Burlington Transportation Company

History

• Started in February 1929 as a subsidiary of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
• Joined National Trailways Bus System as a founding member in 1936 as Burlington Trailways.
• Bought Black Hills Transportation Company and Platte Valley-Cheyenne Short Line in 1939.
• Bought Grand Island-Broken Bow Stages, Loup Valley Stages and Scottsbluff-Sterling Motor Lines in 1940.
• Bought Alliance-Chadron Bus Line in 1941.
• Bought Fort Collins-Laramie-Walden Stage Line in 1942.
• Bought M. C. Foster Lines in 1943.
• Bought Muscatine Davenport & Clinton Bus Company in 1944.
• Bought by American Buslines in 1946.
• Sold to Continental Trailways in 1953.
• The Burlington Trailways name was revived in 1981 by Ron and Lori Moore.

Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
450-456		1939	Yellow Coach	PG-2502			Serials - 015-021
650-651		1939	Yellow Coach	PD-3701			Serials - 013-014
625-639		1940	Yellow Coach	PD-3701			Serials - 018-032
640-659		1941	Yellow Coach	PDG-3701			Serials - 205-210, 201-204
840-869		1946	ACF	IC-41			Serials - 169-182, 291-306.
870-880		1946-47	ACF	IC-41			Silversides Serials - 494, 496-505.
881-899		1947	ACF	IC-41			894-899 have half silversides Serials - 812-824, 882-887.
900-907		1947	ACF	IC-41			Serials - 1012-1019.
5900-5925		1949	GMC	PDA-4101			Serials - 223-248
6900-6914		1949	ACF	IC-41			Silversides Serials - 1276-1287, 1309-1311.