[PRCo] Re: PAT's 1964 bus company acquisitions

[Dwight Long]

Bob
PAAC acquired in 1964, besides Pittsburgh Railways, 29 independent bus lines.  Of these, eleven were deficit operations or close to it.  It is said that only four companies, Penn Transit, Shafer Coach Lines, Ohio River Motor Coach, and Community Transit Service, provided about half the net income of all 29 carriers.  However, without further research, I don't have income figures for the various companies.  Here are the 1964 acquisitions:  PRC, Community Transit, Penn Transit, Shafer Coach, Rogers Transit, Brentwood Motor Coach, DeBolt Bus Lines, Poskin Bus Line, Ridge Lines, Bigi Bus Lines, Oriole Motor Coach, Trafford Coach Lines, Bacco Coach Lines, Burrelli Transit Service, McKeesport Transit Co, Wall Bus Line, Horrell Transportation Co., Ohio River Motor Coach, Austin Motor Coach, McCoy Bros Coach, Wm. Penn Motor Coach, Culmersville, Russleton & Cheswick Transit Co., J.M. Ferguson Bus, Duquesne Motor Coach Lines, Dawson Motor Coach, Deere Bros. Bus Line, Noble J. Dick Lines, Mon Valley Bus Co., Bamford Motor Coach Lines, and Carnegie Coach Lines.

In an earlier post I recalled the Brentwood Motor Coach Co., sometimes known as Brentwood Murder Lurch Co.  I mentioned their Fitz john buses.  They also had a motley collection of used GM buses--all TDH models of different capacity and age.  

PAAC acquired 857 buses in 1964 from the acquired companies.  The makers included GM, White, Mack, Beaver, Fitz john, ACF Brill and--school buses--38 of them.  I have a complete roster but I don't have the time to re-type it and this site will not let me reproduce it as part of this email.  If you--or anyone else on the list--is interested in it, send me a direct email and I'll copy it and forward to you.

Dwight
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Rathke 
  To: Pittsburgh Trolley List 
  Sent: Wednesday, 16 March, 2011 18:57
  Subject: [PRCo] PAT's 1964 bus company acquisitions



  In the Fall of 1964 I started to compile a summary of PAT bus company (and PRC) acquisitions that year - company name, location, date acquired and purchase price. My sources were articles in the Pittsburgh Press and input from some trolley fans who lived in towns along the acquired routes. 



  I'm looking for the final summary. In the meantime, attached are my incomplete working notes. Apologies for the messy presentation, but it's allI can find right now. 



  Bob 






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