bus historians and enthusiasts will all find this book both informative and entertaining.

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Author:	William A. Luke, Linda L. Metler
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	140 photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2009)
ISBN:	9781583882290

City Transit Buses of the 20th Century Photo Gallery

Packed with high-quality black and white photographs, this feast for bus aficionados features the city transit buses that operated throughout the 20th century. Over 300 heavily captioned photos provide a wealth of information on city transit buses, the companies that built them, and the companies that operated them.

As well as providing a fascinating look at the wide range of transit buses built and operated in the 20th century, the authors explore the forces at work in the bus industry that brought about the vast improvements made in transit systems and bus design.
Bus and transit enthusiasts will come back to this book over and over. A vital reference source.

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Author:	William A. Luke, Linda L. Metler
Details:	158 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	315 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2005)
ISBN:	9781583881460

Fageol & Twin Coach Buses 1922-1956 Photo Archive

An innovator in the bus business, Fageol was the first company to build a bus from the ground up, and it was called the Safety Coach. Later, in 1927, the Fageol brothers sold out and began Twin Coach.
They then built the Model 40 Twin Coach - a twin-engine city bus that began the city bus business. This bus operated for up to 20 years in many cities - a rarity at the time. In 1960, Twin Coach was bought by Flxible.

Period photos, with detailed captions, tell the story of these buses. This is a book that bus enthusiasts won't want to miss.

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Author:	William A. Luke
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	150 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2002)
ISBN:	9781583880753

Highway Buses of the 20th Century Photo Gallery

Over 300 photos combined with insightful captions to present a complete history of the intercity, charter, tour, and sightseeing bus industry throughout the 20th Century.
Each of the 11 chapters provides an overview of each important time period, including the development of styling and paint schemes, comfort, passenger seating, length/width, safety, engines, brakes, tires, transmissions, and the influence of road conditions, Federal regulations, national parks, tourism and entertainment, and international influences.

High-quality photos illustrate a vast array of bus manufacturers and bus models, including the models that were used extensively as well as some that were unusual. Represented are many interesting bus companies, their bus routes, and other interesting facts.

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Author:	William A. Luke, Linda L. Metler
Details:	160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in (28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	315 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2004)
ISBN:	9781583881217

Trailways Buses 1936-2001 Photo Archive

This Photo Archive portrays the powerful history of the Trailways bus organization, one of the largest systems of independent motorcoach operators in the world. Trailways has been in existence for some 64 years and is still running strong today, specifically in the South, East, and Pacific Northwest.
Today there are more than 2,500 coaches operating in the Trailways system serving 500 destinations in 27 states, as well as Canada and Mexico.

Now, through these historic photographs, bus and transportation enthusiasts can experience the enormous variety of bus makes and models used by the company, as well as many interesting and unusual designs.
Well-known bus enthusiast and historian William A. Luke has put together this exciting collection of photos that no bus lover should be without.

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Author:	William A. Luke
Details:	128 pages, 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (21.5 x 26 x 1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	128 b&w photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2014)
ISBN:	9781583883259