Sorensen Bus Lines

History

• Started by Gordon L. Sorensen.
• School bus operations sold to Prairie Bus Lines in 1957.
• Started city transit service on September 1, 1957 after acquiring it from Dan Donaghy.
• Sold the highway coach operations in June 1964 to Sunburst Motor Coaches.
• City transit operations to Red Deer Transit on September 1, 1966.

All-Time Roster

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
45-49		1945	Flxible	Clipper (29-BR-45)			45 sold to Northern Bus Lines 569.
50			White	706M			Ex-Airport Limousine Lines 325.
51		1938	FGM	Parlour			Ex-Central Canadian Greyhound Lines #?.
52-53		1946	Flxible	Clipper (29-BR-46)
54				cab-over			Unknown year/manufacturer/model Ex Brewster #?
55		1947	Flxible	Clipper (29-B1-47)
56-57		1948	Flxible	Clipper (29-B1-48)
58		1949	Flxible	Clipper (29-B1-49)
79		1952	MCI	Courier 50X			Sold to Canadian Coachways 158 in 1959.
104, 108			MCI	Courier 100			Unknown year Ex-Western Canadian Greyhound Lines #?.
121, 129		1957	Chevrolet/Ward	City Transit
139-140		1954	MCI	Courier 95			Ex-Eastern Greyhound Lines E5324; bought in 1957. Originally Northeastern Greyhound Lines E5304.
144		1958	GMC	TGH-3102			Sold in 1966 to Red Deer Transit 505.
150		1959	MCI	Courier 95D
151		1957	GMC	TGH-3102			Ex-Northern Bus Lines 5; bought in 1958. Sold in 1966 to Red Deer Transit 503.
158		1959	MCI	Courier 96
160		4/1960	MCI	Courier 96			To Sunburst Motor Coaches 209 in 1964.
161			Blue Bird	Transit			Unknown year Ex-Cardinal Coach Lines 43.
162		1960	MCI	MC-2			To Sunburst Motor Coaches 304 in 1964.
165		1957	GMC	TGH-3102			Ex-Northern Bus Lines 7; bought in 1960. Sold in 1966 to Red Deer Transit 504.
168		1950	MCI	Courier 50			Ex-DND #?.
171		1951	Flxible	VisiCoach
173		1948	CC&F	C-36			Ex-Calgary Transit 329, bought in September 1963. Sold in 1966 to Red Deer Transit 501.
174		1947	Flxible	Clipper (29-B1-47)			Ex-Western Ontario Motorways #?, bought in 1951.
175		1951	MCI	Courier 50RE			Ex-Farwest Bus Lines 15. Exx-MacArthur Transportation 15. Serial - 248
178		1950	MCI	Courier 200B			Ex-Brewster 100?. Originally Western Canadian Greyhound Lines W764.
179-180		1964	GMC	TDH-3501
		1946	WA&TBW	T-28			Unknown fleet number. Ex-Canadian Coachways 92. Sold to Northern Bus Lines.