Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
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Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) was a bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico.
The company was formed in 1974 by Greyhound Bus Lines to manufacture Motor Coach Industries vehicles. In 1987, General Motors decided to close its bus division and sold the manufacturing rights of the Rapid Transit Series (RTS) bus to Greyhound Bus Lines for assembly by TMC. TMC sold its Classic bus license to NovaBus in 1991 and spun off in 1993 as Motor Coach Industries. In 1990, TMC began development of an enclosed automobile-transport semitrailer. This trailer used small-diameter wheels to maximize interior space, and robotic arms to lift the automobiles and position them closely together in the trailer body. The trailer lacked the traditional ramps and racks: automobiles were fitted with pins strapped to the tires, which slotted into holders inside the trailer. These features maximized the capacity of the trailer.
In 1994, MCI sold the TMC plant to NovaBus, who closed it in 2003. The Roswell, New Mexico plant was reopened later under the name Millennium Transit Services LLC.
[edit] Products
- MCI coaches
- Rapid Transit Series (RTS) - licensed/purchased from General Motors
- TC40102 Classic - licensed/purchased from General Motors
- CityCruiser (a modified Orion I, licensed from Ontario Bus Industries)
- Orion I from Orion Bus Industries
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