Hello everyone!Welcome to Eddie's Railfan Page. Today we are celebrating "Bus Day" here at My blog site. The old bus shown here is a 1951 General Motors TDH Series bus. This bus originally worked for a company called "Chicago Motor Coach", wich later was merged into the 1947 formed "Chicago Transit Authority. This bus was retired in the early 1970's from service on the streets of Chicago Illinois USA. Prior to 1947 , Chicago's transit operations -Streetcars -Rapid Transit -and Buses, were all operated as seperate companies. In may of 1947, The Chicago Surface Lines (Streetcars) and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company (Subways and Elevateds) Merged and became CTA. The Chicago Motor Coach Company joined CTA in the year of 1952. I rode these buses as a kid, and remember seeing pictures of them in the newspapers being stranded during the blizzard of 1967.
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Eddie - This question doesn't involve TDH buses - I was wondering about "fishbowl" buses, why does the Flxible and GM buses look so similar? Was there a design parameter they had to conform to??
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