Yelloway-Pioneer System

The Yelloway-Pioneer System (sometimes styled YellowaY-Pioneer) was a group of independently-owned intercity bus companies that operated the first transcontinental bus route in the United States.[3][4]

Proposed in early 1927,[3] the first transcontinental bus trip took place in 1928.[4] The initial route ran from Los Angeles, California to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September 1928, the route was extended from Philadelphia to New York City.[3] The first Los Angeles to New York City trip was completed on September 11, 1928, covered 3,433 highway miles, and took 5 days and 14 hours to travel.[3]

Also in 1928, the American Motor Transportation Company purchased most of the YellowaY member firms.[5]

In February 1929, the Motor Transit Corporation (which became Greyhound Corporation later that year) bought the Yelloway-Pioneer System for $6.4 m million.[6]

Further reading

• Hixson, Kenneth (2001). Pick of the Litter. Lexington: Centerville Book Company. ISBN 0-87642-016-1.
• Jackson, Carlton (1984). Hounds of the Road. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87972-270-3.
• Meier, Albert, and John Hoschek (1975). Over the Road. Upper Montclair, NJ (US): Motor Bus Society. No ISBN.
• Schisgall, Oscar (1985). The Greyhound Story. Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company. ISBN 0-385-19690-3.
• Motor Coach Age (a publication of the Motor Bus Society), various issues, especially these:
• July–August 1990;
• March–April 1991;
• April–June 1995;
• October–December 1996;
• October–December 1998.
• Backfire, the corporate newspaper for the Southeastern Greyhound Lines, all issues, from January 1938 through February 1956.