Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) was a bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico.
The company was formed in 1974 by Greyhound Bus Lines to manufacture Motor Coach Industries vehicles. In 1987, General Motors decided to close its bus division and sold the manufacturing rights of the Rapid Transit Series (RTS) bus and the Classic to Greyhound subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries. RTS production would move to the TMC plant in Roswell, New Mexico, while the Classic bus production would remain in the former GM bus plant in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. Motor Coach Industries sold its Classic and RTS bus license to Nova Bus in 1993. In 1990, TMC began development of an enclosed automobile-transport semitrailer. This trailer used small-diameter wheels to maximize interior space, and robotic arms to lift the automobiles and position them closely together in the trailer body. The trailer lacked the traditional ramps and racks: automobiles were fitted with pins strapped to the tires, which slotted into holders inside the trailer. These features maximized the capacity of the trailer.
In 1994, MCI sold the TMC plant to NovaBus, who closed it in 2003. The Roswell, New Mexico plant was reopened later under the name Millennium Transit Services LLC.
Products
- MCI coaches: Classic line originally designed by General Motors
- Rapid Transit Series (RTS) - licensed/purchased from General Motors 1987-1993
- CityCruiser/T-30 (a modified Orion I, licensed from Ontario Bus Industries)
- Orion I from Orion Bus Industries
References
- History of TMC
External links
- DieselBusParts.com a great resource for RTS & MCI bus repair, restoration and free manuals.
- v
- t
- e
- ACF-Brill
- Aerocoach
- AM General
- AmTran
- Beck
- Canadian Car and Foundry
- Carpenter Body Company
- Crown Coach Corporation
- Dupont Industries
- Eagle Bus
- Fageol
- Fifth Avenue Bus Company
- FitzJohn
- Flxible
- General Motors Diesel Division (GM Coach)
- GM Truck and Coach Division
- Goshen Coach
- Kenworth
- LAG Motorcoach
- Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil
- Mack Trucks
- Marmon-Herrington
- MASA
- Millennium Transit Services
- Neoplan USA
- North American Bus Industries
- Optima Bus Corporation
- Orion International
- Pullman-Standard
- St Louis Car Company
- Superior Coach Company
- Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
- Twin Coach
- U.S. Bus Corporation
- Ward Body Works
- Wayne Corporation
- Wayne Wheeled Vehicles
- White Motor Company
- Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company
This article related to bus transportation in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e