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That was so much fun!

Sad to see Greyhound go so far down from those days.

Greyhound was a class act at least through the end of the 1980s. Convenient schedules. Professional drivers. Accommodating customer service. Seamless connections. Safe travel. Truly a bygone era of motorcoach transportation.

Love! xoxo The Clarences

Love! xoxo The Clarences

This was from a documentary around 1985 on PBS. Greyhound was already in a steady decline from its heyday, but was still very viable. If the stats are remembered correctly, ridership fell from 92MM to 54MM from 1969 to 1979. Nowadays, Greyhound is barely a shadow of its former self. It no longer serves the American Northwest--Minneapolis and Fargo through Billings, Butte, and Spokane to Seattle; nor even Chicago to Omaha; Salt Lake to Reno and San Francisco; basically nowhere north of Sacramento into Portland and Seattle; and so many other wide swaths and paths. By my rough figuring Greyhound is presently barely 25% of its pre-pandemic routes and passenger counts. So damned sorry to see it that way.

Love this. My adoptive father Paul Goulet was a bus driver for Trailways in downtown Chicago

Hi all, I am not a member (yet) on FB,, but a big fan of the "Golden Eagle". I ride Trailways as a kid and loved it. I always wanted to drive one and always had influences on my career choice. In your video you forgot to show the toys. It would have been fantastic to see some of those beautiful machines. If you would, please do another video showing off the Eagles. 😉 THANKS!!

Son una chingoneria esos buses💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

Saludos a todos de México lindo y querido

I love Garys Bus

Great video 💯

An idea for yet another bus history video for America could be the big companies and how they came and went... Eagle and now Van Hool have both sadly gone. MCI and Prevost are the kings now... Setra, Mercedes, and Temsa, Gillig, and Freightliner and Bluebird. What brought them to the bus world, who brought what to the bus world in that mix of names. Eagles to this very day are still used in the entertainment industry. Van Hool isnt seen as much as Prevost in that sector though. MCI is fairly common though, Merle Haggard had an MCI.

An idea for another bus video... related to bus history- when were glass windows introduced? Why/when did American busses move engines to the rear and why? When did air ride come along? When did the trolley pulled by horses get replaced in America by electric trolleys... then diesel busses. Your video seems to focus more on transit busses. Not many videos focus solely on long distance busses.

Bob, I don't know you, BUT you made a comment about emulating the Operator. You and I, I'm sure, are generations apart, but my being a kid I did the same, and now I'm the Operator. Thanks for such a fantastic video!! Also, the MC9 brings my memory to this video. That's the first bus and time I rode.

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I drove for central lines 32 yrs Best bus going...

Dad drove for Greyhound 1952-1955. He talked about the first Scenic Cruiser and the luxury of the motorcoach.

Best bus out and fun to drive

Back then buses like the MCI MC1-5 and MC7 challenger and others were only 96 inch wide and the MC6 were perfect America wasn’t ready until 1982 which buses had to be 102 inches wide because people needed more room to walk back and forth the MCI MC6 did pay the way for the 102A3 B3 C3 and 102D3 and DL3 ElL3 and more and more to come from Motor Coach Industries

If Harry was so smart why didn't the MCI 6, have the approval of Congress first so that it had permission to run on U. S. highways. Somebody drop the ball, and did not smooth the way in Washington D. C. The MCI 6 was amazing and could have been successful.

When he said "I wish they would lose the pepsi livery" I wonder how he would feel about the shadow livery. Be care what you wish for.

I remember riding a Greyhound MCI MC12 with my sisters and my nana going to Jacksonville FL from New York City Port Authority Bus Terminal while in Richmond VA bus 2255 was the bus we got off and back on to Jacksonville and on our way back to Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal on Arctic and Arkansas Avenue by switching buses from the bus was supposed to get to New York City but it didn’t continue so we had to switch buses mostly MCI MC9 crusader 2 coaches to Atlantic City after switching buses in Washington DC in 1996

Your videos are most enjoyable...Many Thanks for your hard work..!

Love the Greyhound history 🎉

🇨🇦 Hi 👋 Robert thank you for the Lovely memories 😊 as a boy I enjoy going to the Union Greyhound bus depot in downtown Edmonton to enjoy the different types of busses Canadian Coachways service ran from there..Seen the people going to the far north & south to Calgary A highlight for me was to listen to the Dispatch read off all the destinations of next departure bus on the PA ! WoW

I put on a lot of miles in Greyhound busses. My Mom sent me all over Alberta and BC.

I loved the Greyound from San Francisco to the Redwood forest.

Rode through San Antonio and Tucson in 1972 and 1977. Tucson's depot by then had a 10-slip sawtooth loading platform. Tucson has moved again to something much smaller with I think 3 slips. San Antonio for now is still standing--a 9 bus pull-through.

I wanted to be a Greyhound driver when I was a youngster back in the 60s and 70s.

This brings back so many memories. Thank you. My father was a Greyhound bus driver for almost 50 years. Originally out of NY he transferred to Atlanta and retired in 2020. Ive actually been to many of these stations with him as a child. Great times.

I remember going back to Atlantic City from Tallahassee FL we had to switch buses in Washington DC and it was the last time switching buses to Atlantic City along the way most of us had to stand on the bus when it had to pick up more passengers all the way to Municipal bus terminal on Arctic and Arkansas avenue before they demolished it in 1997 along with the maintenance facility in Atlantic City that’s my favorite memories

The 2nd updated Washington D.C. terminal pic was actually Cleveland Oh.

Took a greyhound from west palm beach Florida to Colombia South Carolina in 1999. In one word, cess pit, there were 2 fights on the bus. A stabbing in the Jacksonville station and passengers were just unruly. And I was a wild 18 year old at the time. That's saying a lot. I stick to driving or Amtrak these days

Thank you for this, thoroughly enjoyed. I'm a frequent bus traveler throughout the north east and have seen a few of Greyhound's terminals first hand. The likes of the Port Authority, DC Union Station, Boston's South Station, Binghamton NY's, Providence RI's, Albany NY's, Buffalo NY's, Atlantic City NJ's, Philadelphia's, Burlington VT, just to name a few. Some of them being seedy, others being acceptable. Definitely is a blessing to have a place to use a REAL restroom where you can address your needs and freshen properly before, during, and after any trip. I live in NYC and so I'm forced to use the Port Authority Bus Terminal which I dread. Even as a veteran traveler I get lost in there at times depending on the subway & entrance used. The signs are confusing, the never ending construction an eyesore, and the disrepair is like cancer rot on what was once something nice. The homelessness, open drug use, and aggressive panhandling ruin the trip before it even starts. That being said, given a choice between Greyhound and a simple sidewalk based carrier like Megabus or even a Chinatown Bus for a trip to Boston or DC, I'd choose the barebones sidewalk operation instead. Even at the cost of being exposed to the elements. Why? I dont know for sure, but I just enjoy their service vs Greyhounds, & the cost. The additional cost for Greyhound, though you technically have access to more, is just not worth it when you take into consideration the aforementioned. Thanks for the clip, please keep them coming.

Much nicer than the Port Authority in NYC! What about the UPS building on 12th Ave? I was told it was a former Greyhound depot.

Lynn Lynn the city of sin You never go out the way you went in

I did not ride Greyhound much but I watched them a lot, especially on family car trips from Worcester to visit relatives in NYC and DC in the late 50s/early 60s. On holiday weekends there was an almost constant procession of Greyhound buses on the new highways like I-84 as the scheduled trips were operated in multiple "sections". This is when the Silversides appeared in quantity. They also chartered buses from lots of other companies, big and small; I remember Worcester Bus Co. PD4106s and, even a Johnson Bus Co. fishbowl in Greyhound service. No reservations were required, or offered. They just handled everybody that showed up, even at intermediate stations like Worcester!

Hey! You showed the old Portland Or. station that I traveled out of for years to visit my brother in Eugene Or. & later when he moved to Olympia Wa. Also made many trips to Manzanita Or. where my parents lived when I lived in downtown Portland. Almost every week caught the 5:30 pm Friday bus which then arrived at Manzanita at 8:30 pm. Was attending Portland State University in those years. Have helped the drivers many times to get the bus running at the end of the line in Manzanita when due to rundown batteries it would not start unless 2 people worked on the bus at the same time. 1 holding down the accelerator pedal while the driver would use the emergency start switch in the engine compartment. The bus would sit from Friday night until 9:30 am Monday. Almost all the busses in the early 1980`s on that line were the old MC7`s with 4 speeds. Greyhound preferred the MC7`s on that run because of all the short but steep hills & curvy roads.

I used to do the opposite of the cowboy! I went from a Greyhound to a horse to ride our family horse, Turk, the rest of the way to our house. We kept Turk on Hwy 101 in Oregon & the driver would let me off at wide section of the hwy, which I would then cross over to an old barn where I would get on Turk for the rest of the trip with my clothes & books from studying at university.

I am assuming seating was segregated as well, eh?

Great part of our history .Thanks for saving such vital history I drove an Eagle in 1985

First bus I drove for West Valley Charter was a 1985 Eagle Model 10.. Great bus with so many amenities...

Great part of our bus history Thanks for showing this

Interesting..I always heard that Greyhound started in Hibbing Minnesota

Excellent thank you

The ghost voice in the background is very detrimental.

Everyone have sometime in their lives have ride on a Greyhound Bus 🚌 , now today it's much different than it was years ago 😮.

Believe me a different ride today with surly drivers and noisy crowds