Hi Dave -
Depends how you qualify "regular transit service." If for one of the big-city properties (NYCT, CTA or LACMTA), no. Coach USA has some Thomas-built low-floors that operate in Chicago on a Northern Trust Bank HQ-Data center shuttle, which takes them into Loop traffic, as well as past Union Station. I think that the Damlier-Chrysler ownership, which also controls Orion, tends to "steer" the big-city business that way, while Thomas-built buses are used for secondary demands.
Art
Interesting. Thanks for the information! Do you suppose they will ever build "light rail cars?
Have they even built buses used in regular transit service?
The Perley A. Thomas Car Works was reorganized as Thomas Built Buses, Inc., and became one of the three principal builders of large school buses in the United States by the end of the 20th century. It is still based in High Point, and is part of the Freightliner Group of DaimlerChrysler.
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