Dupont Industries
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Dupont Industries, Inc.orDuponTrolley Industrieswas a Canadian company specializing in the manufacture and rebuilding of buses. Based inQuebec City,it had been in business for over 60 years.
Most of Dupont's clients were inCanadaand theUnited States.
History
[edit]Dupont Industries was founded in 1997 by Jean Dupont, the owner of autobus Dupont (or Dupont Motorcoach), which was founded in 1936 by his grandfather. Dupont Industries, also known as DuponTrolley, builttrolley busreplicas(mainly sold to American clients) and performed refurbishment of transit buses (mainly for Canadian clients).[1]Dupont Motorcoach had built a heavy-duty trolley replica which received considerable attention, leading to the spin-off DuponTrolley.[2]
Products
[edit]Model | Type | Years | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Victoria | transit bus | General Motors Diesel Division BusesRTSrebuild | |
Cartier / Classic | transit bus | 2004-2005 / 1985-2005 | GMDD/MCI/Nova BusClassicrebuild |
Frontenac 1672 | trolley bus | 2002 | usingThomas Dennis Company LLCSLF35 chassis |
HOX Champlain 1608 | trolley bus | 2002-2004 | usesThomasBlue Bird Ultra LF chassis |
MVP EF Champlain 1608 | low-floor/CNG trolley bus | 2004 | usesThomas/NovaBusLFS chassis |
Q FE | mini double decker tour bus | 1998, 2007 | uses Blue Bird CS bus chassis |
C37 | suburban coach | 2000-2002 | uses MCI G-series or E-series chassis |
Coach 35 | short coach | 2000 | uses MCI 102D-series chassis |
TNG | truck based coach with trailer | 2009-2010 | usesKenworthT-800 cab/chassis |
Clients
[edit]- Citroussillion
- L'aerobus
- Hamilton Street Railway
- Transport en commun La Québécoise inc
- Transdev Limocar
- Veolia TransportNorth America
Agency | City | State/Province |
---|---|---|
Nelson | British Columbia | |
Lodi | California | |
Danbury | Connecticut | |
Tallahassee | Florida | |
Des Moines | Iowa | |
Clinton | ||
Maysville | Kentucky | |
Annapolis | Maryland | |
Brockton | Massachusetts | |
Haverhill | ||
Ionia | Michigan | |
Minneapolis | Minnesota | |
Lincoln | Nebraska | |
Kingston | New York | |
Winston-Salem | North Carolina | |
Kingston | Ontario | |
Ottawa | ||
Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | |
Magog | Quebec | |
Montreal | ||
Quebec City | ||
Shawnigan | ||
Gatlinburg | Tennessee | |
Pigeon Forge | ||
Knoxville | ||
Kerrville | Texas | |
Harrisonburg | Virginia | |
Green Bay | Wisconsin | |
La Crosse | ||
Kenosha |
References
[edit]- ^"Prevost names new director of pre-owned coach sales"(Press release). Prevost. February 1, 2017.Retrieved26 October2020.
- ^"About Us".DuponTrolley Industries. Archived fromthe originalon April 11, 2003.
- ^"Prestigious Clients".DuponTrolley Industries. Archived fromthe originalon December 7, 2006.
External links
[edit]- "DuponTrolley Industries: Forever En Route!".Dupont Motorcoach. Archived fromthe originalon February 19, 2003.
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