1987 Greyhound - Eagle International Promotional Video
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2019
- Produced in 1987 this promotional video displays the pride of Eagle International and Greyhound after the acquisition of Trailways by Greyhound. At the time Greyhound operated over 3,000 motorcoaches and was the largest fleet in the world.
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.
Bring back Eagle Coach Incorporated.
I definitely loved cushioning on the Eagle 15 buses.
Awesome! Gorgeous looking buses ! Better looking then millennium ones. ! Lol
There is no better ways 2 Ride than The Eagle and Greyhound woohoo
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.
Greyhound couldn't keep MCI so how was they going to keep Eagle plus they and Trailways after Holiday inn sold them they were toast
@@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!
Loved driving eagles
Early on, it seemed as if this one passenger in a suit, was also one of the mechanics. It's the one with a moustache.
If Eagle were around today, I believe they would have rolled out the Model 30.
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.
😢ed una tristeza ver eso 😢 que desapareció esta gran empresa de autobuses en Estados Unidos
one day iam going to get me in customized it
i like that video now
I know you from our drivers group on FB. I used to start out your old schedule Tampa to Philly. They discontinued it out of Tampa now.
What engine were putting in them?
nice buses it s too bad there gone !
If Trailways was still around today Greyhound may be GONE.
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.
If Holiday inn sold it to a different person company I think Trailways could be around
@@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.
Blame Teets he sold Greyhound when they had the strike broke MCI connection then they were stuck
@@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.
@@mykejohnson582 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.
Parts should have been made in America. I would purchase the Eagle bus if having a travel coach company. So my question is 'What happened ?'
My bus was full of law enforcement and I had to change buses because of law enforcement
I 'do love to have one. In London , England, uk . Make people choke on it ! My personal cruise machine. Lol
then they got south eastern stage coach
Greyhound does not use Eagle's anymore. They use exclusively MCI, and PREVOST coaches
Wonder why?
Because the Eagle is no longer being produced may have a big part to do with that lol
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
@@ericgray2077 interesting because Greyhound had a financial interest in MCI after that cancelled all contracts with GENERAL MOTORS.
Didn't Greyhound own MCI before John Teets turned Greyhound into crap?
yep yep
So Greyhound killed the Eagle bus company
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 thanks
@@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
@@mrAhollandjr Twys was always touted as a southern company, but Greyhound was no slouch in the south.
that’s what’s up greyhound was trailway now that’s
back in the g
Back in the good old days
I can’t wait to get me of them bad boys
Greyhound bought Twys and Eagle and couldn't wait until the grace period ran out where they phased Twys and Eagle out of existence.
I read they brought Carolina Trailways and other Trailways so they couldn't compete
@@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 Same as i remembered too, Greyhound didnt like the competetion as Trailway was the People's choice of the Southeastern states.
@@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.