GMC 6512 is a TDH 4512 built June 1959 that was originally owned by San Jose City Lines. According to the roster at
the Ohio Museum of Transportation, this is the last 4512 built. The bus followed ownership succession of
Santa Clara County Transit District, the Transportation Agency, and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The preserved
coach was dedicated as the Rosa Louise Parks Memorial Bus on February 15, 2006.
PHOTOS TAKEN IN 1998:
GMC 6512 at a VTA yard on May 11, 1998 and November 10, 1988. Two Jim Husing shots added 09/02/19.
PHOTOS TAKEN IN 2016:
GMC 6512 was brought to the SamTrans 40th anniversary celebration held at San Mateo County Event Center
on September 10, 2016. This is the first time I saw this bus in person. In selected shots 6512 is posed with
GMC 2103, a TDH 4801 built 1958 for the Key System and preserved by Pacific Bus Museum.
Forty-four photos added 09/13/16.
PHOTOS TAKEN IN 2023:
GMC 6512 made its first visit to the Pacific Bus Museum Open House in Fremont on August 20, 2023.
Note the running board VTA printed for its Special Service; accompanying the bus was a supervisor's vehicle.
Thirty-nine photos added 10/10/24.
PHOTOS TAKEN IN 2024:
GMC 6512 made a return visit to the Pacific Bus Museum Open House on August 18, 2024. In addition to the
bus parked, I photographed it leaving the museum as it crossed the Union Pacific Tracks. In the background is
a supervisor's van. Twenty-six photos added 10/10/24.
