South Suburban Safeway Lines

Harvey IL


533 in 1973, two years later this bus was operating in New York City A. J. Reinschmidt collection


546 at Michigan and Washington in downtown Chicago on 2/12/63, photo by A. J. Reinschmidt


894 in Garfield Park, Chicago on a former Leyden MC route 8/9/64. 894 was briefly leased to Leyden MC,
photo by
A. J. Reinschmidt

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

version 3.0.0


roster from 1935 to 1974

Number Builder Model Serial# Acquired (Built) Former # Notes
107-110 GM TG-4006 ? 1957 (1944) ex National City Lines off roster 1960
121-122 White ? ? 1940 (1930) ex Chicago Heights Trnsp. sold 1945 Central West Motor Stages
137-142 Ford 79-B ? 1947   Note 1
143-150 Ford 29-B ? 1943   Note 1
167-168 Ford 49-B ? 1944   Note 1
169 Ford 49-B ? 1944 (1944) ex American Stage Lines Note 1
170 Ford 49-B ? 1944 (1944) ex Central Swallow Coach Lines Note 1
171-172 Ford 09-B ? 1945 (1940) ? Note 1
173-176 Ford 59-B ? 1945   Note 1
177-178 Ford 69-B ? 1946   Note 1
179 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Gary-Hobart-Valpariso Note 1
180-182 Ford ?9-B ? 1946 (?) ex Ladue Local Lines Note 1
183 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Gary-Hobart-Valpariso Note 1
184 Ford 29-B ? 1946 (1943) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
185-187 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
188 Ford 29-B ? 1946 (1943) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
189 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
190 Ford 29-B ? 1946 (1943) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
191 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
192 Ford 29-B ? 1946 (1943) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
193 Ford 49-B ? 1946 (1944) ex Northern Indiana Transit Note 1
194-197 Ford ?9-B ? 1946 (?) ex Ottawa Safety Lines Note 1
198 Ford ?9-B ? 1946 (?) ex George B. Gibson (dealer) Note 1
199 Ford 69-B ? 1947 (1946) ? Note 1
216 DMX F 301 1937   sold 1945 Empire trails
217 DMX F 305 1937   sold 1946 Victory Bus Line
218-222 Yellow 728   1938   sold 1947, 48, 47, 49
300 DMX A   1036   sold 1947
307 DMX B   1936   sold 1948 McCleary Coach lines
309 DMX B   1936   sold 1946
309 DMX B 50 1937   sold 1946
310 DMX B 53 1937   sold 1948 McCleary Coach Lines
311 DMX B 57 1937   sold 1947
312 DMX B 58 1937   sold 1947
313 DMX B 59 1937   sold 1948 LaCrosse & Western Stages
314 DMX B 60 1937   sold 1948 Triangle Coaches
315 DMX B 62 1937   sold 1948 Triangle Coaches
316 DMX B 63 1937   sold 1947
317 DMX B 64 1937   sold 1951
318 DMX B 47 1937 (1937) ex ? sold 1946
319 DMX B ? 1938 (1937) ex ? sold 1948 Triangle Coaches
320 DMX B 76 1937   sold 1948 McCleary Coach Lines
321 DMX B 77 1937   sold 1948 LaCrosse & Western Stages
322 DMX B 78 1937   sold 1947 R Kickert (Kickert School Bus?)
323 DMX ?   1945 (1937)   sold 1950 United Church of Glenwood
324 DMX ?   1945 (1937)   sold 1947 Lake County TB Assoc
325 White ? ? 1945 (1939) ? sold 1945, Moose Jaw Transp.
401 DMX C 204 1938   sold 1946
402 DMX C 206 1938   sold 1946
403 DMX CTA   1938   sold 1946
451-456 GM TDH-4512 451-456 1954   451 - 455 Glenview (H&L) same #s, 1972, then to Joliet MTD 1973; 456 off roster 1972
457-460 GM TDH-4512 868-871 1955   to Glenview (H&L) same #s, 1972, then to Joliet MTD 1973
501 DMX G-29   1938   to Empire Trails, 1945
502 Yellow 739   1940 (1939)   sold 1947
501(II)-506 GM TDH-5103 126-131 1950   off roster 1972
507-516 GM TDH-5103 789-798 1952   off roster 1972
517-531(II) GM TDH-5105 217-231 1953   Note 2
531-536 Twin Coach 30-GS 108673-674, 718-719, 804-805 1941   to Northern Indiana Transit, 1946
532(II)-534(II) GM TDH-5105 2675-2677 1957   Note 2
535(II)-536(II) GM TDH-5105 335,338 1957 Inter City Coach Lines Note 2
537-538 Twin Coach 30-R 1941 (1936) ?   to Victory Lines, 1946
537(II)-538(II) GM TDH-5105 3139-3140 1957   B
539-542 Twin Coach 30-G 105745-746, 749-750 1942   to Northern Indiana Transit, 1946
539(II)-544 GM TDH-5301 377-382 1959   Note 2
545-547 GM TDH-5301 939-941 1960   Note 2
548-553 GM TDH-5301 3046-3051 1962   Note 2
554-560 GM TDH-5105 1159-1165 1962 Denver Tramway 851-857 Note 2
561-566 GM TDH-5105 1197-1202 1963 Denver Tramway 889-894 Note 2
567-571 GM TDH-5105 1205-1209 1963 Denver Tramway 897-901 Note 2
572-575 GM TDH-5105 1211-1214 1963 Denver Tramway 903-906 Note 2
576-577 GM TDH-5303 1085-1086 1963   Note 2
578-583 GM TDH-5105 1262-1267 1964 Denver Tramway 954-959 Note 2
584-593 GM TDH-5303 2055-2064 1964   Note 2
594-599 GM TDH-5303 4204-4209 1966   to Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit Dist, 1974
600-605 GM TDH-5303 5773-5778 1967   to Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit Dist, 1974
606-611 GM TDH-5303 5992-5997 1967   to Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit Dist, 1974
701 DMX ?   1939   sold 1946
702 DMX ?   1939   sold 1946
703 DMX ?   1939   sold 1946
704 DMX ?   1940   sold 1946
701(II)-755 GM T8H5307A 1233-1287 10/73 owned by Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit Dist to Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit Dist, 1974, to Pace same #s, to CTA same #s.
801-803 Yellow 740-D   1939   802 wrcked, 1945; 801,803 to Car Leasing Inc. 1953
804-811 Yellow TD-4001 002-005, 058-061 1940   to Car Leasing Inc. 1953
820-829 GM TDH-4507 1586-1595 1947   off roster 1972
840-849 GM TDH-4507 261-270 1947   off roster 1953
851-856 GM TD-4006 096-111 1944   to Bus Owner Inc., 1955
857-866 GM TD-4007 286-295 1945   Note 4, Note 3
871-890 GM TD-4007 584-603 1946   Note 4, Note 3
891-893 GM TD-4007 Note 5 1958 ex City Bus Co. (Oklahoma City): 517, 522, 524 Note 4, Note 3
894-896 GM TD-4007 Note 5 1959 ex City Bus Co. (Oklahoma City): 506, 508, 521 Note 4,Note 3

Based on data compiled by Richard R. Kunz, Published in April, 1968 Motor Coach Ageand by the Omnibus Society
last updated 12/13/02

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