In this 1961 photo, Grand River (St. Louis Car Co) trolley-coach #9152 is seen here shortly after leaving Capitol Park, heading westbound on Clifford St. @ Bagley. For years the Grand River line left Capitol Park via north on Griswold, west on Clifford, south on Middle, to west on Grand River. [photo courtesy of Tom's Trolley Bus Pix-Detroit, MI]

Toward the end of their service lives a number of the St. Louis trolley-coaches were repainted in a new livery.  Coach #9136 is seen here sporting the cream with green trimming color scheme, first introduced by the DSR on the GM "old-looks" delivered in 1956. [photo courtesy of Tom's Trolley Bus Pix-Detroit, MI]

In this photo, coach #9173 can be seen traveling eastbound on Grand River, between Seven and Six Mile Roads. Beginning on March 11, 1956, the trolley-coach service hours were reduced -- operating only during weekday daytime hours. Sadly, after only eleven years of service, Grand River trolley-coach service came to an end on Friday, November 16, 1962. The cars were never sold to other properties, and most were scrapped.

Beginning in late October 1953, the DSR accepted delivery of its first twenty-five "high capacity" GM diesel buses - Model TDH-5105.  Between November 1953, and the fall of 1957, a total of 355 of these air-suspension GM "old look" coaches (#1201-1555) were put into service. These 40-foot long, 51-passenger coaches were purchased primarily to replace the PCC streetcars on Jefferson, Michigan, Gratiot, and Woodward Avenues, but most of the small-size Fords, Transits, and Checker buses were also replaced. The first 130 (#1201-1330) arrived sporting the DSR's cream with red trim livery. The last of the TDH-5105's were retired in 1973. [photo courtesy of the Schramm Collection]