General Motors TDH-5301

General Motors TDH-5301
Years of manufacture	1959 to 1963
Length	40 feet
Width	102 inches
Power/Fuel	Diesel

The General Motors TDH-5301 was a 40 foot New Look built from 1959 to 1962 in the United States and from 1961 to 1963 in Canada. There were 3,980 built in total: 3,794 by General Motors Corporation in the United States and 186 by General Motors Diesel Division in Canada.

Specifications

Engine

• Detroit Diesel 6V71N

Transmission

• Allison VH

Operators

Canada

• Airdrie Transit - Airdrie, AB
• Autobus Bélair
• Autobus Drolet - Ancienne Lorette, QC
• Autocars Fournier - QC
• Barrie Transit - Barrie, ON
• Beaver Bus Lines - Winnipeg, MB
• Calgary Transit System - Calgary, AB
• Canadian Premier Charters
• Commission de transport de la communauté regionale de l'Outaouais (CTCRO) - Outaouais region, QC
• CTCUM - Montréal, QC
• Commission de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal - Longueuil, QC
• Commission de transport de la ville de Laval - Laval, QC
• Commission de transport de Montréal - Montréal, QC
• Corporation intermunicipale de transport de la Rive-Sud de Québec - Levis, QC
• Edmonton Transit System - Edmonton, AB
• Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission - Winnipeg, MB
• Markham Transit - Markham, ON
• Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg - Winnipeg, MB
• Metropolitan Sud - Montreal, QC
• Ottawa Transportation Commission - Ottawa, ON
• Provincial Transport - Montreal, QC
• Regina Transit - Regina, SK
• Saskatoon Transit - Saskatoon, SK
• Strathcona County Transit - Sherwood Park, AB
• Toronto Transit Commission - Toronto, ON
• Winnipeg Transit - Winnipeg, MB

United States

• AC Transit - Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, CA
• Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company - New York, NY
• Chicago and Calumet District Transit Company - Hammond, IN
• Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago, IL
• Columbus Transit Company - Columbus, OH
• Command Bus Company - Brooklyn, NY
• DC Transit System - Washington, DC
• Denver Regional Transit District - Denver, CO
• Denver Tramway Corporation - Denver, CO
• Detroit Street Railway - Detroit, MI
• Fifth Avenue Coach Lines - Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, and Westchester County, NY
• Great Lakes Transit Corporation - Birmingham, MI
• Green Bus Lines - Jamaica, NY
• HouTran - Houston, TX
• Honolulu Rapid Tranist Lines - Honolulu, HI
• Indiana University Campus Bus Service - Bloomington, IN
• Inter-County Motor Coach - Babylon, NY
• Kansas City Transit - Kansas City, MO/KS
• KCATA - Kansas City, MO/KS
• Lake Shore Coach Lines - (Suburban) Detroit, MI
• Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority - Los Angeles, CA
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Boston, MA
• Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) - Memphis & Shelby County, TN
• Metropolitan Transit - Dearborn, MI
• Metropolitan Transit Authority - Boston, MA
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County - Houston, TX
• Milwaukee and Suburban Transport Corporation - Milwaukee, WI
• Niagara Frontier Transit System - Buffalo, NY
• NFTA Metro - Buffalo & Niagara Frontier Region, NY
• New York City Transit Authority - New York City, NY
• Peerless Stages - Oakland, CA
• Pierce Transit - Tacoma and Pierce County, WA
• Rapid Transit Lines - Houston, TX
• RIPTA - Rhode Island
• Richfield Bus Company - Bloomington, MN
• Rogue Valley Transportation District - Medford, OR
• San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) - San Mateo County, CA
• Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines - Santa Monica, CA
• South Suburban Safeway Lines - Harvey, IL
• Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) - Cincinnati, OH
• St. Louis Metro - St. Louis, MO
• St. Louis Public Service Company - St. Louis, MO
• Suburban Transit System - Oak Lawn, IL
• Surface Transportation Corporation - Manhattan and The Bronx, NY
• Suffolk County Transit - Suffolk County, NY
• Triboro Coach Corporation - Jackson Heights, NY
• TriMet - Portland, OR
• Unitrans - Davis, CA
• WMATA - Washington D.C./Northern VA/MD

Demonstrator units

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	Serial	Engine	Transmission	Notes
?		1959	1	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in November 1959 to GM de Mexico.
?		1959	2	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in July 1960 to Westside Transit Lines 2012.
?		1959	628	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM Engineering Sold in October 1959 to Broadview Bus Line Company 628.
?		1960	709	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in July 1960 to Knoxville Transit Lines 700.
?		1960	1520	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in February 1961 to Memphis Area Transit Authority 800.
?		1961	2443	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in May 1964 to Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Transit Company 324.
?		1961	2444	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in May 1964 to Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Transit Company 325.
?		1961	2782	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in April 1963 to Westside Transit Lines 1225.
?		1961	2783	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM Engineering Sold in April 1963 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation 1227.
?		1961	2824	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM Engineering Rebuilt as a TDH-5303 prototype Sold in December 1964 to Port Authority Transit 1959.
?		1962	3143	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM Engineering
?		1962	3440	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	GM demo Sold in April 1963 to Westside Transit Lines 1226.

Preserved coaches

Year	Thumbnail	Serial	Original owner	Fleet number	Current owner
1959		119	Cleveland Transit System	641	Ohio Museum of Transportation
1959		286	New York City Transit Authority	100	Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York
1959		475	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	5302	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1960		653	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	5224	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1960		1568	Edmonton Transit System	438	Edmonton Transit System
1960		1577	Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission	158	Private Owner
1961		2099	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	5237	Private owner; originally bought by Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1961		2108	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	5246	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1961		2158	Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority	5441	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1961		2203	Western Greyhound Lines	9706	Pacific Bus Museum
1961		2561	New York City Transit Authority	1059	Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York
1961		C006	Ottawa Transportation Commission	6101	OC Transpo
1961		C010	Autobus Drolet	66, later CTCUQ 6120	Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation
1962		3349	New York City Transit Authority	2151	Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York
1962		3428	Indianapolis Transit System	1404	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1962		3463	Kansas City Transit	536	Private Owner
1962		3629	Milwaukee and Suburban Transport Corporation	1578	David Buzek
1963		3639	Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines	5321	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1962		3646	Chicago Transit Authority	301	Chicago Transit Authority
1962		3720	Chicago Transit Authority	375	Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum

External Links

• Ohio Museum of Transportation - TDH-5301 US production list
• Transit Canada - TDH-5301 / TDH-5302 Canadian production list

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