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Command Bus Company 1981 Roster

 
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Stalwart23




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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:50 pm    Post subject: Command Bus Company 1981 Roster Reply with quote

The following bus roster of Command Bus Company was taken from the March/April 1981 issue of Motor Coach Age.

The roster is intended for educational purposes for any bus fanatic/historian of this chat board.

Bus No., Builder, Model, Serial No., Passengers, Year, Year sold to Command, Former operator

200-202, GM, TDH 5301, (1421, 1434, 1431), 53, 1960, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1441-1443
203-205, GM, TDH 5301, (1428, 1405, 1403), 53, 1960, (1979), Pioneer Bus 1445-1447
206, GM, TDH 5301, (1396), 53, 1960, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1449
207-210, GM, TDH 5304, (534-537), 53, 1964, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1223-1226
211-212, GM, SDM 5302, (242-243), 49, 1964, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 4000, 5000
213-214, GM, SDM 5302, (493-494), 49, 1965, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 6000, 7000
215-218, GM, TDH 5304, (1274-1277), 53, 1966, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 433-436
219-221, GM, TDH 5304, (1077-1079), 53, 1966, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1801-1803
222-223, GM, TDH 5304, (1046-1047), 53, 1966, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1807-1808
224-226, GM, TDH 5304, (1957-1959), 53, 1967, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1804-1806
227-228, GM, SDM 5302, (863-864), 53, 1966, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 8000, 9000
229-233, GM, T6H 5306A, (049-052, 048), 53, 1968, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1227-1231
234-235, GM, TDH 5304, (2028, 2032), 53, 1967, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1809-1810
236-237, GM, T6H 5306A, (046, 044), 53, 1968, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 1812-1813
238-240, GM, T8H 5306A, (033-035), 53, 1969, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 430-432
241-250, GM, T6H 5308A, (003-012 mixed), 51, 1972, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 7421-7430
251-265, GM, T6H 5308A, (058-072), 53, 1973, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 7401-7415
266-270, GM, T6H 5308A, (213-217), 53, 1974, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 7416-7420
271-287, GM, P8M 4905A, 1993-2009, 53, 1978, (1979), Pioneer Bus Corp. 7431-7447
288-290, GM, TDH 5301, (3443-3444, 3446), 53, 1962, (1980), Triboro Coach Corp. 796-797, and 799

I hope to add the Pioneer Bus Roster from 1954-1979 as soon as I can.

Stalwart23
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Mr. Linsky
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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stalwart23,

As the head of the unofficial welcoming committee, let me take this opportunity to say 'glad to have you aboard', and looking forward to your most interesting posts.

I was never much into the operation of Pioneer/Command because it came about after my time at Green Line, but I would certainly be interested in knowing more about Pioneer and what kind of equipment they operated especially pre New Look.

Your Command roster is great!

Thanks for sharing.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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Free-transfer



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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr. Linsky,

Submitted for your perusal...A former GBL on the B-100
(notice the GBL seal on the side) 5-31-74

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nycbusfan




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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for posting that photo. I'm in that area all the time and it has really changed alot.
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Mr. Linsky
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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Free-transfer,

Nice picture of Pioneer # 412 which was ex Green Line # 412 and one of 30 (401 ro 430) GM TDH 5301's delivered to the company in three shipments between July 1960 and June 1961.

#'s 412 to 416 went to Pioneer Bus Corporation as 412 to 416 in 1973.

#'s 401 to 404 went to Avenue 'B' and East Broadway Transit as #'s 507 to 510 in 1972.

#'s 406 to 409 went to Denver Metro as #'s 101 to 105 in 1973

The balance of the New Look 400's were scrapped.

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, NY
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PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks! I added this information to this Pioneer/Command/Varsity roster.
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Waynejay



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It definitely looks familiar. When I was a Baruch student in the mid 80s I remember seeing much of these buses being used by Command. Most of these buses had clearly seen better days. Command had also rec'd some much needed new RTSs.
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Hart Bus



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PostPosted: Mon May 26, 2008 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

An update and expansion on the above data.

1 - Bus # 235 - According to Joe Saitta's caption to the 5/10-5/16/98 week of his Mega-Calendar, this bus started out as #658 of Mid-Island Transit, then went to Pioneer as #1810, then to Command as 235 then leased to Green Bus Lines as # 1235 when it was photographed by Doug Grotjan.

I saw this bus in the DOT yard in East Carnarsie on 6/7/00 & 8/23/00 awaiting disposition.
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