Old Bus Photos > 1959 General Motors Coach (GMC) TDM-4515 Old Look Lakeland Bus Lines, NJ
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.
YOUR 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.
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.
30 years and still going. i work for the pinellas suncoast transit authority as a bus operator.i started my carrer in new jersey , and did commuter work in and out of nyc for almost 28 years before moving to florida in 2006. i had the pleasure of driving this bus in the alicea keyes music video" fallen"in 2001,in nyc, and the bronx. 4 months before 9/11
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