We have replicated the White Model 706 with close attention
to detail. The tires of the original fleet had a unique tread
design and this was replicated in "O" scale. Small
details such as gearshift levers, grab-handles on the seatbacks,
and the four spoke steering wheel are exactly like the real
buses. The "railroad lantern" tail lights of the
1936 are also just like the real thing.
Originally we produced only 2 buses: The Glacier Park "Jammer"
Bus (red) and the Yellowstone Bus (yellow) It didn't take
long for us to learn that man of our dealers catered to railroaders
who wanted "O" scale vehicles to pick up the "O"
scale people from their "O" scale train stations
in their "O" scale towns. It is important to the
railroaders to have buses of the same genre as the steam locomotives
on the tracks.
Originally we produced only 2 buses: The Glacier Park "Jammer"
Bus (red) and the Yellowstone Bus (yellow) It didn't take
long for us to learn that man of our dealers catered to railroaders
who wanted "O" scale vehicles to pick up the "O"
scale people from their "O" scale train stations
in their "O" scale towns. It is important to the
railroaders to have buses of the same genre as the steam locomotives
on the tracks.
We have filled this need by adding two distinctly different
paint schemes while maintaining the integrity of the original
motif right down to the serif style printing and the oval
signage of that era.
schemes while maintaining the integrity of the original motif
right down to the serif style printing and the oval signage
of that era.
In the 1930's commercial vehicles usually had an oval sign
on the door with a pictorial depiction of the business. In
keeping with this motif, we used the Open Top bus Company
logo on a field of green for the station bus.
We have several more color schemes planned for future production
runs. Next we plan to produce the "Skagway Alaska"
bus in honor of the eight original Yellowstone Buses that
gave tours in Skagway until 2001 when they were sold back
to Yellowstone National Park. (See info on History Page of
this website) We do not guarantee that we will duplicate any
particular run. If you want to collect the entire fleet, the
best thing to do is collect them as they come out.
