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Motor Coach Industries company history timeline

1936

1936: The Public Works administration provides the first large-scale federal government public transportation assistance in the United States, promoting public transport on both rail and road.

1937

1937.The company designs and builds its first proprietary chassis and manufactures its first line of coaches for Grey Goose Bus Lines in Winnipeg.

1950

1950.During this decade, the coach division continues to innovate; adding the 85, 90, 95, 96 and launches the new MC series of coaches starting with the MC-1.

1959

1959: The MC-1 cements the company's popularity; 26 coaches are produced during the year, with the company additionally developing its MCX2 prototype.

1970

1970.Harry Zoltok retires, while the company opens a new parts distribution center in Northlake, IL, and the MC-8 replaces the MC-7.

1977

The company builds its first MC-5B coach (production runs through 1977).

1984

The first model is contracted out as retrofit for Terra Transport and built for the Canadian Government in June 1984; it buys another in October.

2007

In summer, it puts its J4500 coach equipped with a 2007 EPA-compliant Caterpillar engine on the road to raise awareness of Green coach transportation during the 54-day Udall Legacy Bus Tour.

2016

2016: New Flyer immediately begins sizable investments in MCI's plants and facilities.

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