Hill Bus Company

History

• Established in 1924.
• Merged into Rockland Coaches on January 1, 1966.

Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
10-11		1929	ACF	511-3-H7			Ex-?; bought in 1932.
15		1929	White	54			Ex-?; bought in ?.
16		1931	White	54			Ex-?; bought in ?.
17-18		1932	White	54-A			Ex-Hudson Bus Transportation Company 10 & 8; bought in 1936.
19-23		1935	White/Bender	54
24-25		1935	White	54-A
26		1929	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches #?; bought in ?.
27		1929	White	54-A			Ex-? 1416; bought in ?.
28		1929	White	54			Ex-Frank Martz Coach Company 205; bought in 1937.
29-33	Renumbered 229-233 (1st) in 1952.
34		1929	White	54-A			Ex-Washington Bridge Express Lines 88; bought in 1939.
35		1929	White	54-A			Ex-Suburban Bus Lines 6; bought in 1939.
36	Renumbered 236 (1st) in 1952.
37	Renumbered 237 (1st) in 1952.
38-39	Renumbered 238-239 (1st) in 1952.
40-41	Renumbered 240-241 (1st) in 1952.
42		1931	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches 93; bought in 1941.
43-44		1934	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches 94-95; bought in 1941.
45		1932	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches 96; bought in 1941.
46-47		1934	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches 97-98; bought in 1941.
48		1932	White	54-A			Ex-Rockland Coaches 99; bought in 1941.
49-54	Renumbered 249-254 (1st) in 1952.
55	Renumbered 255 (1st) in 1952.
56-59	Renumbered 256-259 (1st) in 1952.
60-62	Renumbered 260-262 (1st) in 1952.
63-65		1946	White	782-10			Originally ordered for Tappan & Nyack.
66-70	Renumbered 266-270 (1st) in 1952.
71	Renumbered 271 (1st) in 1952.
72-81	Renumbered 272-281 in 1952.
82-84	Renumbered 282-284 in 1952.
85-88	Renumbered 285-288 in 1952.
89-90	Renumbered 289-290 in 1952.
91-93		1952	GMC	TDM-4509			To Rockland Transit Corporation as 422-424.
201-205		1953	GMC	TDM-5106
206-210		1954	GMC	TDM-5106
211-215		1956	GMC	TDM-5108
216-220		1957	GMC	TDM-5106
221-222		1958	GMC	TDM-5108
223-228		1960	GMC	SDM-5301
229-233 (1st)		1939	White	788-1			Ex #29-33.
229-232 (2nd), 233		1964	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
235 (1st)		1950	GMC	TDM-4509			Leased Short Line 395 in 1961.
235 (2nd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
236 (1st)		1941	White	798-1			Ex #36.
236 (2nd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
237 (1st)		1940	White	798-1			Ex #37.
237 (2nd)		1950	GMC	TDM-4509			Leased Short Line 394 in 1961.
237 (3rd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
238-239 (1st)		1940	White	798-1			Ex #38-39.
238-239 (2nd)		1951	GMC	TDM-4509			Leased Short Line 205 & 204 in 1961.
238-239 (3rd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
240-241 (1st)		1941	White	798-1			Ex #40-41.
240-241 (2nd), 242-245		1960	GMC	SDM-5301
246-248		1962	GMC	SDM-5301
249-254 (1st)		1942	White	798-1			Ex #49-54.
249-254 (2nd)		1962	GMC	SDM-5301
255 (1st)		1944	White	798			Ex #55.
255 (2nd)		1962	GMC	SDM-5301
256-259 (1st)		1944	White	798			Ex #56-59.
256-259 (2nd)		1963	GMC	SDM-5302
260-262 (1st)		1945	White	798			Ex #60-62.
260-262 (2nd), 263		1964	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
264-265		1965	GMC	SDM-5302
266-268 (1st)		1947	White	798-10			Ex #66-68.
266-268 (2nd)		1965	GMC	SDM-5302
269-270 (1st)		1947	White	798-10			Ex #69-70.
269-270 (2nd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
271 (1st)		1949	GMC	TDM-4509			Ex #71. Originally a demonstrator bus; bought in 1949.
271 (2nd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
272-273 (1st)		1945	White	798-10			Ex #72-73. Exx-Short Line 320, 319; bought in 1949.
272-273 (2nd)		1965	Flxible	FD6V-401-7
274-281		1945	White	798-10			Ex #74-81. Exx-Short Line 321-328; bought in 1949.
282-284		1940	White	788			Ex #82-84. Exx-Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway 744-746; bought in 1949.
285-288 (1st)		1949	GMC	TDM-4509			Ex #85-88.
287-288 (2nd)		1954	GMC	TDM-4515			Ex-Lakeland Bus Lines 108-109; bought in 1960.
289-290		1951	GMC	TDM-4509			Ex #89-90.
291-295		1952	GMC	TDM-5104
418-419		1945	White	798			Ex-Hudson Bus Transportation Company 418-419; bought in 1958.

Buses with unknown fleet numbers

# of buses	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
2		1932
3		1933	ACF	508
2		1929	ACF	508-12-P12			Ex-?; bought in 1933.