Indicated are National City Lines properties originally receiving the newly delivered buses. Many buses were subsequently reassigned to different National City Lines properties.
Numbers Builder Built Model Original Assignment 1075-1076 Yellow 1939 TG-2401 Beaumont 1077-1078 Yellow 1939 TG-2401 Aurora 1079-1084 Yellow 1939 TG-2401 Joliet 1600-1603 Yellow 1940 TG-2701 Pontiac 1604-1607 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Pontiac 1608-1612 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Terre Haute 1614-1627 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Terre Haute 1628-1634 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Decatur 1635-1638 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Joliet 1639-1642 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Lincoln 1643-1650 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Beaumont 1651-1690 Yellow 1941 TG-2701 Illinois various 1691-1695 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Kalamazoo 1696-1700 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1701-1704 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 East St. Louis 1705 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1706-1712 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Decatur 1714-1716 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Decatur 1717-1719 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1720 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Aurora-Elgin 1721-1729 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1730-1731 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Bloomington 1732-1733 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Champaign 1734-1735 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Bloomington 1736-1743 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1744 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Bloomington 1745-1746 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1747 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Danville 1748-1749 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Quincy 1750 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Decatur 1751-1752 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1753 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Elgin 1754-1755 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 East St. Louis 1756 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Bloomington 1757-1758 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 Joliet 1759 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 East St. Louis 1760-1761 Yellow 1941 TG-2706 unknown 1762-1763 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 Pontiac 1764-1765 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 Saginaw 1766 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 Decatur 1767-1769 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 Canton 1770-1772 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 Decatur 1773-1779 Yellow 1942 TG-2706 unknown 1800-1801 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Bloomington 1802-1804 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Cedar Rapids 1805-1812 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Joliet 1814-1818 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Montgomery 1819-1820 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Danville 1821-1824 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Decatur 1825-1828 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Saginaw 1829-1832 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Port Arthur 1833-1837 Yellow 1944 TG-3608 Terre Haute 1838-1849 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Beaumont 1850-1854 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Montgomery 1855-1857 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Portsmouth 1858-1859 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Aurora-Elgin 1860-1863 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Quincy 1864-1867 Yellow 1944 TG-3609 Pontiac 1868-1875 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Pontiac 1876-1885 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Lincoln 1886-1891 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Aurora 1892-1895 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Decatur 1900-1912 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 East St. Louis 1914-1920 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 East St. Louis 1921-1940 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Tulsa 1941-1943 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Aurora-Elgin 1944-1948 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Canton 1949-1956 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Mobile 1957-1962 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Jackson (MS) 1963-1967 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Tampa 1968-1979 Yellow 1944 TG-4006 Mobile 1980-1981 Yellow 1945 TG-4007 Aurora-Elgin 1982-1997 Yellow 1945 TG-4007 Canton 1998 Yellow 1945 TG-4007 East St. Louis 1999-2010 Yellow 1945 TG-4007 El Paso 2011-2012 Yellow 1945 TG-4007 Mobile 2014-2026 Yellow 1945 TD-4007 El Paso 2027-2036 Yellow 1945 TD-4007 East St. Louis 2037-2039 Yellow 1945 TD-4007 Aurora-Elgin 2040-2044 Yellow 1945 TD-4007 Tampa 2116-2125 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Canton 2126-2143 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Montgomery 2144-2153 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Mobile 2154-2161 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Jackson (MS) 2162-2176 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Canton 2177-2186 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Tulsa 2187-2192 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Kalamazoo 2193-2196 Yellow 1945 TG-3609 Cedar Rapids 2291-2294 GM 1947 TGH-3207 Jackson (MI) 2295-2299 GM 1947 TGH-3207 East St. Louis 2400-2412 Yellow 1946 TG-3609 Tampa 2414-2455 Yellow 1946 TG-3609 Tampa 2456-2465 Twin 1947 34-S Tulsa 2466-2495 ACF-Brill 1947 C-36 East St. Louis 2500-2512 Mack 1947 C-41-GT Tampa 2514-2526 Mack 1947 C-41-GT Tampa 2527-2546 Twin 1947 34-S Tulsa 2547-2580 GM 1947 TDH-3610 El Paso 2581-2600 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Mobile 2605-2609 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Mobile 2610-2612 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Montgomery 2614-2630 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Montgomery 2631-2645 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Jackson (MS) 2646-2660 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Lincoln 2661-2685 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Canton 2686-2690 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Mobile 2691-2712 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Aurora 2714-2736 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Joliet 2737-2752 GM 1947 TDH-3610 Kalamazoo 2753-2762 GM 1947 TDH-4507 El Paso 2763-2767 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Joliet 2768-2797 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Tulsa 2798-2806 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Joliet 2807-2808 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Aurora-Elgin 2809-2812 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Kalamazoo 2814-2823 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Canton 2824-2833 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Mobile 2834-2848 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Montgomery 2849-2873 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Terre Haute 2874-2888 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Pontiac 2889-2893 GM 1948 TDH-3610 Jackson (MS) 2894-2898 GM 1948 TDH-3610 East St. Louis 2899-2908 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Beaumont 2909-2912 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Mobile 2914 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Mobile 2915-2919 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Lincoln 2920-2921 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Jackson (MS) 2922-2926 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Lincoln 2927-2936 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Tulsa 2937-2946 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Saginaw 2947-2949 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Jackson (MS) 2950-2961 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Lincoln 2962-2976 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Cedar Rapids 2977-2984 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Decatur 2985-2986 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Montgomery 2987-2991 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Canton 2992-2996 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Aurora-Elgin 2997-3001 GM 1949 TDH-3612 Montgomery 3002-3011 GM 1949 TDH-4509 Mobile 3012 GM 1949 TDH-4509 East St. Louis 3014-3022 GM 1949 TDH-4509 East St. Louis 3023 GM 1949 TGH-2708 Elgin 3024-3038 GM 1949 TGH-2708 Beaumont 3039-3043 GM 1949 TGH-2708 Port Arthur 3044-3048 GM 1949 TGH-2708 Burlington 3049-3052 GM 1949 TGH-2708 Elgin 3053-3054 Aero 1949 T-361C East St. Louis 3055-3059 GM 1949 TDH-4509 El Paso 3075-3084 GM 1950 TDH-4509 East St. Louis 3222-3236 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Rock Island 3237-3241 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Mobile 3242-3256 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Tampa 3257-3261 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Cedar Rapids 3262-3271 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Davenport 3272-3273 GM 1950 TDH-3612 Decatur 3274-3276 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Decatur 3314-3323 GM 1951 TDH-4509 East St. Louis 3324-3333 GM 1951 TDH-4509 Mobile 3334-3343 GM 1951 TDH-4509 Canton 3344-3348 GM 1951 TDH-4509 El Paso 3351-3355 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Saginaw 3356-3360 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Kalamazoo 3361-3365 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Davenport 3366-3370 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Terre Haute 3371-3375 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Tampa 3376-3385 GM 1951 TDH-3612 Champaign 3405-3412 GM 1951 TDH-4509 Mobile 3414-3415 GM 1951 TDH-4509 Mobile 3667-3676 GM 1954 TDH-3714 Canton 3677-3686 GM 1954 TDH-3714 El Paso 3789-3798 GM 1958 TDH-4512 Salt Lake City 3820-3829 GM 1956 TDH-3714 Tulsa 3830-3844 GM 1958 TDH-4512 Tampa 3845-3848 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Tampa 3850-3859 GM 1958 TDH-3714 Canton 3860-3867 GM 1958 TGH-3102 Quincy 3868-3877 GM 1959 TDH-4512 El Paso 3878-3887 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Jackson (MS) 3888-3907 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Mobile 3908-3912 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Montgomery 3914-3918 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Montgomery 3919-3933 GM 1959 TDH-4512 Joliet 3934-3943 GM 1959 TDH-3714 Aurora 3944-3948 GM 1959 TGH-3102 Elgin 3949-3958 GM 1959 TGH-3102 Bloomington 3959-3963 GM 1960 TDH-4517 Spokane 3964-3983 GM 1960 TDH-4517 El Paso 3984-4003 GM 1960 TDH-4517 Mobile 4004-4012 GM 1960 TDH-4517 Tampa 4014-4024 GM 1960 TDH-4517 Tampa 4025-4034 GM 1960 TDH-4517 East St. Louis 4035-4039 GM 1961 TDH-4517 Salt Lake City 4040-4049 GM 1962 TDH-4517 Salt Lake City 4050-4059 GM 1962 TDH-4517 Spokane 4082-4086 GM 1964 TDH-3501 Lincoln 4117-4126 GM 1967 TDH-3501 Montgomery 4138-4147 GM 1967 TDH-3501 Tampa 4148-4158 GM 1967 TDH-3501 Davenport 4159-4162 GM 1967 TDH-3501 Lincoln 4189-4203 GM 1969 TDH-3301 Spokane 4214-4233 GM 1973 T8H-5307A El Paso 301- 310 GM 1967 TDH-5303 Houston 311- 324 GM 1968 T6H-5305A Houston 325- 334 GM 1969 T6H-5305A Houston 335- 344 GM 1971 T6H-5305A HoustonIn addition, National City Lines acquired the following buses from various smaller manufacturers, numbers and assignments not yet available. Presumably, these numbers were within the "gaps" of numbers on the list.
Quantity Builder Built Model
5 Fitzjohn 1940 300
46 Mack 1940 L-25
28 Mack 1941 L-25
30 Mack 1941 RC
14 Fitzjohn 1942 300
42 Mack 1942 RC
20 Fitzjohn 1944 310
15 Fitzjohn 1945 310
30 Ford 1946 69-B
65 Ford 1947 79-B
Except for properties not wholly owned by National City Lines, all buses of the various properties generally were consecutively numbered in a single series. Numbers ending in "13" were skipped, presumably for superstitious reasons. One exception is buses acquired for the Houston system, acquired later by National City Lines.Most buses were built by General Motors, one of the companies controlling National City Lines. The GM Bus Division had previously been known as Yellow Coach, owned by GM.