Gillig Transit Coach School Bus

The Gillig Transit Coach School Bus was a long running series of transit-style (rear-engined or mid-engined) school buses produced by the Gillig Corporation in Hayward, CA. The Transit Coach was first introduced in 1940 and was produced until 1982, by which time Gillig had entered the transit bus market with the introduction of the Phantom. Gillig introduced the Phantom School Bus (based on the Phantom transit bus) in 1986 but stopped production in 1993, at which time Gillig exited the school bus market altogether. The Transit Coach was one of the first transit-style school buses produced, and the C-Series models (the C-160, C-180, and C-190) were the first diesel-powered transit style school buses on the market when they were introduced in 1959. [http://www.gillig.com/New%20GILLIG%20WEB/story.htm The Gillig Story... Then and Now] , "gillig.com", retrieved on 2008-01-21] When it was introduced in 1967, the model 855-D was the highest capacity school bus ever produced, with seating for 97 pupils. Gillig Transit Coaches were frequently found in school bus fleets throughout the western United States, and some still remain in use today.

Production

ee also

*Crown Coach Corporation - former competing school bus manufacturer
*Kenworth - former competing school bus manufacturer (Kenworth sold the school bus division to Gillig, and began focusing solely on semi trucks)

References

* [http://www.gillig.com/ Gillig Corporation] , "gillig.com", retrieved on 2008-01-22
* [http://www.gilligcoaches.net Gillig Transit Coach / Pacific SchoolCoach Online Museum] , "gilligcoaches.net", retrieved on 2008-01-22
* [http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/g/gillig/gillig.htm Leo Gillig Automobile Works - Gillig Brothers] , "coachbuilt.com", retrieved on 2006-12-25
* [http://www.northern.edu/diasr/hallscott/history.htm A Brief History of Hall-Scott] , "northern.edu", retrieved on 2006-12-26

Notes

External links

* [http://www.gillig.com/ Gillig Corporation]
* [http://www.gilligcoaches.net GilligCoaches.NET]
* [http://gilligcoaches.net Gillig Transit Coach / Pacific SchoolCoach Online Museum]
* [http://busexplorer.com/PHP/FeaturePage.php?id=28 busexplorer.com Gillig Page]