Drove for trailways of New England ( Boston) . Had a charter at Hartford airport. Picked up Chuck Mangione , he told me eagle is the only bus he would ride. Greyhound’s air ride felt like it was rolling over around sharp curbs. I truly miss trailways.
Best bus ever even Greyhound drivers cushioning would come down to Trailways and cushion on our buses as they rode so well. Greyhound made a BIG MISTAKE when they did away with the eagle.
@@ericgray2077 Greyhound Lines never owned MCI! Greyhound IC the former parent company of the former Greyhound Lines owned MCI! Greyhound couldn't keep Eagle going during the strike!
I miss the Eagle bus. When I was a kid I always loved the Trailways bus co. After growing up and started driving buses I work for a company that had model 10’s and 15’s. What a great coach.
Twys was lying in the morgue in '87 when Greyhound rescued it just before the last rites. Greyhound has been dying for the last 30 years, but like a vampire they just can't kill it off.
@@ericgray2077 same could be said about Teets selling off Greyhound to an underfunded group led by ex Trailways executives! Both parent companies just wanted out! Now fastforward thirty four years and history repeats itself!
I once drove both Eagles and MCIs for charter and tour company based in central Massachusetts in the eighties. The ride of the Eagles was better because of the suspension, and because the seats were a bit wider than of those in an MCI. the extra width came from a narrower aisle. The AC for the driver wasn't that great though. The driver sat down in a hole, so to speak, and that angled sunroof above the windshield just let the sun come pouring in , baking the cockpit and whoever was behind the wheel.
Never rode Twys, only Greyhound, but Twys always intrigued me. They always seemed like the scrappy guy who had lots to prove against the bigger, more arrogant Greyhound. I have to admit though, Greyhound was a quality operation before the beginning of its dismantling in the late 80s and early 90s.
@@thegodblogger3812 Man get outta here Trailways was the Cadilac bus of all the buses it was the People's choice of the Southeastern states but when things got financially difficult with Trailways, Greyhound brought them out then let them go, they was too much comp. for Greyhound esp. in the Southeast.
@@BACON-l3t Wow, you just proved my point. The Southeast doesn't make the whole story. Greyhound was a NATIONAL player. They were larger, stronger, more prestigious, and paid their employees better. Remember, the South lost. 😆😆😆 And I live in Louisiana. 🤣🤣🤣
@@thegodblogger3812 The South lost?, dude the South is always winning you in the South WTF!....dude when i tell you Trailway is King of the road in the South that's just what it was /is back then Greyhound was a big garbage bin ask anybody bout Trailways back then and they'll tell you it was better than Greyclown, you see the comments on here and allot of these videos are showing Trailway buses in the videos when they refer to Greyhound eg. Eagle, Silver Eagle etc, you know that Geyclown was garbage! and i rode them a little bit back in the day but Trailways were the gateways and King of the Road just facts, now stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
When Greyhound was Greyhound they was All MCI then Eagle then MCI and Prevost the new owners are shedding MCIs the Greyhound co isn't connected to MCI any more
The Greyhound bankruptcy had a devastating effect on Eagle since they were at the time a subsidiary of Greyhound. While Eagle was profitable Greyhound was not due to the drivers strike and profits were siphoned from Eagle to keep Greyhound functioning for as long as they could ultimately ending in bankruptcy and the selling of Eagle.
@@phoenixcoachglobal8317. Growing up in Chicago.my family always used Continental Trailways when we traveled south, in part because Greyhound didn't serve the small town in Arkansas we were going to. The first stop was in St Louis, but we didn't take a direct route there. I know Greyhound pulled a fast one and got the government to give it a monopoly over direct routing concerning Continental Trailways. Was this true concerning ALL Trailways companies?
@@phoenixcoachglobal8317 I started driving for greyhound in 78 and when we got the eagles they were a maintenance nightmare and e en the fomer railway driver preferred the mic over the eagles
@@ericgray2077 They bought CCC to keep Peter Pan from running all the way to Miami! PPL and CCC had started a Pool to Norfolk and PPL actually bought a company in Miami to complete the other side of the operation! Combined with PPL pool service to Chicago, they would have effectively become formidable enemy all the way from MASS to FLA and the Midwest
@@ericgray2077 The fact Greyhound could hold Twys at bay and ultimately buy Twys out is a testament that Greyhound was a bigger, stronger operation. It was literally "dog eat dog." That's the capitalistic American way.
