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[Stalwart23]

Here is a roster of the old North Shore Bus Company, taken from the April-May 1977 issue of Motor Coach Age page 15.

[list]North Shore Bus Co. (1928-1947; earlier information not complete)

Bus # Builder Model Serial # # pass. Year Notes

500 White ? ? ? ?
501-503 P-A Z 9211017, 9212005, 9214001 25 1925
504-506 Yellow Z-L-210 1055, 1380, 1414 29 1925
507-508 White 50-A 91261, 92166 25 1922
509-510 P-A Z 9217021, 9217028 25 1925
511 Yellow Z-L-210 1037 29 1925 (1925) Demo?
512-515 Yellow Z-AF-258 1636, 1635, 1677, 1681 29 1926
516-519 White 50-A 105119, 104660, 107242, 119187 25 1924
520-521 Yellow Z-AF-258 1712, 1696 29 1927
522-523 White 50-A 122028, 122855 25 1925
524-527 Yellow Z-AAT-318 1870-1873 29 1927
528-529 Flint ? 3403, 4120 17 1925
530-533 Yellow Z-AZ-290 110069, 110070, 110074, 110077 29 1928
534-539 Yellow Z-AAZ-326 110089, 110087, 110088, 110071, 110073, 110068 29 1928
540-544 Yellow Z-AAW-323 115077, 115078, 115075, 115076, 115079 29 1928
II 501-503, 507-510, 516-519, 522,
528-529, 545 Mack AB 594312, 594302, 594301, 594307, 594313, 594315, 594300, 594299, 594314, 594310, 594316, 594303, 594311, 594309, 594304 29 1928
546-550 Yellow Z-AAT-318 1930, 1855, 1927, 1929, 1928 29 1927 (1928) ?
551-557 Mack AB 59915, 59125, 59953, 59488, 591012, 59892, 59895 25 1925 (1929) William A. Eaton Line
560-563 ACF 508-2-B3 21598-21601 29 1928
570-573 Yellow Z-BM-617 125, 124, 127, 126 38 1930
575 Twin 40 984 38 1931 (1932) ?
576 Yellow 704 017 40 1933
577-581 Yellow 705 024, 021, 022, 020, 023 40 1933
600 White 54-A 165017 33 1930
601-615 Yellow Z-BI-610 135, 138, 156, 145, 137, 139, 142, 144, 136, 157, 143, 146, 166, 165, 167 33 1930
616-625 White 54-A 175514, 175195, 175519, 175180, 175513, 175512, 175511, 17515, 175463, 175505 37 1931
626 Pickwick Duplex 143D 62 1931 Re# 700 in 1932, 500 in 1935
626-635 White 54-A 178470, 178467, 178469, 178473, 178468, 178476, 178471, 178475, 178472, 178474 37 1932 New 36-pass. Body on 634 in 1935
636-641 Yellow Z-CJ-649 071, 074, 075, 073, 072, 070 37 1933 Some later 45-pass.
642-671 White 684 186555, 187014, 186597, 187040, 187042, 187041, 187062-187064, 187245, 187235, 187265, 187244, 187236, 187264, 187814-187817, 187840, 187841, 187886-187888, 187914-187916, 187965, 187966, 187969 30 1935
672-686 Twin 37-R 51144-51158 36 1935
700-714 Twin 40-R 53021-53035 40 1935
715-724 Twin 40-R 53050-53059 40 1936
501-530 White 687 199775, 199963, 200062, 200023, 200063, 200064, 600113, 200114, 200196, 200159, 200170, 200198, 200197, 200223, 200225, 200224, 200257, 200275, 200258, 200256, 200176, 200319, 200322, 200318, 200324-200326, 200323, 200320, 200321 40 1937
531-538 Twin 23-R 95750-95757 23 1937
1-119 Twin 40-RL 39146-39264 40 1939
120 Twin 40-RL 39106 40 1939 (1939) Demo
121-130 Twin 41-G 39325-39334 40 1939
131-145 Twin 41-G 39715-39729 40 1941
200-224 Twin 40 1016, 1017, 1023, 1099, 1080, 1058, 1037, 1093, 1034, 1054, 1105, 1041, 1091, 1094, 1020, 1038, 1039, 1069, 1088, 1092, 1090, 1078, 1073, 1030, 1046 37 1931 (1939) Brooklyn Bus Corp. 200, 201, 207, 283, 264, 242, 221, 277, 218, 238, 289, 225, 275, 278, 204, 222, 223, 253, 272, 276, 274, 262, 257, 214, 230
150-159 Twin 41-S 4-13 40 1946
251-252 Reo 96-HTD 7006, 7081 31 1945 (1946) ?

To city ownership in 1947: 1-145 (Zone D); 150-159, 251-252, 500, 501-530, 531-538, 570-573, 634, 642-671, 672-676, 678-686, 700-714 and 715-724 (Zone B); total 271 buses.
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Stalwart23

[Mr. Linsky]

Stalwart,

Very nice presentation, and probably the first to touch upon a North Shore roster on this site.

BTW; as the unofficial welcoming committee here at BusTalk, let me do just that and say that we look forward to your valued input.

In the meantime, I'm going to add a few photos below to compliment your report.

Note that the first image is of a 1947 GM TDH 4507 which was one of a number ordered by the company just before the official city takeover, and that the original gray North Shore livery was changed to NYC colors at T & C in Pontiac before delivery (no fleet numbers had been assigned at the time the photo was taken).

More information on the Yellow Coach demonstrator (bottom photo) may be found in the 'Bus Nostalgia' index under 'Manufacturers' elsewhere on this board.

Photo credit; Motor Bus Society

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