Dayton's City Transit Company/MVRTA "Seasonal" Trolley Buses
(Special Paint Schemes)
by H.I. Hylton 10/28/02
City Transit
| Year |
Painted for |
Model (Year) |
Number |
Where from |
| 1960 |
Keys |
M-H TC-44 (1947) |
#610 |
ex-Kansas City Public Service #2533 |
| 1963 |
Easter |
Pullman-Std (1947) |
#441 |
ex-City Railway #441 |
| 1965 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1951) |
#540 |
ex-Cincinnati Street Railway #1481 |
| 1966 |
" |
M-H TC-48 (1951) |
#537 |
ex-Cincinnati Street Railway #1486 |
| 1967 |
No special painted Xmas ETB this year |
|
|
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| 1968 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1948) |
#561 |
ex-Columbus Transit Co #607 |
| 1969 |
" |
" |
" |
" |
| 1970 |
" |
" |
" |
" |
| 1971 |
" |
" |
" |
" |
Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA)
| Year |
Painted for |
Model (Year) |
Number |
Where from |
| 1972 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1948) |
#561 |
ex-Columbus Transit Co #607 |
| 1973 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1949) |
#509 |
ex-City Railway #509 |
| 1974 |
Easter |
" |
" |
" |
| 1974 |
Xmas |
" |
" |
" |
| 1975 |
Winter/Xmas |
" |
" |
" |
| 1975 |
Spring |
M-H TC-48 (1948) |
#561 |
ex-Columbus Transit Co #607 |
| 1975 |
Summer |
M-H TC-48 (1949) |
#510 |
ex-City Railway #510 |
| 1975 |
Fall |
M-H TC-48 (1948) |
#559 |
ex-Columbus Transit Co #643 |
| 1976 |
Bicentennial |
M-H TC-48 (1949) |
#501 |
ex-City Railway #501 |
| 1976 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1949) |
#509 |
ex-City Railway #509 |
| 1977 |
Xmas |
M-H TC-48 (1948) |
#559 |
ex-Columbus Transit Co #643 |
| 1978-88 |
Xmas |
" |
" |
" |
#559 was stored each year until December, when it ran in revenue for one month. It's final year in Dayton as the Xmas trolley was 1988, after which it was donated to San Francisco Municipal Railway, where it survives today as their Xmas Trolley.
M-H #501 was restored in City Railway paint scheme in 1983 by MVRTA to celebrate 50 years of ETB's in Dayton. It was part of the MVRTA historical fleet until about 1988. After a few years on static display in Carillon Park, it was returned to MVRTA, where it remains inoperable.
In 1984 MVRTA restored #515 in City Transit Co's. paint scheme. After a few years use, it was sent to Dayton's Carillon Park in trade for #501. #515 is on static display inside the Carillon Park Transportation Building.
All other special seasonal Marmon-Herrington ETB's have been long ago scrapped.
MVRTA's last Xmas trolley, all-white Flyer #942, had special seasonal panels affixed to it's sides, had a music system, and served for two or three winters in the mid-90's. It was scrapped with the rest of the remaining Flyers in 1999.
Data from Don Brabson, Edw. O'Meara, and NATTA Databook II.