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Gillig (formerly Gillig Brothers) is an American designer and manufacturer of buses. The company headquarters, along with its manufacturing operations, is located in Livermore, California (in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area). By volume, Gillig is the second-largest transit bus manufacturer in North America (behind New Flyer). [1]
An armoured bus or armored bus is a type of bus which provides increased protection for passengers, usually against small arms and improvised explosive devices. The bus can be a stock commercial bus with retro-fitted vehicle armour as well as bulletproof glass , or a specially built military armoured vehicle .
The company was founded in 1916, in Oakland, California, by Rollie, William, Frank and Claude Fageol, to manufacture motor trucks, farm tractors and automobiles. [1] It was located next to Oakland Assembly , then a Chevrolet factory originally built in 1917 by William Durant , which later became part of General Motors .
Ground Force One is a 45-foot-long bus specially designed by the Secret Service. REUTERS/Larry Downing Source: America's Book of Secrets "Presidential Transports"
Defunct bus manufacturers of the United States (1 C, 28 P) G. Gillig (7 P) T. Thomas Built Buses (8 P) Pages in category "Bus manufacturers of the United States"
Aluminum-body integral chassis bus, Midship and rear engine configurations Produced as both school bus and motorcoach First diesel-powered school bus (1955) First tandem-axle school bus (1956) Crown Coach-sold buses (assembled by other manufacturers) Ford Transit Bus: c.1945–1947 Ford rear-engine Crown sold the Ford Transit Bus after World ...
The Blue Bird All American is a series of buses produced by American school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation (originally Blue Bird Body Company) since 1948. Originally developed as a type D (transit style) yellow school bus (its most common configuration), versions of the All American have been designed for a wide variety of applications, ranging from the Blue Bird Wanderlodge luxury ...
ENC (formerly El Dorado National–California, after which the company's name is derived) is an American manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses with its headquarters and main factory in Riverside, California, and owned by Rivaz Inc.