General Motors Diesel Division

General Motors Diesel Division

Former type	Subsidiary of General Motors
Industry	Engineering
Fate	Split and sold Engine division became Detroit Diesel and sold to DaimlerChrysler Locomotive division, Electro-Motive Diesel sold to private investors (now owned by Progress Rail Services Corporation) Transit bus division sold to MCI and TMC (now Nova Bus)
Defunct	2005
Headquarters	Detroit, Michigan London, Ontario Saint-Eustache, Quebec, United States, Canada
Products	Diesel engines, Locomotives, Buses
Parent	General Motors

General Motors Diesel Division was a unit of General Motors founded in 1938. GMDD's Canadian operations were renamed as Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Limited in 1975.

The company was a manufacturer of diesel engines, diesel locomotives, transit buses and military vehicles.

The engine making unit later became Detroit Diesel and sold to DaimlerChrysler AG in 2000 (formerly part of General Motors Diesel). The locomotive unit (Electro Motive Diesel) was acquired by private investors, the transit bus divisions were purchased by TMC in the U.S. and MCI in Canada (the latter entities were sold to form Nova Bus in 1993), and the GM Defense unit was purchased by General Dynamics.

Products

Buses

Under the brands GM Coach and GMC.

GM bus, made in the late 50's, still working in Conchillas, Uruguay (2011).

Model	Length	Notes
HR150G-T6H5307N-T9	40 foot	electric trolley bus (with BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited power traction system)
4104	35 foot	intercity bus 6-71 diesel engine emergency door at rear of left side A/C used auxiliary gasoline engine
4106	35 foot	intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine no auxiliary engine for A/C
4107	35 foot	GM Buffalo bus intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine called a Buffalo because of its appearance
4108	35 foot	GM Buffalo bus intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine short version of a 4905
4501	40 foot	Greyhound Scenicruiser intercity bus 2x4V-71 diesel engines, later replaced by 1x8V-71, three-axle, two-level
4905	40 foot	GM Buffalo bus intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine Long wheelbase
TDH 4517	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
PD-4103	35 foot
PD-4104	35 foot
TDH 5301	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
TDH 5302	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
TDH 5303	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
TDH 5304	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
T6H 5305	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
T6H 5307N	40 foot	GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus diesel bus
TA60-102N	60 foot	articulated diesel bus used New Look back end with the front face of the bus using the Classic design
TC40-102A/N	40 foot	Classic (transit bus) - later produced by Motor Coach Industries, Nova Bus, TMC and now Dupon Trolley Industries
TC60-102N	60 foot	Classic (transit bus) articulated diesel bus based on TA60-102N - later produced by Nova Bus
RTS	40 foot	diesel buses - later produced by Nova Bus and TMC
Titan	30 foot	Metro X - continued as Chevy Titan II

Locomotives

Main article: List of GMD Locomotives

Facilities

Location	Years	Production	Notes
London, Ontario	1962–1978	Buses; shared location with locomotive plant (under Electro Motive Division of GM)	Sold to General Dynamics
Saint-Eustache, Quebec	1979–1989	Final assembly plant for buses sold in Quebec	Sold to Motor Coach Industries
Saint-Laurent, Quebec	1974–1979	Final assembly plant for buses sold in Quebec	Plant closed and moved to Saint-Eustache (now Nova Bus plant)
Detroit, Michigan	?-1979	Buses and locomotives	Bus plant closed 1979 and continued to produce light trucks until 2009

See also

• GMC
• Electro-Motive Diesel
• General Motors Diesel