This bus roster covers all makes and models used by the CCL up to its sale to Trentway-Wagar in 1993. I’ve tried to include any previous owners and any subsequent owners, but there may be errors in either. If there are no numbers listed next to a new or previous owner, then the bus’s CCL number is identical to that of its new or previous owner.
:2 - second bus with this number
btw – between
NIO – Not In Order (i.e CCL 1, 2, 3 becomes HSR 14, 12, 13)
odd – odd numbers only (i.e. 1601, 1603, 1605)
BPUC - Brantford Public Utilities Commission
CC&F - Canadian Car & Foundry
CCL – Canada Coach Lines
ECL - Erie Coach Lines
GMC - General Motors Corporation
GMDD - General Motors Diesel Division
GPSC - Galt Public Service Commission
HSR - Hamilton Street Railway
MCI - Motor Coach Industries
MHTC - Medicine Hat Transit Company
TTC – Toronto Transit Commission
TW - Trentway-Wagar
| Bus number | Manufacturer & Model | Year Built/Bought | Previous Owners | Subsequent Owners |
| 1-2 |
GMC 9791 (School Bus) |
1954 |
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| 11-15 |
Mercury B700 (School Bus) |
1965/May 1 1969 |
scrapped June 1978 | |
| 16 |
Chevrolet (School Bus) |
1965/Aug 29 1969 |
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| 17 |
GMC (School Bus) |
1965/Aug 29 1969 |
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| 21 |
(School Bus) |
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| 27-28 |
(School Bus) |
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| 31 |
(School Bus) |
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| 35 |
Ford (School Bus) |
1972 |
Ex-CHW? |
retired June 1978 |
| 36-38 |
Dodge Bluebird (School Bus) |
1971 |
? | retired June 1978 |
| 39-43 |
Ford Thomas (School Bus) |
1972 |
? | retired June 1978 |
| 80 |
GMC TGH-3102 |
Sept 1960/ Spring 1974 |
Ex-HSR |
|
| 82,88 |
White ? |
|
|
|
| 90 |
CC&F C-36 |
1946/1960? |
Ex-HSR |
To GPSC in Feb 1962 |
| 91-93 |
GMC TGH-3102 |
1960/1961 |
Ex-HSR |
To GPSC in Feb 1962. 91 & 92 to Cambridge Transit in Jan 1973. 93 to MHTC 41 in 1966 |
| 101-102 |
GMC Bluebird (School Bus) |
1967 |
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| 111 |
Unibus/Van Hool 625 |
? |
|
|
| 128 |
MCI 102-C3 |
1989 |
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| 142 |
MCI 102-C3 |
1989 |
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| 181-184 |
CC&F C-36 |
1946/1960? |
Ex-HSR |
181 & 183 to Sarnia Transit in 1966. |
| 186/187 |
CC&F C-36 |
1946/1960? |
Ex-HSR |
to GPSC in 1962. |
| 192 |
CC&F C-36 |
? |
Ex-HSR |
|
| 195-197 |
CC&F C-36 |
? |
Ex-HSR |
|
| 210 |
CC&F C-36 |
? |
Ex-HSR |
|
| 214-218 |
CC&F CD-36A |
1950/? |
Ex HSR |
|
| 417 |
White 613 |
? |
|
|
| 431-439 (odd) |
White ? |
? |
|
|
| 481-488 |
CC&F CD-44A |
1953/? |
Ex HSR |
|
| 491-492 |
Twin 41-S |
1947 |
Ex HSR |
|
| 603, 607 |
White ? |
? |
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| 621-626, 627:2, 628, 629:2 |
GMDD TDH-4519 |
1964/? |
Ex HSR |
|
| 627 |
Ford 19B |
1941/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 629-635 (odd) |
Ford 29B |
1942/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 639, 641 |
Ford 49B |
1943/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 643, 645 |
Ford 59B |
1945/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 647, 649 |
Ford 29B |
1942/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 651-669 (odd) |
Ford 19B |
1941/1946 |
Ex Grey Coach Lines 850-859 | |
| 671 |
Ford 09B |
1940/? |
Ex Weaver Coach Line ? | |
| 673 |
Ford ? |
June 1944/? |
Ex Charles Coach Lines ? | |
| 675 |
Ford ? |
1939/? |
Ex Charles Coach Lines ? | |
| 677 |
Ford 99T |
1947/? |
Ex BPUC ? | |
| 679, 681 |
Ford 59B |
1946/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 683, 685 |
Ford 19B |
1941/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 687 |
Ford 49B |
1944/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | |
| 701-721 (odd) |
White 706M |
1937 |
701, 711, 717 to Oakville Transit | |
| 723-739 (odd) |
White 706M |
1938 |
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| 741-789 (odd) |
White 706M |
1939 |
751 to Rural Coach, 765, 789 to Niagara Coach, 775 to Raven Coach, 787 to Calvalry Church | |
| 791, 793 |
White WA120 |
1941 |
To Niagara Coach | |
| 795 |
GMC ? (tractor-trailer bus) |
? |
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| 797 |
Mack CQ |
1939 |
|
|
| 801-813 (odd) |
White 782 |
1942 |
|
|
| 821-825 (odd) |
Twin 41-S |
1947/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL 40-42 | 821, 825 to HSR 491-492 |
| 827 |
GMC TGH-3207 |
1948/? |
Ex Van Dyke's Sightseeing ? | |
| 831-837 (odd) |
Twin 38-S |
1947/Feb 1950 |
Ex Canadian Pacific Transport 12-15 | |
| 901-939 (odd) |
White 798 |
Nov 1944 |
To HSR |
|
| 941, 943 |
White 798 |
1945 |
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| 945-949 (odd) |
White 798-10 |
1945 |
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| 1000 |
MCI MC-8 |
1977/1988 |
Leased from Paling Industries | |
| 1100 |
MCI MC-8 |
1977/1988 |
Leased from Paling Industries | |
| 1101-1119 (odd) |
CC&F IC-41 |
1946 |
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| 1121, 1123 |
Aerocoach P-371 |
1947/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? | To Western Ontario Motorways 484-485 |
| 1151-1169 (odd) |
CC&F C-36 |
1946 |
To HSR 201-210 |
|
| 1200 |
MCI MC-8 |
1977/1988 |
Leased from Paling Industries | |
| 1201, 1203 |
Flxible 29BR-46 |
1946 |
1201 to Carr's Coach Lines 107, 1203 to Gateman's Coach Lines | |
| 1205-1237 (odd) |
Flxible 29BI-47 |
1947 |
1205 to Newmarket Coach Lines, 1207 to Royal City Coach Lines 19, 1211 to Normandin Bus, 1223 to Penninsula Bus Lines 5, 1231, 1233 to HSR 493-494, 1237 wrecked in collision with Toronto streetcar Nov 6 1948. |
|
| 1239-1253 (odd) |
Flxible 37BI-48 |
1948 |
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| 1255-1277 (odd) |
Flxible 33BI-49 |
1949 |
1257 & 1259 to Newmarket Coach Lines 54 & 50. 1265 to Sarnia Transit | |
| 1279 |
Flxible 29BR-41 |
1941/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? |
|
| 1281, 1283 |
Flxible 29BR-45 |
1945/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? |
|
| 1285 |
Flxible 29BI-47 |
1947/Dec 1948 |
Ex ECL ? |
To HSR 495 in 1955 |
| 1287, 1289 |
Flxible 29BI-47 |
1947/? |
Ex Western Ontario Motorways ? |
To HSR 496-497 |
| 1401-1419 (odd) |
Flxible 33BR-40 |
1940/1949 |
Ex Provincial Transport 440-449 |
|
| 1401:2, 1403:2 |
Ford? |
|
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| 1421, 1423 |
Flxible 29BR-41 |
1941/1949 |
Ex Colonial Coach Lines 4101-4102 |
|
| 1425 |
Flxible 29BR-44 |
1944/1949 |
Ex Colonial Coach Lines 4451 |
|
| 1429 |
Flxible 29BR-44 |
1944/1949 |
Ex Colonial Coach Lines 4452 |
|
| 1431-1439 (odd) |
Flxible 29BR-45 |
1945/1949 |
Ex Provincial Transport 4501-4505 |
1433 to PMCL 47 |
| 1441-1447 (odd) |
Flxible 29BR-45 |
1945/1949 |
Ex Provincial Transport 4507-4510 |
|
| 1449-1453 (odd) |
Flxible 29BR-45 |
1945/1949 |
Ex Colonial Coach Lines 4511-4513 |
|
| 1455-1459 (odd) |
Flxible 29BR-46 |
1946/1949 |
Ex Provincial Transport 4620-4622 |
|
| 1501-1539 (odd) |
CC&F ICWD-29 |
Dec 1951 |
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| 1601-1615 (odd) |
CC&F CD-44A |
Jan 1953 |
To HSR 481-484, 486, 485, 487-488 in 1955 |
|
| 1631-1641 |
CC&F CD-44A |
1953/1968-70 |
Ex HSR 401, 402, 411, 407, 409, 406, 408, 410, 403-405 |
|
| 1651 |
CC&F CD-44A |
Apr 1956 |
scrapped Mar 1978 | |
| 1652, 1653 |
CC&F CD-44A |
1956/1969 |
Ex HSR 433, 434 |
|
| 1661, 1665-1669 |
CC&F CD-44A |
1956/1971-72 |
Ex HSR 421, 425-429 |
|
| 1671-1681 |
GMC TDH-4512 |
1957/1976 |
Ex HSR 501-511 |
|
| 1691-1698 |
GMC TDH-4512 |
1958/1976-77 |
Ex HSR 552, 562, 555-557, 551, 558 & 560 |
Back to HSR in 1978 |
| 1701-1725 (odd) |
GMC TDM-4515 |
1955 |
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| 1751-1757 (odd) |
GMC TDM-4515 |
1956 |
scrapped Sept 1978 | |
| 1761, 1765-1767 (odd) |
GMC TDM-4515 |
1958 |
scrapped Sept 1978 | |
| 1801, 1803 |
GMC PD-4104 |
1958 |
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| 1821-1829 (odd) |
GMC PD-4104 |
1959 |
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| 1901-1911 (odd) |
GMC SDM-4501 |
1960 |
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| 1931-1935 (odd) |
GMC SDM-4501 |
1961 |
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| 1941-1947 (odd) |
GMDD SDM-4502 |
1963 |
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| 1951-1963 (odd) |
GMDD SDM-4502 |
1965 |
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| 1971-1989 (odd), 1991-1997 |
GMDD SDM-4502 |
1966 |
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| 2101, 2103 |
MCI MCC-5A |
Mar 1965 |
2103 to Niagara Falls Police | |
| 2121 |
Western Flyer Canuck 600A |
1968 |
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| 2125-2126 |
GMC S8M-5304A |
Summer 1972 |
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| 2131-2134 |
MCI MC-5B |
Summer 1972 |
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| 2135-2139 |
MCI MC-5B |
Spring 1973 |
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| 2141-2145 |
MCI MC-5B |
Fall 1974 |
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| 2151-2156 |
MCI MC-5B |
Summer 1975 |
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| 2160-2169 |
MCI MC-9 |
1979 |
2160-2163, 2165-2169 to TW 2517, 2140-2142, 2134-2138 in 1993 | |
| 2171 |
Prevost LeMirage |
Nov 1979/1982 |
Ex Murray Hill 8020 | |
| 2172 |
Prevost LeMirage |
?/1982 |
Ex Murray Hill ? | |
| 2173 |
Prevost LeMirage |
Dec 1980/1982 |
Ex Murray Hill 8132 | |
| 2174 |
Prevost LeMirage |
Apr 1981/1982 |
Ex Murray Hill 8122 | |
| 2175 |
Prevost LeMirage |
Sept 1982/1985 |
Ex Music Mann 8424 | |
| 2181-2183 |
MCI 96-A3 |
1985 |
To TW 3242-3244 in 1993 | |
| 2191-2196 |
MCI 102-AW3 |
1989 |
To TW 3245-3250 in 1993 | |
| 2201-2203 |
MCI TC40-102A |
1988 |
|
To TW 8850-8852 in 1993 |
| 2204-2209 |
MCI TC40-102A |
1989 |
|
2204-2208 to HSR in 1993, 2209 to Real McCoy circa 1991 |
| 2301 |
MCI 102-C3 |
1992 |
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To TW 3251 in 1993 |
"Canada Coach Lines All-Time Roster" Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board Wiki, retrieved October 21, 2008
Gryfe, Alan Canada Coach Lines Roster Sept 11, 2002, retrieved October 21, 2008
Hamilton Spectator: Nov 16, 1944; Dec 16, 1946; Dec 10, 1948; Feb 11, 1950; Dec 3, 1951.
Miller, W. E. "Canada Coach Lines Current Equipment Roster" Canadian Coach, July 1972
Miller, W. E. "Hamilton Street Railway Current Equipment Roster, March 31, 1972" Canadian Coach, April 1972, pg 10
Miller, William E. "Cambridge Transit - A New City/A New Transit Philosophy" Canadian Coach, Sept/Oct 1974, Vol. 10, No. 5, pg 8-9
News Flashes, assorted. Canadian Coach, Jan 1972-Nov/Dec 1974
News Flashes, assorted. Transit Canada, Mar/Apr 1975-Mar/Apr 1978
Wilson, Norman D. "Report to the Corporation of the City of Hamilton concerning The Hamilton Street Railway Company and its wholly owned subsidiary The Canada Coach Lines, Limited" 1959, Schedule #1
