Mailing Address P.O. Box 601105 Sacramento, CA 95860-1105
The late Marcel Sales was an early member of the Pacific Bus Museum and was PBM Vice President when Jim Husing was President.
Marcel was a Safety and Training Supervisor at Golden Gate Transit. He owned #246 – Peerless Stages from 1985-1990.
Ron Medaglia, Mike Sheridan, and Steve Souza worked with Marcel at Golden Gate Transit.
– Alan Fong – PBM Member and Pacific Bus Museum Treasurer
“Marcel Sales worked for Muni and later Golden Gate Transit in the Bay Area.”
“…two of our members, Mike Sheridan and Marcel Sales, both work for Golden Gate Transit. Better yet, Mike is one of the highest seniority drivers, and Marcel is in charge of the drivers training program…”
– The Paddle
Line 1, Run 3 – March 1992
June 4, 2001
IN HONOR OF A GOOD FRIEND
by Steven Souza
On Monday, June 4, all of us at Golden Gate Transit were stunned to hear that our recently-retired colleague, Marcel Sales, had unexpectedly passed away on May 31th. To me, he was more than just a former colleague: he was a fellow railfan, car buff, motorcycle fan, a busnut, and a great friend. I’m sure that many of us PBM members recall that Marcel was elected to a Board of Directors position for many years, not only because of his competence, but also for his trustworthiness and dedication to the organizations’ efforts. It was he who originally acquired Peerless #246 and restored it to its original condition. The flagship of our collection today, Peerless #246 is an incredible example of love and dedication.
I first met Marcel when I was twelve years old. I had spent much of my summer vacation enjoying the first of several Trolley Festivals in San Francisco. A few railfans and busnuts introduced me to this “gentle giant.” Marcel was a rather imposing figure at first (being over six feet tall), but his easygoing nature made him feel more like an uncle.
Over the next several years, I became involved with the newly-organized Pacific Bus Museum, and I was always happy to see Marcel at related events and meetings. It was at one of these events that he “invited” me to apply for the bus driver’s position at Golden Gate Transit (of course, there were some other influences like Mike Sheridan, Ron Medaglia, and the late Bruce Maher). Frustrated with my current occupation, I decided to develop a career in the public transit industry. Marcel helped me realize that it was possible to combine work and play!
In closing, I’d like to share some thoughts from his memorial held on June 6. When we wonder why Marcel was taken from us so unexpectedly, it was because God has a World War Two jeep, a cable car, a motorcycle, a steam train, and a 1950’s Mack diesel bus, and He needs someone to drive them.
(Note) Marcel Sales retired in August 2000 after a long career in the transportation industry. First as a bus driver and motorman for the San Francisco MUNI before moving to Golden Gate Transit as a driver and then as a Safety/Training Supervisor. One of his favorite tasks was organizing the annual APTA bus roadeos for Golden Gate Transit.
(Source: Pacific Bus Museum member newsletter, The Paddle May/June 2001)
Three General Motors TDM-4512’s (#244-246) were delivered to Peerless Stages, Inc. of Oakland, CA in April 1955.
In 1996 Richard donated #246 along with the five other buses in his historic bus collection to the Pacific Bus Museum.
4-Speed Manual, General Motors, General Motors, GM Truck & Coach Division, Intercity Coach, Peerless Stages, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
Line 10, Run 3
Did you Know? by Andy Goddard
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Boston Elevated Railway, Cummins, Flxible, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Interurban Electric Railway (Southern Pacific), Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Marmon-Herrington, Saint Louis Car Company, San Francisco SF MUNI, Seashore Trolley Museum, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)
Line 9, Run 4
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Contra Costa Area Transit Service (C.A.T.S.), Flyer, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Guiton Charter, Key System, Long Beach Transit, Mack, Motor Bus Society, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Omaha Transit Company, Peerless Stages, Royal Coach Tours, San Diego Transit (SDT), San Francisco SF MUNI, Twin Coach, Unitrans UC Davis, White Motors
Line 9, Run 2
Recent Donations
Continental Trailways, Eagle Bus, Flxible, Greyhound, Greyhound Lines of Australia, Mack, Market Street Railway, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Peerless Stages, Royal Coach Tours, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, Torrance Transit, Unitrans UC Davis, Western Greyhound Lines, Western Railway Museum
Line 9, Run 1
and that’s the way things were by Jerry Squier
Aerocoach, Airport Charter Lines, Atkinson Transportation Co., C.D. Beck Co., Crosstown Bus Lines, Crown Coach, Eastern Cities Transit, Gray Line, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Landier Transit Lines, Mack, Marmon-Herrington, Montebello Municipal Bus Lines, Niles Canyon Railway, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Royal Coach Tours, San Diego Transit (SDT), Santa Catalina Island Company, Scenic Hyway Tours, South Los Angeles Transportation Co., Southern Cities Transit, West Coast Motor Coach Museum, Western Greyhound Lines, Whittier Bus Lines, Yellow Coach builder
Line 8, Run 6
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Flxible, Ford, Greyhound, Mack, Marmon-Herrington, Oregon Motor Stages, San Pedro Transit Lines, Terminal Island Transit Co., Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Vaca Valley Bus Lines, Western Greyhound Lines, Wilmington Bus Co.
Line 8, Run 5
AirporTransit, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), ATC Vancom, Chicago Transit Authority, Crown Coach, Fageol, Falcon Charter Service, Fitzjohn, Flxible, Ford, Gray Line, Greyhound, Highland Transit (HT), Inglewood City Lines, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Long Beach Motor Bus Co, Los Angeles Railway, Mack, Marmon-Herrington, Metro Coach Lines, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Pacific Electric, Royal Coach Tours, San Diego Transit (SDT), San Pedro Motor Bus Association, Sunset Stages, Unitrans UC Davis, Wayne, West Valley Charter Lines, Western Greyhound Lines, White Motors
In 2017 PBM Member, Ron Medaglia, wrote this article on the history of the Pacific Bus Museum, entitled “The Pacific Bus Museum From Hobby to Formal Museum”, for the National Bus Trader magazine.
American Stage Tours, General Motors, GM Truck & Coach Division, Niles Canyon Railway, Niles Coach Lines, Royal Coach Tours, Scenic Hyway Tours, Twin Coach, UC Davis Transit System, Union Pacific Railroad, Unitrans UC Davis, West Coast Motor Coach Museum
Line 8, Run 4
ACF Brill, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), AM General, Antelope Valley Bus Company (AVBCo), Asbury Rapid Transit System, DINA (Diesel Nacional S.A), East Bay Transit, Flxible, Frontier Tours, Greyhound, London Transport, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Metropolitan Coach Lines, Niles Canyon Railway, Pacific Electric, Sacramento Regional Transit, Saint Louis Car Company, San Francisco SF MUNI, Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority (VTA), Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Trona Stages, Twin Coach, Western Greyhound Lines, White Motors
Line 8, Run 3
Emperor Norton Tours, Flxible, Greyhound, Mack, Oklahoma Transportation Company, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Peninsula Charter Lines, San Francisco SF MUNI, West Valley Charter Lines, White Motors, Yellow Coach builder
Line 8, Run 2
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Cummins, Flxible, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Mack, Market Street Railway, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Orange County Transit District, Royal Coach Tours, San Francisco SF MUNI, SunLine Transit Agency, Torrance Transit, West Valley Charter Lines, Western Greyhound Lines, Yellow Coach builder
Line 8, Run 1
ACF Brill, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Barrett Transportation, Cummins, Flxible, Golden Gate Transit, Gray Line, Hall-Scott, Lang Transportation Co, Long Beach Motor Bus Co, Mack, Niles Canyon Railway, Niles Coach Lines, Orange County Transit District, Pacific City Lines, Pasadena City Lines, Peerless Stages, Royal Coach Tours, San Francisco SF MUNI, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, SunLine Transit Agency, White Motors, Yellow Coach builder
Line 7, Run 5
Brill IC, C.D. Beck Co., Cummins, General Motors, Gillig, Gray Line, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), International Harvester, Mack, Niles Canyon Railway, Oahu Transit Services
Line 7, Run 4
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), All West Coachlines, Chicago Surface Lines, Cummins, Fageol, Flxible, Glacier Transport Company, Key System, Melni Bus Service, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Peerless Stages, Peninsula Charter Lines, Sacramento Regional Transit, Scenic Hyway Tours, Tacoma Transit, Twin Coach, Utah Parks Company, Valley Transit Authority
Line 7, Run 3
All West Coachlines, Culver City Municipal Bus Lines, Flxible, Gardena Municipal Bus Lines, Montebello Municipal Bus Lines, Pacific Electric, Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines (SMMBL), Southern California RTD (SCRTD), SunLine Transit Agency, Torrance Municipal Bus Lines, Torrance Transit, Torrence Municipal Bus Line
Line 6, Run 5
East Bay Transit, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, General Motors, GM Truck & Coach Division, Golden Gate Transit, Key System, Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL), Marmon-Herrington, Missouri Pacific Stages, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Orange Empire Trolley Museum, Pacific City Lines, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Petaluma Transit, Pickwick Stages, Pickwick Stages, Pontiac Motor Division, Royal Coach Tours, Santa Rosa City Bus, Scenic Hyway Tours, Sonoma County Transit, SunLine Transit Agency, Unitrans UC Davis
Line 6, Run 3
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), All West Coachlines, Flxible, Ford, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Mack, Market Street Railway, Ontario Electric Railway, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Western Railway Museum
Line 6, Run 2
Aerocoach, Airport Charter Lines, AM General, Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway, Bakersfield Transit Company, Continental Trailways, Flxible, Fresno City Lines, Key System, Mack, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Niles Canyon Railway, Pacific City Lines, Rohr Corporation, Royal Coach Tours, Setra Coaches, Twin Coach, Western Railway Museum, Western Transit Systems
Line 6, Run 1
Fresno City Lines, New York City Board of Transportation, Niles Canyon Railway, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Royal Coach Tours, San Francisco SF MUNI, Twin Coach, White Motors, Yellow Coach builder
Line 5, Run 3
Brill IC, Continental Trailways, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Gray Line, Gray Line Scenic Tours, Greyhound, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Key System, Market Street Railway, Motorcoach Museum of North America, Oklahoma Transportation Company, Orange Empire Trolley Museum, Pacific Electric, San Jose Trolley Corporation, Twin Coach, UC Davis Transit System, Wahiawa Bus Company, Yellow Coach DUPLICATE
Line 3, Run 5
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Bay Rapid Transit, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Gillig, Long Beach Transit, SunLine Transit Agency, Trailways
Line 3, Run 5
Line 3, Run 3½
AM General, Flxible, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Orange County Transit District, SamTrans, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)
Line 3, Run 2
Crosstown Suburban Lines, Cummins, Eastern Cities Transit, Fitzjohn, Marmon-Herrington, Modesto Area Express (MAX), Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Yellow Coach builder
Run 2, Line 12
Flxible, Greyhound, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, San Francisco SF MUNI, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)
Run 2, Line 12
Flxible, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Royal Coach Tours, Sacramento Transit Authority (Sacramento TA), Scenic Hyway Tours, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Western Greyhound Lines, Western Transit Society (WTS)
Run 2, Line 10
Uncategorized
Run 2, Line 9
Blue Goose Charter, Commerce Municipal Bus Lines, Greyhound, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Pacific Greyhound Lines, Western Transit Society (WTS)
Run 2, Line 8
Run 2, Line 6
ACF Brill, Flxible, Mack, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), White Motors, Yellow Coach builder