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Motor Coach Industries Limited

Last updated May 20th, 2002
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History

1932 Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works Limited incorporated
1933first coach built: an 11-passenger body on a Packard passenger car chassis
1937first complete coach on own chassis manufactured (for Grey Goose Bus Lines)
1939Model 150 flat-front transit bus introduced, with stainless steel side panels and underfloor "pancake" engine
1941company renamed Motor Coach Industries Limited (MCI)
1942first electric trolleybus (Model 40 TRY) manufactured in Canada
1948company purchased by Greyhound
1953first MCI sold in the United States
1962Motor Coach Industries, Inc. established in Pembina, North Dakota
1963major entry into the U.S. market
1975designs licensed to Transportation Manufacturing Corp. (Roswell, New Mexico) for sale in the U.S.
1987"Classic" transit bus bought from General Motors Diesel Division
1990prototype fully-accessible coach produced

Models

Highway Coaches

ModelQty.
Blt.
Dates BuiltLen.*Wid.SeatsNotes
Courier 5029AP50-JN55includes 8 Courier 50 Skyviews & 1 Courier 50A
Courier 8534JN50-JL52includes 1 demonstrator
Courier 85A27AP51-MY52
Courier 85X22JN52-DE52
Courier 907JN53-FE60includes 6 Courier 90 Skyviews
Courier 9515JN53-JN60includes 2 Courier 95 Skyviews
Courier 95D116DE53-SE60
Courier 9695DE55-SE60
Courier 971DE56
Courier 10026AU46-FE47
Courier 100A25FE47-AP48
Courier 100B15NO48-FE49
Courier 100C11JN49-NO49
Courier 20035JL47-FE48
Courier 200A36FE48-MY49
Courier 200B24MY49-DE49
MC-117AU59-AU6135'96"plus FE59 MCX-1 prototype
MC-246AP60-AU6134' 11½"96"plus MY59 MCX-2 prototype
MC-335DE61-JA6334' 11½"96"plus MR61 MCX-3 prototype
MC-434MY63-NO6334' 11½"96"
MC-5266MY64-DE6434' 11½"96"American version; plus DE62 MCX-5 prototype
MCC-534AP64-DE6434' 11½"96"Canadian version
MC-5A1,548DE64-197035' 0"96"American version (to MY65)
MCC-5A55DE64-MR6535' 0"96"Canadian version; includes 2 demonstrators
MC-5B3501971-197735' 2¼"96"
MC-5C3801977-198035'96"
MC-61021969-197040'102"includes 2 MCX-6 prototype
MC-72,5501968-197339' 11½"96"
MC-83,0531973-197839' 11½"96"plus 1,422 built by TMC
MC-96,4251979-198740' 3½"96"plus 3,194 built by TMC
MC-121,41140'96"
96A21986-40'96"2-axle commuter coach
96A31985-40'96"
102A21986-40'102"2-axle commuter coach
102A31985-40'102"
102-B340'102"
102-C31988-40'102"
102-D3 / D400040'102"
D4000N1002001?40'96"commuter coach for New Jersey Transit
102-DL3 / D450045'102"
102-EL3 / E450045'102"
F35002001-35102"
G45002001-45'102"
J45002001-45'102"

Transit Buses

ModelQty.
Blt.
Dates BuiltLen.Wid.SeatsNotes
1501939-?
40 TRY1+1942trolley coach
TC35-102A035'102"quoted, but none built
TC40-102A1987-40'102"
TC40-102NAU87-40'102"
TA60-102N121992-199360'102"articulated
* If no inches are listed, then length is approximate.
+ May have been more built than noted.

Delivery Lists

1946-1965 MC-5 MC-6 MC-7 MC-8 MC-9 A, B, C, D 102-EL3 Classic

Commencing in 1937 and until the introduction of the MC-5 (in the United States) and the MCC-5 (in Canada), MCI assigned a sequential serial number to each vehicle as it was produced. However, this system changed beginning with the MC-5 and MCC-5 models. For Canadian coaches (models MCC-5 and MCC-5A) serial numbers were assigned when an order was placed, and unit numbers — beginning at 5001 with the first MC-5 — were assigned as vehicles were built. American vehicles received only the 5000-series unit number. After unit 5400 was reached in December 1965, serial numbers jumped to 5950 while unit numbers continued from 5401, with both Canadian and American coaches in the same series.

As new models were introduced new unit numbers were assigned, as follows:

MC-5 / MCC-5
MC-5A / MCC-5A
MC-5B MC-5C MC-6 MC-7
5001+ 7001-7350 7401-7780 20001-20100 10001-12550
 
MC-8 MC-9 96A2 / 96A3
102x2 / 102x3
102-EL3 / E4500 Classic
30001-33053 34001-36582 40001+ 60001+ 24001-24485
001-599

When serial numbers passed 9999, an "S" prefix was added so that they would not be confused with MC-7 unit numbers. In addition to the sequential serial numbers, there were another six serial sequences that were set up to account for the experimental units and prototypes, which totaled some thirty coaches. However, some prototypes and demonstrators were just assigned serials in the usual order. When MCI started using 17-digit Vehicle ID Numbers in January 1981, they incorporated the unit number into the VIN, but serial numbers continued to be assigned until May of that year (ending at about S16332).

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