| PHOTO GALLERY INDEX PAGE |
Photos of Birney safety-cars, Peter Witt streetcars, and the numerous styles of
miscellaneous buses purchased during the 1920's.
Photos of the original small-size Fords, and the front and rear engine Ford
Transit buses popular with the DSR during the 1930's. Also featured, the
Plymouth "Electric Coach" trolley-buses by Twin. [3 pages]
Photos featuring the DSR post-war gasoline powered buses purchased during the
1940's, including the Whites, Macks, and Twins, and the small-size Transit and
Checker buses. Also included, the first GM diesels, the PCCs, and the Twin
trackless trolley-coaches. [5 pages]
Photos of the St. Louis Car Co trackless trolley-coaches, and the GM "old-looks"
purchased during the 1950's. [3 pages]
Photos of the GM "new-looks" purchased during the 1960's. Also included are
DSR Mini-Buses, and the short-lived Flxibles. [3 pages]
Photos of the last GMC "new-looks" under both the DSR and DDOT, and the
DDOT fleet of RTS-IIs purchased during the 1970's. [3 pages]
Photos of the GMC and MCI "Classics" and Neoplan articulated buses purchased
by DDOT during the 1980's.
Photos of the New-Flyers, NovaBUS RTSs, and other miscellaneous buses
purchased during the 1990's.
Photos of the NovaBUS RTS and New-Flyer "low-floor" buses purchased during
the 2000's.
miscellaneous buses purchased during the 1920's.
Photos of the original small-size Fords, and the front and rear engine Ford
Transit buses popular with the DSR during the 1930's. Also featured, the
Plymouth "Electric Coach" trolley-buses by Twin. [3 pages]
Photos featuring the DSR post-war gasoline powered buses purchased during the
1940's, including the Whites, Macks, and Twins, and the small-size Transit and
Checker buses. Also included, the first GM diesels, the PCCs, and the Twin
trackless trolley-coaches. [5 pages]
Photos of the St. Louis Car Co trackless trolley-coaches, and the GM "old-looks"
purchased during the 1950's. [3 pages]
Photos of the GM "new-looks" purchased during the 1960's. Also included are
DSR Mini-Buses, and the short-lived Flxibles. [3 pages]
Photos of the last GMC "new-looks" under both the DSR and DDOT, and the
DDOT fleet of RTS-IIs purchased during the 1970's. [3 pages]
Photos of the GMC and MCI "Classics" and Neoplan articulated buses purchased
by DDOT during the 1980's.
Photos of the New-Flyers, NovaBUS RTSs, and other miscellaneous buses
purchased during the 1990's.
Photos of the NovaBUS RTS and New-Flyer "low-floor" buses purchased during
the 2000's.
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All photos of local transit vehicles displayed in our Fleet Photo Gallery section are grouped by the decade in
which that vehicle was first delivered. Clicking on any currently available decade link will display photos of
DSR and/or DDOT buses, streetcars and trolley-coaches from that 10-year period.
which that vehicle was first delivered. Clicking on any currently available decade link will display photos of
DSR and/or DDOT buses, streetcars and trolley-coaches from that 10-year period.
| A look back at the History of Public Transportation in and around the City of Detroit. |
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| Photo Gallery Visitors: |
| THE 1920's 1 2 3 |
| THE 1980's 1 2 3 |
| THE 1990's 1 2 3 |
| THE 2000's 1 2 3 |
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| (Roberta Hill photo courtesy of www.Trolleybuses.net) |
| Those controversial General Motors coaches purchased by the DSR to replace its PCC streetcar fleet during the mid-1950s were still going strong when this photo was taken some twelve years later. Unlike the streetcars that they replaced—which only operated along the streets of Detroit for nine years—these GM diesels would see service for nearly 20-years, until the last of the fleet was retired in 1973. Seen here parked along the southern end of the DSR Shoemaker Terminal property in 1968, these 51-passenger large-capacity diesel coaches (Model TDH-5105) are featured on Page 3 in our 1950's Photo Gallery below. |
