DETROIT BUS ROSTER

DEPARTMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS (1922-1942)



Numbers    Builder       Built    Model        Notes

   1-   2  Republic      1922     ?
   3       Fageol        1922
   1-  23  Yellow        1925     Z-R-216      Acquired from People's Motor Coach
  42-  66  Yellow        1924     Z-L 210      Acquired from People's Motor Coach
  10-  11  Lincoln       1930     sedan
  80- 105  Yellow        1929-30  Z-AAZ-326
 110       Yellow        1929     Z-AAAR-359
 151- 230  Ford          1935-36  51
  50- 130  Graham        1924-25  YB
 131- 140  Reo           1925     W
 141- 150  Graham        1925     YB
 151- 152  Reo           1925     W
 153- 209  Graham        1925     YB
 211- 260  Graham        1926     YC
 261       Graham        1927     JC
 262       Graham        1928     JD
 263       Dodge         1929     JE
 300       Twin          1927     40           Renumbered from 600
 301- 315  Twin          1928     40
 316       Twin          1929     40
 317- 318  Twin          1928     40           Renumbered from 751-752
 319- 350  Twin          1929-30  40           Acquired from Detroit Motorbus
 351       Twin          1929     40
 401- 474  Six-Wheel     1925-26  ?            Acquired from Detroit Motorbus
 499       Fageol        1924                  Renumbered from 1799
 401- 485  Ford          1935     51
 501- 550  ACF           1926-27  519-4-F1     Double Decker/cut down 1929-30
 551- 556  ACF           1928     508-8-D11    551 not purchased
 562- 564  ACF           1928     511-2-H2     Renumbered from 602-604
 576- 590  Chevrolet     1935
 601- 650  ACF           1930     512-2-H8
 651- 674  ACF           1928-29  512-2-H8
 675       ACF           1929     512-3-H8
 676- 690  ACF           1928-29  512-2-H8
 700- 739  Yellow        1928     W-A-329
 740       Yellow        1928     W            Not purchased
 741       Yellow        1929     W-G-366
 751- 800  Ford          1935     51
 801- 836  Ford          1934     BB-18        836 Demo
 837- 896  Ford          1935     51
 898       Ford          1936     ?            Demo
 899       Ford          1936     51
 999       Ford          1939     ?            Demo
 900-1019  Graham        1928     JE
1051-1550  Ford          1936-37  70
1551-1800  Ford          1937-38  81-B
1801-2300  Ford          1939-40  09-B
2301-2381  Ford          1941-42  19-B
2382-2900  Ford          1941-43  29-B


Some buses were acquired from People's Motor Coach in 1926, retaining same numbers Not all buses in series 42-66 were acquired.

Some buses were acquired from Detroit Motorbus in 1932. Buses 319-350 renumbered from DMB 1001-1032. Buses 401-474 retained DMB numbers, not all buses acquired.