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The Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 as a subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company by John D. Hertz and was an early player in bus] manufacturing in the United States.

General Motors became a majority owner of the company in 1925 and changed the name to the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company. In 1943 General Motors purchased the company outright and folded it into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division. Although GM continued with the Yellow Coach product line, the Yellow Coach badge gave way to the GM nameplate in 1944.

Contents 1 Models produced 1.1 Z-model buses (1923-1936) 1.2 Y-model buses (1924-1932) 1.3 X-model buses (1924-1928) 1.4 W-model buses (1928-1935) 1.5 U-model buses (1928-1935) 1.6 V-model buses (1930-1936) 1.7 700-series buses (1934-1937) 1.8 1200-series buses (1938-1940) 1.9 T-series transit buses (1940-1942) 1.10 P-series parlor coaches (1940-1944) 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

• Z-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• Z-63 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
• Z-66 - front-engine double-decker semi-enclosed transit bus
• Z-67 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
• Z-A-199 - front-engine double-decker transit bus
• Z-AAAM - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
• Z-AL-265 - front-engine transit "All Service Vehicle" (combination bus/trolleybus)
• Z-AQ-273
• Z-BI-610 - 32 passenger, front engine parlor coach
• Z-BP-620 - 38 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• Z-BR-602 - 62 passenger, front-engine double-decker transit bus
• Z-C-201 - 66 passenger, front-engine double-decker transit bus
• Z-CT-843
• Z-E-203 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
• ZBQ-621 - front-engine double-decker gas-electric powered transit bus
• Z-200/Z-230 - front-engine double-decker open-top transit bus
• Z-230-W-8 - 33 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• Z-225 - front-engine parlor coach
• Z-250 - 33-passenger, front-engine parlor coach
• Z-240 - front-engine transit bus
• Z-255 - 33 passenger, front-engine parlor coach

• Y-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
• Y-Z-227
• Y-Z-229
• Y-O-254
• Y-U-316

• X-21 - 17-21 passenger, front-engine parlor coach

• W-21 - 18-21 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach

• U-16 - 16 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach
• U-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine transit or parlor coach

• V-29 - 29 passenger, front-engine parlor coach
• V-225 - front-engine transit bus
• V-A-634 - front-engine parlor coach
• VR-819 - front-engine parlor coach

• 700
• 701 - 40 passenger, transit trolleybus
• 702
• 704 - 40 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 706 - "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, 'straight-in' rear-engine double-decker prototype transit bus (one only built)
• 709 - 18 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• 711 - 28 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 715 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• 716 - 23 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• 717
• 718 - rear-engine transit bus
• 719 - rear-engine parlor coach
• 720 "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, rear-engine double-decker transit bus
• 722 - 20 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• 724 - 28 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• 725 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 727 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 728 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 729 - rear-engine transit "All Service Vehicle" (combination bus/trollybus)
• 731 - rear-engine transit bus
• 732 - rear-engine parlor coach
• 733 - front-engine transit bus
• 734 - rear-engine suburban bus
• 735 - rear-engine double-decker transit bus
• 736 - rear-engine diesel-powered bus
• 738 - rear-engine small parlor coach
• 739 - rear-engine small transit bus
• 740 - rear-engine transit bus
• 741 - rear-engine gas-electic powered transit bus
• 742 - rear-engine suburban bus
• 743 - rear-engine parlor coach
• 744 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• 745 - rear-engine sleeper coach
• 746 - rear-engine diesel-electric powered transit bus

• 1203 - transit bus
• 1204 - transit bus
• 1209 "Cruiserette" - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• 1210 "Cruiserette" - parlor coach

• TG-2101 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TG-2102 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TG-2105 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TD-2401/TG-2401 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TG-2402 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TG-2405 - 24 passenger, front-engine transit bus
• TD-2501/TDE-2501 - 25 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• TD-2502 - 25 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• TD-2701/TG-2701 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-2705/TG-2705 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TG-2706 - 27 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3201/TG-3201 - 32 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3205/TG-3205 - 32 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3601/TG-3601 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3602/TG-3602 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TG-3603 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3605/TG-3605 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-3606/TG-3606 - 36 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-4001/TDE-4001/TG-4001 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TDE-4002 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-4005/TDE-4005/TG-4005 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-4006 - 40 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TC-4501 - 45 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
• TD-4502/TG-4502 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-4503 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-4505/TG-4505 - 45 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus
• TD-5401 - 54 passenger, rear-engine "old-look" transit bus

• PG-2501 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PG-2502 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PG-2503 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PG-2504 - 25 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PD-2901/PG-2901 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PG-2902 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
• PDG-3701/PGG-3701 "Silversides" - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built for Greyhound Lines)
• PDA-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built during WWII)
• PG-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built during WWII)
• PDG-4101/PGG-4101 "Silversides" - 41 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach (built for Greyhound Lines)

• GM Truck & Coach Division
• GM "old-look" transit bus
• Transit bus
• Coach (vehicle) - parlor coach
• Trolleybus
• Toronto Transportation Commission - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
• Hamilton Street Railway - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
• Chicago Motor Coach - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses
• Chicago Surface Lines - large purchaser of Yellow Coach buses

• Stauss, Ed (1988). The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses, Woodland Hills, CA: Stauss Publications. ISBN 0-9619830-0-0

• Luke, William A. & Metler, Linda L. (2005). City Transit Buses of the 20th Century, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-146-8

• Luke, William A. & Metler, Linda L. (2004). Highway Buses of the 20th Century, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-121-2

• Luke, William A. (2001). Yellow Coach Buses - 1923-1943 Photo Archive, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-054-2

• McKane, John H. & Squier, Gerald L. (2006). Welcome Aboard the GM New Look Bus, Hudson, WI: Iconografix. ISBN 1-58388-167-0

• Plachno, Larry (2002). Greyhound Buses Through the Years - Part I, Polo, Il: National Bus Trader Magazine, November, 2002

• Ohio Museum of Transportation, omot.org, retrieved on 2006-12-22

• Coachbuilt.com - Yellow Coach, coachbuilt.com, retrieved on 2006-12-23

• New York Public Library - Photographs of General Motors and Chrysler car and truck models, 1902-1938, nypl.org, retrieved on 2006-12-23

• Coach Information Network, coachinfo.com, retrieved on 2006-12-23

• Coachbuilt - Yellow Coach
• Photographs of General Motors and Chrysler car and truck models, 1902-1938
• List of production figures for Yellow/GM "old-look" buses