Aurora IL

Aurora City Lines 1938-1968
City of Aurora 1968-1988


6804 at he NORTRAN garage on 11/26/76, photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

See Bill Vandervoort's Chicago Suburban Transit History page for a brief description of this company.

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Aurora City Lines 1938-1968

Number Builder Model Serial# Acquired Former # Notes
51 ACF ? ? ?
53 ACF ? ? ?
54 ACF 185-4 014 1938 ? to Elgin City Lines , 1938
110 Reo ? ? 1938
162 ACF ? ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
165 ACF ? ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
236 White 706-M ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
240 White 706-M ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
244 White 706-M ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
246 White 706-M ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines to Elgin City Lines , 1941
248 White 706-M ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
358-359 GMT T-26 ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
362 GMT T-28 ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
429, 443 Yellow 728 ? 1945 Canton City Lines
482-483 Yellow 728 792-793 1946 Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
490-499 Twin 23-R ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines 490, 497 to Elgin City Lines , 1947
515 Yellow 728 ? 1945 Canton City Lines
710 Yellow 733 ? 1940 East St Louis City Lines
743 Yellow 733 ? 1938 Cedar Rapids City Lines
767-768 Yellow 733 ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
769 Yellow 733 ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
795 Yellow 733 ? 1938,1940 Aurora-Elgin City Lines to Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines , 1938 returned 1940
949 Yellow 728 ? 1947 East St Louis City Lines
989 Yellow 1204 ? 1940 to Elgin City Lines , 1940
1009-1012, 1014-1016 Twin 23-R 95538-95544 1940 Canton City Lines 1010-1011 to Elgin City Lines , 1947
1077-1078 Yellow TG-2401 003-004 1940 Beaumont City Lines to Elgin City Lines , 1940
1521-1524 Twin 23-R ? 1941 Joliet City Lines
1635-1637 Yellow TG-2701 177-179 1941 Joliet City Lines 1636 to Elgin City Lines , 1945
1678-1679 Yellow TG-2701 220-221 1941 Terre Haute City Lines to Elgin City Lines , 1945
1858-1859 GM TG-3609 139-140 1944
1876 GM TG-3609 530 1954 Lincoln City Lines
1886-1891 GM TG-3609 ? 1945
2367-2368 Ford 79-B ? 1956 Bloomington-Normal City Lines
2601 Yellow 728 933 1947 East St Louis City Lines
2662 GM TDH-3610 592 1957 Cedar Rapids Cry Lines
2691-2712 GM TDH-3610 683-704 1947 2697 to Elgin City Lines , 1965
2939-2941 GM TDH-3612 112-114 1964 Jackson City Lines
3376-3382 GM TDH-3612 962-966, 977, 978 1960 Champaign-Urbana City Lines
3391 GM TG-4006 ? [1951 Salt Lake City Lines
3393-3394 GM TG-4007 ? 1951 Salt Lake City Lines
3934-3943 GM TDH-3714 745-754 1959
Final roster: 2701-2703, 2939-2941, 3376-3382, 3934-3939, 3941-3943 (22 buses).

City of Aurora, owner
Tom-A-Hawk Transit, operator (1968-1971)
Aurora Transit System (1971-1989)

Number Builder Model Serial# Acquired Former # Notes
100-109Flxible511KE-F81FX156, FX159-FX164, FX171-FX176 1968Flxette
re # 6801-6810
111-112GMTGH-3101??ex St. John Transp. Co.
5101-5104GMTDH-4511??ex Milwaukee & Sub. Transp. ?
7301-7311HP/TwinTC-3125453-254631973
6801-6810Flxible511KE-F81FX156, FX159-FX164, FX171-FX176 ex 100-109
after 1976 Aurora Transit System was assigned buses by Northern Illinois RTA/PACE. The Aurora Transit System became the Pace Fox Valley Division in 1989.

Data compiled by Mel Bernero, Published in May, 1989 Motor Coach Age
last updated 12/7/97

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