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Old 01-05-2018, 01:03 AM   #1
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1928 Pickwick Stage Line “Nite Coach”

The first Pickwick Stage Line “Nite Coach” from California rolled through Denver on a test run to Kansas City in 1928. The sleeper bus was a double-decker with sleeping accomodations for 26 passengers.

It had upper and lower berths, dining service, hot and cold water, lavatories and other conveniences. The berths were over six feet long and each compartment had an individual wash bowl with hot and cold water.


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Old 01-05-2018, 03:11 AM   #2
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I have always found the Pickwick Stage Line buses to be full of the WOW factor.

I wonder if any have survived?
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Old 01-05-2018, 10:13 AM   #3
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"Removable Pickwick Motor"? I wonder what that's about. Perhaps they kept crate motors at each stop to increase overall system reliability.

Good to hear from you, Mr Cowlitz!
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Old 01-05-2018, 11:36 AM   #4
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I was considering portholes for the kids bunk beds. I actually bought one to test. Looks fun.
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Old 01-05-2018, 12:06 PM   #5
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Didn't Crown also make some sleeper buses in the 1930s? I think they had underfloor Hall-Scott engines.

There's a company now trying to start a Los Angeles to San Francisco overnight service with converted Van Hool double-deckers - they look nice in their website, but I wonder about the economics of it: that very expensive bus is generating revenue for only half the time that most buses do, and I don't know if their pricing can compensate for that.

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