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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629

Just recieved another relic for my archives; this piece is a pocket TT for SOUTHERN KANSAS GREYHOUND LINES, effective October 20, 1950.

Cover shows a handsome ACF-BRILL IC-41, followed by the following listing of towns/cities served:

KANSAS CITY

LAWRENCE

IOLA

CHANUTE

INDEPENDENCE

COFFEYVILLE

BARTLESVILLE

TULSA

DALLAS

FORT WORTH

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject:

Panel on inside cover reads:

SOUTHERN KANSAS GREYHOUND LINES

PROVIDES THE SHORTEST ROUTE AND THE FASTEST TIME TO AND THROUGH TULSA AND KANSAS CITY GATEWAYS

"AIR CONDITIONED BUSES" is displayed in bold print inside.

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject:

Other bus lines listed:

NEX MEXICO TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

M.K. & O. TRAILWAYS

CONTINENTAL DIXIE LINES

OVERLAND GREYHOUND

JEFFERSON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

PACIFIC GREYHOUND LINES

SOUTHWESTERN GREYHOUND LINES

TEXAS BUS LINES

AMERICAN BUS LINES

CONTINENTAL CENTRAL

WESTERN LINES

TRANSPORTES DEL NORDE

roymanning2000 · Age: 77 Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

Souhtern Kansas Greyhound was jointly owned by Greyhound and Continental Trailways. Trailways acquired their interest through the purchase of Santa Fe Trail Transportation, one of the founding members of the Trailways association, in the late forties. Santa Fe Trail was a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railway.

The management of Southern Kansas alternated back and forth between Greyhound and Trailways on an annual basis. Greyhound ran it one year, then Trailways for the next year, and so on. Sounds like a strange set-up but apparently it worked. The equipment roster reflected the joint ownership with Eagles and MCI's making up the fleet.

Roy

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:32 am Post subject:

Roy.....

Great info!

Thanks again!

NYO