Good Afternoon,

I am a CR&L Lines fan. Through my membership in the Socirty (I've been a member since 1967), I have accumulated a an excellent roster of CR&L equipment. Growing up in the Bridgeport area, I have a pretty good idea of buses assigned to the Bridgeport Divison, but I have no information on assignments to the New Britain, Waterbury. Norwalk, and Derby Divisions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Steve Varholy

From:  STEPHEN L. MEYERS   SREYEMSL@AOL.COM        

Posted:  July 27, 2010

From:  Murray Friedman, murrayfriedman47@gmail.com

Posted:  June 16, 2010

My Interests in Surface (Buses) transportation has been fully concentrated from (Newspaper Clippings, personal notes, etc.), and have been Archived through extensive research, of the New York City bus industry. The material I have begins in 1880 (Street Cars), and pursues the subject quite accurately and independently yet, there is a void I have reached and consequently my questions are directed to The Department of Buses for your assistance. 

This includes the years 1970-1975, in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, with the renumbering and renaming of certain bus routes along with the dates of implementation, for example;  

M-3-49^th and 50^th Streets Cross town former number to the M27/50 contemporary route.

Bx17-Allerton Avenue initially extended to Co-op City in 1971? And renumbered the Bx15C.

 I have exhausted all reference material available to the public, and I trust you will be kind enough to assist me in the revitalization of the surface transit archival process, with your help. Allow me to extend my personal regards you, and especially to your loved ones.

 I can be reached by E-Mail @   murrayfriedman47@gmail.com

 Thank you, respectfully yours;

              Murray Friedman

From: Gerald Stephenson [jjstep@sbcglobal.net]

Posted:  September 24, 2010

Dear bus historians:

I have been a Greyhound bus fan all of my life and have done extensive research into the origins of the company,etc. From my research the very first bus to have the "Greyhound" nickname was operated by a company known as the Eastern Wisconsin Transportation Company. This company was formed in August of 1921 and was headed by E. D. Stone. The first newspaper reference to the use of the "Greyhound" nickname  appeared in the Oct. 16,1922 edition of the Stevens Point, Wisconsin paper (copy of article attached). I assume the 15 passenger busses they refer to in the article are identical to the one pictured in the Feb. 8,1922 newspaper ad in the Madison, Wisconsin paper (copy of ad attached). There are a number of references to "Greyhound" busses in Wisconsin newspapers in 1922 and 1923. At some point in 1923 Edwin (Ed) Eckstrom acquired a controlling interest in the company. In the Aug. 16, 1923 Madison, Wisconsin newspaper ad is pictured a 22 passenger bus clearly dubbed "The Greyhound" (copy of ad enclosed). This company was sold in April of 1924.  In June of 1924 Eckstrom started a new company in Michigan with four 22 passenger Fageol busses. The busses operated between Grand Rapids and Muskegon.  Early newspaper ads for this company, the Safety Motor Coach Lines,  call these busses "Greyhounds of the highway" . In May of 1925 the newspaper ads started showing the running dog logo and the slogan "Ride the Greyhounds" (copies of 2 early examples are enclosed).

It is my sincere hope that this information clears up some of the mystery aboutthe first busses called "Greyhound" and the first ones to carry the dog logo. If you have any information to ad to my findings I would be greatly interested.

Thanks,

Gerald Stephenson

Greetings from Sweden!

My name is Tomas Karlsson. A year ago I bought a 1966 GMC conversion bus from John F Turner in Little Rock AR. Before him it was owned by the Anheuser Busch Distributor in Arkansas. I have found that before that it was owned by Charles B Pierce Motion Picture Productions Inc. Before that it was converted by Custom Coach Columbus OH. The job was ordered by -I think- Key GMC Cinncinati. They had bought it from GMC who had used it as a test vehicle with no interior.

With the low serial number, that make sense to me.

The reason I am contacting your organisation is that I am trying to get the whole history around this vehicle. I am restoring it and I would like to get it back in a shape as close as possible to how it appeared when it was new.

I bought the book "GM Intercity Coaches 1944-1980 Photo Archive" and that´s where I found your address.

I have attached pics of how my bus looks like now. The colors are white, red and gold. I think red and gold is added by the Budweiser distributors.

I thought that the layout on the paintjob was a later modification until I saw on page 90 in the book mentioned above. There´s a picture of PD 4107-001 and the paint scheme is almost the same as on my bus.

Sadly enough the picture is in black and white. I am searching all over for pictures of my bus from the early days. I have failed so far.

Next winter I have planned to repaint it and I hope I can get a clue of how it looked when new. I scratched the paint and found metallic blue under the red stripes.

If you can help me on this matter it would be highly appreciated.

If you only give information to members of your organisation it´s not a problem for me to join if you have anything around this bus. But it would be easier to pay if Visa or Paypal was accepted.

Have a great day!

Tomas Karlsson

Umeå, Sweden