California Steam Bus: 3 Boiler-Powered GM & FlxibleTransit Buses!

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Ever hear of the California Steam Bus? In the late 1960's, the California state government allocated funds to experiment with three steam-powered buses. The transit systems that were given the buses for testing were: AC Transit, SF Muni and LA SCRTD.

The SF Muni bus was, which is probably the most well-known of the three steam buses, was provided by the Lear Corporation, which was a subsidiary of the Learjet company.

Two of the buses were GM New Look fishbowls, and the other was a Flxible New Look.

Find out more, and also what happened to the steam bus project its conclusion!


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