MTA
Buses: 1951-1963
In 1951, the Boston Street
Railway passed on the torch to the Metropolitan Transit
Authority. Within the span of 12 years, the MBTA purchased
several series of traditional-style GM Old Looks, Macks, Whites, and
the popular "fishbowl" buses, technically called "New Looks." The MBTA, upon purchasing
the Eastern Mass Railways bus operations in 1968, also inherited its
fleet of buses - some of which had seen better days - and merely
slapped MBTA logos on them. It wasn't until 1970-1971 that the
former Eastern Mass garages got newer buses, allowing the older Eastern
Mass buses to retire. The best of the Eastern Mass fleet
remained; the slightly newer Eastern Mass fishbowls survived into 1982.
The buses acquired NEW by the MBTA are as follows:
2100-2124
|
GM
- TDH 5104
|
1953
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
2125-2141
|
GM
- TDH 5106
|
1953-54
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
2142-2196
|
GM
- TDH 5105
|
1955
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
2300-2349
|
GM
- TDH 5105
|
1956
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
2350-2379
|
GM
- TDH 5105
|
1958
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
2600-2669
|
GM
- TDH 4509
|
1950-51
|
Old
Look 35ft
|
100-129
|
MACK
C49DT
|
1958
|
Old
Look 40ft
|
| 200-324 |
GM
- TDH 5301
|
1962
|
New
Look 40ft
|
500-549
|
GM
- TDH 4516
|
1960
|
New
Look 35ft
|
5000-5149
|
GM
- TDH 5303
|
1963
|
New
Look 40ft
|
The buses acquired from Eastern Mass by the MTA are as follows:
414-424
|
GM
- TDH 4007
|
1945-46
|
Old
Look 35ft
|
425-442
|
GM
- TDH 4008
|
1947-48
|
Old
Look 35ft
|
1262-1274
|
GM
- TDH 3207
|
1947
|
Old
Look 30ft
|
1318-1322
|
GM
- TDH 4509
|
1951
|
Old
Look 35ft
|
3102-3185
|
GM
- TDH 4512
|
1953-58
|
Old
Look 35ft
|
| 3188-3197 |
GM
- TDH 4509
|
1951-52
|
Old
Look 35ft |
3201-3241
|
MACK
C47DT
|
1956-57
|
Old
Look 35ft |
3302-3418
|
GM
TDH/M 4008
|
1957
|
Old
Look 35ft |
3500-3548
|
GM
TDH 5302
|
1961
|
New
Look 40ft
|
Note: 3302-3418
contained both hydraulic and manual transmissions; they were divided as
follows:
TDH (hydraulic): 3302-3321, 3344-3347, 3370-3385, 3387-3400 (TDH 3007)
TDM (manual): 3325-3343, 3349-3364, 3401-3418
