1958 GM TGH-3102-824 (Virginia School Bus)

real nice bus .i hope it will be restored any pix of dodge power wagon and the m37 school buses thanks steve,also im new at buses have a 91 harvester int, that is presrntly turning in to a camper

When I started kindergarten in 1959, my first bus ride of any kind was on a GMC TGH3102 much like this. It was No.18 and owned and operated by Chester W. Hirsch, who ran both a bus garage and Dodge car dealership out of a facility on Covington Street,NY. It is now the bus garage of Henry L. Hill Inc. which is the local school bus operator. Until the 1970s, Batavia Bus Service of Batavia,NY ran a small fleet of these buses in local service in and around that small city.

This was Photographed in Pottstown PA a long time ago. It is TGH-3102-824 And was sold new to Upper Moreland School District in Willow Grove PA. When I got it, it was a church owned Office bus.Nick and I towed it to my place with my 56 Autocar wrecker(What a Beast) and i sold it acouple of years ago to a neighbor who has restored it as a Hunter's bus. It is on the road and he sometimes takes it to local Cruise Nights.........George

As a child, I grew up in Chicago...and rode on many of these old "rounded" buses operated by the CTA 1951-54! When I moved to Toronto in 1977, the TTC still had a few as "spares," which, IIRC, disappeared from the streets not too long thereafter.

I also recall visiting Chicago (don't recall the year...) and seeing the "new" GMC buses with the slanted side windows. (one is still in use here in Oshawa...1980 model).

Steven C. Barr
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