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A Dupont Trolley Champlain 1608 bus in Kingston, NY.

Dupont Industries, Inc. or DuponTrolley Industries was a Canadian company specializing in the manufacture and rebuilding of buses. Based in Quebec City, it had been in business for over 60 years.

Most of Dupont's clients were in Canada and the United States.

History

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, built trolley bus replicas (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

Model Type Years Notes
Victoria transit bus General Motors Diesel Division Buses RTS rebuild
Cartier / Classic transit bus 2004-2005 / 1985-2005 GMDD/MCI/Nova Bus Classic rebuild
Frontenac 1672 trolley bus 2002 using Thomas Dennis Company LLC SLF35 chassis
HOX Champlain 1608 trolley bus 2002-2004 uses Thomas Blue Bird Ultra LF chassis
MVP EF Champlain 1608 low-floor/CNG trolley bus 2004 uses Thomas/NovaBus LFS 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 uses Kenworth T-800 cab/chassis

Clients

Client list[3]
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

  1. ^ "Prevost names new director of pre-owned coach sales" (Press release). Prevost. February 1, 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ "About Us". DuponTrolley Industries. Archived from the original on April 11, 2003.
  3. ^ "Prestigious Clients". DuponTrolley Industries. Archived from the original on December 7, 2006.

External links

North American bus builders
Automotive industry in Canada
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