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1959 General Motors Coach (GMC) TDM-4515 Old Look Lakeland Bus Lines, NJ
A 35 foot 1959 GMC TDM4515 with a 6-71 Detroit Diesel engine. (Lakeland Bus Lines of Dover, New Jersey) My family operated a few TDM5108's which we acquired from Public Service that were similar in style to this one-only longer. We also had two TDM4512's. These were transit buses w/ a manual transmission-not hydraulic.
I can recall that all the vents, including the ones on top of the windshields, on this type of bus were always open
Who could forget those silversides.
All aboard! New York bound/seats 45 passengers.
Dashboard of Lakeland bus
Shot of rear w/air scoop over window.
Reader Comments
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.
Ken Faley | Aug 04, 06 | 6:18 pm
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.
Mark Hendershott | Nov 20, 06 | 5:27 pm
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