I have been a bus operator for over 30 years, and I remember driving the "silversides". I think that they were one of the best built buses ever made.

I drove 1955 GM 4515s for Tualatin Valley Buses 1967-1970. Ours were ex-Greyhound first used in the San Francisco commuter routes. No silversides. Fun to drive.

I drove two TDM-4515s on the California Bus Lines transit run from Riverside, CA to March AFB and return, when I wasn't driving charters for Roesch Lines. One 4515 was a '54, bought new by Tanner, who owned the franchise then. The second was a '56 model, 41 pax, bought new by Metropolitan Coach Lines, precursor to MTA. This was in the '70s. They were ratty, for sure. The MTA selloff had a transit rear end, would do 64 MPH at 2100 RPM. The Tanner one had a parlor coach rear end and would easily go 75 topped out. Good riding bus, not-so-great brakes, horrible heating system. GM suburbans were VERY rare on the West Coast, with maybe 40 total ever coming out here. Greyhound had these, as did MTA, who ran them for 25 years on the "Freeway Flyer" runs from LA out to San Bernardino and Riverside, the "60 lines." Neither of ours had the silversides...nice touch!

I drove two TDM-4515s for California Bus Lines out of Riverside, CA on and off for years. They had a franchise to run a suburban line from downtown to March AFB, hitting UCR both directions. One was a '54 model was a VERY tall rear end that would keep up with any 4104, bought new by Tanner (of Gray Line fame) when they owned the route. Later, they got a surplus 4515 from LAMTA, sold because it only had 41 seats. The MTA one originally had a silversides band along the side when it was new for Metro Coach Lines, before MTA. It also had the "city" rear end, and would only do 62 MPH. Like most transits of that era, this one rode very well and was a pretty good bus. They both had the "transit transmission," meaning three close gears and a BIG drop to direct, always a problem when climbing Box Springs Grade on US 60-395. Just leave it in 3rd and sort change as we went along! Suburbans were pretty rare on the west coast; only MTA/RTD and some operators up north had any at all.

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