Chicago Motor Coach Company

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Chicago Motor Coach Company Soundex Code C220

(wikipedia entry) Chicago Motor Coach Company

CMC bus roster

All the different park district bus operators were later combined into the Chicago Motor Coach. That company continued in business until 1952, when it was bought out by the CTA.

Routes

51 Sheridan Road

54 Lunt

55 Devon Ashland

Photos

RPWRHS photo C036-006 shows a Chicago Motor Coach Company 51 Sheridan Road bus at Devon Avenue and Ashland Avenue, 1940.

RPWRHS photo C036-008 shows a Southbound Chicago Motor Coach Company 51 Sheridan Road (Outer Drive Limited) double-decker Bus #202 at the northwest corner Howard Street and Paulina Street in 1950.

RPWRHS photo C036-009 shows the Chicago Motor Coach Company 51 Sheridan Road bus turnaround at the northeast corner of Devon Avenue and Sheridan Road in 1950.

RPWRHS photo C036-010 shows Mundelein College, 6363 N. Sheridan Road, (left) from the second deck of a Chicago Motor Coach Company 51 Sheridan Road double-decker bus traveling east on Sheridan Road in 1940.

RPWRHS photo C036-011 shows Mundelein College, 6363 N. Sheridan Road, (right) with a Chicago Motor Coach Company 51 Sheridan Road double-decker bus traveling east on Sheridan Road in 1950.

RPWRHS photo C036-0111 shows Granada Theater, 6427 N. Sheridan Road, circa 1930. Chicago Motor Coach double-decker bus in foreground.

RPWRHS photo C043-32279 shows the Morse Avenue Station circa 1940. The bus waiting for the pedestrians to cross was from Chicago Motor Coach and was the 54 Lunt route. The photo is taken from East of the "L" station looking West. The bus route will terminate at Sheridan Road.