page_title: PD-4501 Scenicruiser
section_title: Survival and sequels
hierarchical_section_title: PD-4501 Scenicruiser / Survival and sequels
caption_attribution_description: London Bus Museum Transportfest 2013 022
context_page_description: The GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser, manufactured by General Motors for The Greyhound Corporation, was a three-axle monocoque two-level coach used by Greyhound from July 1954 into the mid-70s. One thousand and one were made between 1954 and 1956.
  The Scenicruiser became an icon of the American way of life due to its presence throughout the US in cities and along highways and popularity with the traveling public. The name was a portmanteau of the words "scenic" and "cruiser".
  The high-level design concept of Scenicruiser resembles some of the rolling stock of the passenger-carrying railroads of the United States and Canada, particularly their popular stainless steel dome cars. This type of two-level motorcoach body was common in the late forties in Western Europe, including Great Britain where it was known as Observation coach.
  The concept of two-level monocoque body had been used earlier in the Spanish Pegaso Z-403 two-axle coach, designed in 1949 and entered production in 1951.
context_section_description: About 200 Scenicruisers were still in service when Greyhound withdrew them around 1975. As of 2015, some of these remain, many converted to motorhomes. Other owners are committed bus enthusiasts who have restored their buses to like-new condition. A number of them were bought as used buses and ran in the colors of their new owners for some years after leaving Greyhound. A few even ended up wearing Trailways red and white as they were bought by Trailways affiliate carriers.
  The influence of the Scenicruiser may be seen in General Motors' 1964 Buick Sport Wagon and Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagons, both of which had stepped-up roofs and a raised skylight over the second row of seats.
caption: A preserved Scenicruiser in England, 2013
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "DSC-HX10V", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "350", "Image YResolution": "350", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "DSC-HX10V v1.00", "Image DateTime": "2013:10:20 12:21:03", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "2354", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[51, 21, 19229/1000]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[0, 27, 5031/100]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "3/10", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[11, 21, 4]", "GPS GPSStatus": "A", "GPS GPSMeasureMode": "3", "GPS GPSDOP": "151/100", "GPS GPSSpeedRef": "K", "GPS GPSSpeed": "549/250", "GPS GPSTrackRef": "T", "GPS GPSTrack": "33901/100", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "M", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "129/4", "GPS GPSMapDatum": "WGS-84", "GPS GPSDate": "2013:10:20", "GPS GPSDifferential": "0", "Image GPSInfo": "42854", "Image XPKeywords": "[76, 0, 111, 0, 110, 0, 100, 0, 111, 0, 110, 0, 32, 0, 66, 0, 117, 0, 115, 0, ... ]", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0]", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail ImageDescription": "", "Thumbnail Make": "SONY", "Thumbnail Model": "DSC-HX10V", "Thumbnail Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail Software": "DSC-HX10V v1.00", "Thumbnail DateTime": "2013:10:20 12:21:03", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "43598", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6332", "Thumbnail YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/320", "EXIF FNumber": "7/2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Landscape Mode", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2013:10:20 12:21:03", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2013:10:20 12:21:03", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "2523/320", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "463/128", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "537/100", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4896", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3672", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "42792", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Landscape", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[107/25, 1712/25, 33/10, 59/10]", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4140"}