Suburban Transit System roster

Sububan Transit System

Oak Lawn IL

103 at Cicero and 83rd, in Jan of 1965 photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

138 (II) at the garage in October of 1975. This bus replaced a bus of the same number destroyed in a tornado. photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

140 at the Garage March 15 1981 photo by Paul Hunnel

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

version 4.1.0

all time roster

Number	Builder	Model	Serial#	Acquired	Former #	Notes
(2)	Reo	?		1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1928
(2)	Reo	?		1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1932
(1)	Reo	?		1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1933
46-48	White			1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1936; 46 sold 1948; 47-48 burned 9/28/44
49, 51-52	White			1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1936
53	Indiana			1938	SOUTH WEST TOWNS BUS CO	built 1936; sold 194
54	Dittmar	DMX		1938	South Suburban Safeways	burned 9/28/44
55	Diamond T			1938	S&L Motor Co.	sold 1942
56-58	Ford			1939	National City Lines	sold 1942
59	Twin	40		1940	Z Bouslag	sold 1942
61	Ford					sold 1948
62	Ford	station wagon				retired 1946?
63	Ford			1941	?	sold 1948
64	Twin			1941		burned 9/28/44
65-67	Reo			1941		65, 67 sold 1950; 66 burned 9/28/44
68-69, 71	Twin			1942		sold 1948
72	Pontiac	auto		1942		retired 1947
73	Ford			1944		sold 1950
74-75	Yellow	TG-3609	449-450	2/45		retired 1957, 1956
76-77	Yellow	TG-3609	899-900	11/45		76 re# 91 (II) 1959; 77 retired 1957
78	Ford			1944		sold 1950
79, 81-82	Yellow			1944	Chicago Motor Coach	retired 1947
83-84	Ford			1945		sold 1950
85-87	Twin	30G	105751, 754, 756 (order?)	1946	Bluebird Coach Lines 191, 194, 196 (order?)	sold 1948
88-89, 91	Reo			1947		88 retired 1957; 89,91, retired 1955
91(II)	Yellow	TG-3609	899	1945	ex #76	retired 1963
92-95	GM	TDH-3610	964-967	1948		sold 1963, 1960, 1961, 1963
96-99	GM	TDH-3610	1034-1037	1948		96-98 sold 1960; 99 in 1961
101-102	GM	TDH-3610	1037-1038	1948		sold 1961, 1963
103-104	GM	TDH-3612	303-304	1949		sold 1967
105-106	GM	TDH-3612	910-911	1951
107-108(I)	GM	TDH-4512	531-532	1954		107 retired 1975; 108 destroyed in a tornado in 1967
108(II)	GM	TDH-5105	2516	1967	Columbus Transt Co. 702	Note 1; retired 1975
109-110	GM	THD-5105	1460,1617	1955		Delux Seats; retired 1977, 1975
111	GM	TDH-5105		1957		destroyed in a tornado in 1967
111(II)	GM	TDH-5105	2518	1967	Columbus Transt Co. 704	Note 1; retired 1975
112	GM	TDH-4512	2418	1957		retired 1975
114	GM	TDH-5105	3336	1958		retired 1975
115	GM	TDM-4507	325	1959	Great Lakes Greyhound 6745	destroyed in a tornado in 1967
115(II)	GM	TDH-5105	2515	1967	Columbus Transt Co. 701	Note 1; retired 1975
116	GM	TDH-5301	704	1960		Delux Seats; to RTA 1982
117	GM	TDH-5301	705	1960		to RTA 1982
118-121	GM	TDH-4512	Note 2	1960	MK&O Transit Lines Note 3	118, 120-121 retired 1975; 119 retired 1977
122-124	GM	TDH-5301	1541-1543	1961		to RTA 1982
125-126	GM	TDH-5301	2844,3112	1962		to RTA 1982
127	GM	TDH-5303	063	1963		to RTA 1982
128-133	GM	TDH-5105	1196, 1195, 1203, 1204, 1260, 1261	1962	Denver Tramway 888, 887, 895, 896, 953, 954	128, retired 1975; 129-133, destroyed in a tornado in 1967
129(II)-133(II))	GM	TDH-5105	Note 4	1967	Columbus Transt Co. Note 5	Note 1; 129-131, 133 retired 1975; 132 retired 1977
134-137	GM	TDH-5303	2091-2094	1964		to RTA 1982
138-139	GM	TDH-5105	716, 723	1965	Connecticut Co. 1455, 1462	destroyed in a tornado in 1967
138(II)-139(II)	GM	TDH-5105	2524,2526	1967	Columbus Transit Co. 710,712	Note 1
140-142	GM	TDH-5303	4749-4751	1966		to RTA 1982
143-145	GM	TDH-5303	4815-4817	1966		to RTA 1982
146-165	GM	T8H-5307A	2843-2862	1975		Note 6 ; to RTA 1982

Data compiled by Richard R. Kunz, Published in April, 1968 Motor Coach Age, with extensive additions by A. J. Kristopans.
last updated 10/22/02

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Note 1
Columbus Transit Buses replaced buses of the same # destroyed in the April 1967 tornado.
Note 2
Serial #s for 118-121 are: 2188, 2190, 2189, 2191.
Note 3
MK&O Numbers were: 703, 705, 704, 706.
Note 4
Serial #s for 129-133 are: 2519, 2521, 2520, 2522, 2523.
Note 5
Columbus #s were: 705, 707, 706, 708, 709.
Note 6
Owned by the Village of Oak Lawn. 160 destroyed 1989, remainder to PACE

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