David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Motor Coach Industries MC5B

Thursday 10 September 1992 - MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen negotiating the Armdale Rotary in Halifax when working the 0900 trip number 12, the daily Halifax-Yarmouth service. It was a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. (Ref 178-00)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 0910 hrs) - MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen arriving at the Armdale Rotary in Halifax when working the 0900 trip number 12, the daily Halifax-Yarmouth service. It was a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. My friend and kindly host for this trip, Paul Leger, is in the shot. Paul has been the Chairman of the Bus History Association for over 40 years. (Ref 176-19)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1000 hrs) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen in Pleasant Street in Chester when working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The coach was a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. (Ref 176-22)

Thursday 10 September 1992 1992 (around 1000 hrs) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen in Pleasant Street in Chester when working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The coach was a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. (Ref 176-23)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1000 hrs) – The driver of MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 is seen carrying packages towards the company’s agency in the small town of Chester. The 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger was working the 0900 trip number 12, the daily Halifax-Yarmouth service. (Ref 176-20)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1000 hrs) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 was working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12 had just arrived in the small town of Chester. The young lady carrying the bag had just arrived from Halifax and had been met from the coach which was a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. (Ref 176-21)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1100) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen outside the company office at 210 York Street in Bridgewater. The coach, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, was working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. Two drivers were employed on the trip. The first driving the Halifax-Bridgewater section (having previously worked the 0700 Bridgewater-Halifax trip). The second driver took the coach from Bridgewater to Yarmouth. The overall journey is approx. 220 miles taking 5 hours 55 minutes (Ref 176-28)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1100) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen outside the company office at 210 York Street in Bridgewater. The coach, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, was working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The overall journey is approx. 220 miles taking 5 hours 55 minutes. Two drivers were employed on the trip. The first driving the Halifax-Bridgewater section (having previously worked the 0700 Bridgewater-Halifax trip). The second driver took the coach from Bridgewater to Yarmouth. He was Chester Fevens seen in this photograph just after the loading of an automotive suspension unit being shipped by the two young men. The carriage of parcels and such items providing regular additional revenue on inter-city coach services. (Ref 176-30)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1100) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 seen outside the company office at 210 York Street in Bridgewater. The coach, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, was working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The overall journey is approx. 220 miles taking 5 hours 55 minutes. Two drivers were employed on the trip. The first driving the Halifax-Bridgewater section (having previously worked the 0700 Bridgewater-Halifax trip). The second driver took the coach from Bridgewater to Yarmouth. He was Chester Fevens seen in this photograph just after the loading of an automotive suspension unit being shipped by the two young men. The carriage of parcels and such items providing regular additional revenue on inter-city coach services. (Ref 176-31)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1225) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, seen at the Irving filling station at Sable River working the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The filling station acted as a local MacKenzie agent issuing passenger tickets and handling parcels carried on the services. (Ref 176-33)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1245) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, seen outside Donna's Kitchen during a short lunch stop at Shelburne Mall when working the daily 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. Only 15 minutes for lunch was allowed in the schedule from 1245-1300. Donna’s Kitchen acted as the local MacKenzie agent for the issue of passenger tickets and handling the parcels carried on the services. (Ref 177-00)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1245) – MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger, seen during a short lunch stop when working the daily 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. Only 15 minutes for lunch was allowed in the schedule from 1245-1300. The local MacKenzie agent for the issue of passenger tickets and handling the parcels carried on the services was Donna’s Kitchen just out of shot on the right. The driver (Chester Fevens) is returning to the coach to collect a few more packages which were destined for Shelburne on this trip. (Ref 176-34)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1330) – A school bus seen from the front seat of MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) coach number 30, a 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. This was in Crowell as the coach worked the 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The handle in the centre of the dashboard is to operate the entrance door. The school bus driver is letting our coach pull out from outside the local agency which is out of shot on the left. Unfortunately as we arrived our driver got ‘stitched up’ by a lady driving a car. He approached the intended stop and slowed down on the main road with the intention of swinging across the road to park outside the shop to make the parcel deliveries. He courteously waited for an oncoming car to pass before the manoeuvre . However the lady didn’t continue but pulled in to the spot where the coach was aiming for. Consequently he had to park the coach in the carriageway facing the wrong way. (Ref 178-01)

Thursday 10 September 1992 (around 1455) – Arrival of MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 30 at Yarmouth having worked the daily 0900 Halifax-Yarmouth trip 12. The driver (Chester Fevens) is laden with packages and other items shipped by the company’s parcel delivery service. Parcel carriage is a useful revenue earner for the inter-city coaches. Quite an array of licence plates were carried by this 1976 MCI MC5B Courier Challenger. (Ref 177-07)

Saturday 5 September 1992 (approx. 1300) – Delivered in 1976, MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 31 was the last MCI MC5B Courier Challenger with this style of bodywork. It was seen outside the company office at 210 York Street in Bridgewater as it worked the 0915 service from Yarmouth to Halifax, a journey of approx. 220 miles taking 6 hours. MacKenzie proprietor Doug Parker is on the right of the group. (Ref 171-25)

Saturday 5 September 1992 – Parcel carriage is a lucrative business for the inter-city coaches. Outside the MacKenzie Bus Line office at 210 York Street, Bridgewater we see coach 31 loading for Halifax when working the 0915 Yarmouth to Halifax service. A rather large box had been brought for shipment on this service and the driver was working out how to get it into the locker. (Ref 171-24)

Saturday 5 September 1992 (approx. 1300) – Delivered in 1976, MacKenzie Bus Line (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) 31 was the last MCI MC5B Courier Challenger with this style of bodywork. It was seen outside the company office at 210 York Street in Bridgewater as it worked the 0915 service from Yarmouth to Halifax, a journey of approx. 220 miles taking 6 hours. The mother and child are saying goodbye to the older lady who was outward bound on this service. (Ref 171-23)