# Red Jammers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Jammers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Red_Jammers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Jammers > Source revision: 1337633662 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Refimprove|date=October 2017}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox automobile | name = Model 706 | image =2006-07-31 - Canada - Alberta - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Waterton Lakes National Park - Waterton - Prince of Wales Hotel - Red Jammers.jpg | caption =Red Jammers at the [Prince of Wales Hotel](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Hotel) (2006) | manufacturer = [White Motor Company](/source/White_Motor_Company) | aka = {{plainlist| *Whites *Reds *Yellows *Jammers}} | production =1935–39 | model_years =1936–39 | assembly = | designer ={{plainlist| *[Alexis de Sakhnoffsky](/source/Alexis_de_Sakhnoffsky) *F.W. Black *Frank Bender}} | class = | body_style = | layout =FR | platform = | related = | engine = {{convert|318|cuin|L|1|abbr=on|order=flip}}, [I6](/source/Straight-six_engine) White 16A | transmission = manual (retrofitted to automatic) | propulsion = | wheelbase = {{convert|176|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} | length = | width = | height = | weight = | predecessor = | successor = | sp = us }} '''Red Jammers''' are the vintage [White Motor Company](/source/White_Motor_Company)/Bender Body Company Model 706 [bus](/source/bus)es used at [Glacier National Park](/source/Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.)) in the United States to transport park visitors since 1936. While the buses are called ''reds'' for their distinctive livery, painted to match the color of ripe [mountain ash](/source/Sorbus_scopulina) berries, the bus drivers are called ''jammers'' because of the sound the [unsynchronized transmissions](/source/manual_transmission) made when the driver [shifted](/source/Gear_shift) [gears](/source/gears) on the steep roads of the park. Even [double-clutching](/source/double-clutching) could not eliminate all meshing clatter, permanently eliminated in a 1989 retrofit that added automatic transmissions. ==Design== The White Motor Company Model 706 chassis with a {{convert|94|hp|kW|abbr=on}} {{convert|318|cuin|L|1|abbr=on}} White 16A [flathead](/source/flathead_engine) [inline 6-cylinder](/source/inline_6) engine and body by Bender Body Company outperformed its competition during a group test at [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park) in [California](/source/California) in 1935, leading to that model's selection by the [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). The distinctive vehicles, with roll-back canvas convertible tops, were styled by noted industrial designer [Alexis de Sakhnoffsky](/source/Alexis_de_Sakhnoffsky), with credit for mechanical design to F.W. Black (president of White Motor Co.) and Herman Bender (Bender Body Co.).{{cite web |url=http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/b/bender/bender.htm |title=Bender Body Company |website=Coachbuilt |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The White 16A engine and chassis was already being used for intercity and transit service; the canvas top had featured in the earlier White Model 614 buses, first built for Yellowstone since 1931.{{cite web |url=https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/09/13/big-yellow-different-yellowstone-used-white-706-bus-lets-all-the-light-in/ |title=Big. Yellow. Different. Yellowstone-used White 706 bus lets all the light in |author=Strohl, Daniel |date=September 13, 2017 |website=Hemmings Motor News [blog] |accessdate=21 January 2020}} Some of the later buses built used the White Type 20 engine.{{cite web |url=https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259370/1937-white-model-706-yellowstone-park-bus/ |title=1937 White Model 706 Yellowstone Park Bus |date=2016 |website=Mecum Auctions |accessdate=21 January 2020}} [[Image:Jammer.jpg|thumb|right|A Red Jammer at [Saint Mary Lake](/source/Saint_Mary_Lake), with five curbside doors (2006)]] Each of the Red Jammers built for Glacier accommodated seventeen passengers on four four-abreast bench seats (plus one in front, next to the driver), with five doors on the right-hand (curb) side of the vehicle for passengers and one door on the left for the driver; there were four forward and one reverse speeds that required double-clutching to shift between them, with a top speed of approximately {{convert|45|mph|kph|abbr=on}}. The mechanical brakes were prone to overheating and downhill speeds were controlled by [engine braking](/source/engine_braking), downshifting to third with a top speed of {{convert|22|mph|kph|abbr=on}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2001Fall.pdf#page=10 |title=Gearjammer: Deadhead Races, Dusty's Tavern, and a 'Desperate Journey' |author=Monson, James W. |date=Fall 2001 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The White 706 also was available as a fourteen-passenger model, as operated in Yellowstone, omitting the rearmost bench seat in favor of a luggage compartment, distinguishable by the deletion of the rearmost streetside door in favor of a pair of rear gatewing doors, and the presence of metal bars on the rear doors and rearmost side windows and [backlight](/source/car_glass).{{cite news |url=https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/on-yellowstones-150th-anniversary-we-drive-a-1936-bus-that-toured-the-parks-2-2m-acres/ |title=On Yellowstone's 150th anniversary, we drive a 1936 bus that toured the park's 2.2M acres |author=Peek, Jeff |date=25 May 2022 |work=Hagerty |access-date=18 July 2023}} The body and trim colors were unique to the park in which they operated.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-09-14-0309140503-story.html |title=Going to the sun -- in grand style |author=Burns, Michael K. |date=September 14, 2003 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |accessdate=22 January 2020}} ==History== Transportation in Glacier was originally established in 1913 using stagecoaches, but their reliability was poor due to the primitive roads and alpine weather; Walter White floated the idea of using his company's vehicles instead to Louis Hill, who had developed the park's master tourism plan in 1914, and [Roe Emery](/source/Roe_Emery)'s Glacier Park Transportation Company started an evaluation period that summer with ten 11-passenger buses, five 7-passenger touring cars, and two trucks supplied by White Motor Company.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_1999Fall.html |title=Glacier on Wheels: A History of the Park Buses (Part 1: 1913 to 1927) |author=Djuff, Ray |date=Fall 1999 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} Although the capacity of the buses was overstated and offered primitive protection from the elements, they displaced the stagecoach operation later that summer, and Hill signed an exclusive agreement with White Motor Company to provide buses to Glacier. The original 1914 buses were retrofitted with improved bodies, and new buses were ordered and delivered between 1925 and 1927 after the original buses had aged. ===White Model 706=== thumb|right|No. 105 prior to restoration (2000), with narrow fenders and large black wheels The completion of [Going-to-the-Sun Road](/source/Going-to-the-Sun_Road) in 1933 forced GPTC to order new buses, as the existing fleet could not traverse [Logan Pass](/source/Logan_Pass).{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2000Win.html |title=Glacier on Wheels: A History of the Park Buses (Part 2: 1927 to 1939) |author=Djuff, Ray |date=Winter 2000 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} GPTC chose the new White Model 706 along with several other parks; 35 White 706 buses were manufactured for Glacier and delivered between 1936 and 1939, at a cost of {{USD|5000|1936|round=-3}} each. [Glacier National Park](/source/Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.)) still operated 33 of their original buses as of 2020. The [Volkswagen Type 2](/source/Volkswagen_Type_2) Microbus was considered as a replacement for the Red Jammers in 1956; the Type 2s, which were then in use at [Banff National Park](/source/Banff_National_Park), were rejected for lacking air conditioning and having weak engines.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2000Sum.html |title=Glacier on Wheels: A History of the Park Buses (Part 3: 1939 to 2000) |author=Djuff, Ray |date=Summer 2000 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} One of Glacier's "missing" buses still survives to this day. The park keeps no. 78 stored in original condition at its headquarters in West Glacier.{{cite web |url=http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/w/white/white.htm |title=White Motor Company |website=Coachbuilt |accessdate=22 January 2020}} No. 100 was wrecked beyond repair during a fatal accident that occurred early in the morning of June 27, 1977.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2012Falls.pdf#page=10 |title=Red Bus Disaster of 1977 |author=Miller, Fred |date=Summer 2012 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} ===1999–2002 restoration=== In 1989, the Red Jammers were retrofitted with automatic transmissions, power steering, power brakes, new fuel-injected engines, and new axles.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_1999Fall.html |title=Are They History? A Look Beneath the Hood |author=Kuhn, Jeff |date=Fall 1999 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The replacement of the original standard transmissions eliminated the trademark "jamming" sound. However, the well-intentioned modifications in 1989 added stresses to the frame; during the summer 1999 season, one of the Red Jammers lost a front axle after the increased stresses had cracked the front frame members, and closer inspection revealed cracks in many buses, forcing the park's concessionaire to retire the fleet immediately. By that year, it was estimated that each bus had operated for at least {{convert|600000|mi}}, assuming {{convert|100|mi}} of operation each day for 60 years of 100-day seasons.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_1999Fall.html |title=Are They History? Glacier's Red Buses Leave the Road |date=Fall 1999 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The initial reaction was to make the retirement permanent, but a letter writing and phone campaign convinced the National Park Service to inspect the buses more thoroughly after the 1999 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2002Sum.pdf#page=5 |title=Unsung Heroes of the Renovation |author=Hagen, John |date=Summer 2002 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} thumb|left|Red Jammer no. 94 full of passengers (2005), showing exterior changes from 2000 to 2002 renovation.\ Bus no. 98 was driven {{convert|2000|mi}} to Michigan for inspection by [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company) in February 2000; Ford, which made a donation of $6.5 million to renovate the fleet, used no. 98 as a renovation prototype, with the cost for the pilot renovation to be shared between Ford and the park's concessionaire. The updated no. 98 debuted at [Lake McDonald Lodge](/source/Lake_McDonald_Lodge) on June 21, 2001; a second prototype, no. 105, was rebuilt using a smaller Ford E350 chassis.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2001Fall.pdf#page=24 |title=Red Bus / Gearjammer Reunion Update |author=Lott, Leroy |date=Fall 2001 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The cost of restoring no. 98 was {{USD|202000|2000|round=-3}}, of which Ford paid $177,000; subsequent restoration costs were reduced to {{USD|140000|2000|round=-3}} per bus.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2000Sum.html |title=Red Bus Update |date=Summer 2000 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} Glacier's entire operating fleet was modified between 2000 and 2002 by Ford in conjunction with TransGlobal in Livonia, Michigan, to run on [propane](/source/propane) or [gas](/source/Fuel_gas) to lessen environmental impact.{{cite web| title =On the Road Again: Glacier National Park's Red Buses| publisher =National Park Service| url =http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/25-05/25-05-06.pdf| accessdate =2008-03-13| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20100527122516/http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/25-05/25-05-06.pdf| archivedate =2010-05-27}} Ford [5.4L V8s](/source/Ford_Modular_engine) were fitted to the chassis.{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20131218-red-ghost-of-the-ice-age |title=Red Jammers: The resilient relics of Glacier |author=McAleer, Brendan |date=19 December 2013 |work=BBC News |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The bodies were removed from their original chassis and fitted to modern [Ford E Series](/source/Ford_E_Series) van chassis,{{cite web|url=http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-1930s-White-Glacier-National-Park-Red-Bus.htm|title=1930s White Glacier National Park Red Bus|website=Seriouswheels.com|accessdate=5 October 2017}} which were stretched to match the original {{convert|176|in|adj=on}} wheelbase. The fenders were replaced with fiberglass replicas to accommodate the wider wheels, reduced in diameter from {{convert|21|to|16|in}}, and numerous detail improvements were made, including replacing the original plywood floors with aluminum, upgrading exterior lights, and fitting safety glass windows.{{cite news |url=http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/InsideTrail/IT_2002Sum.pdf#page=7 |title=Renovation of the REDS |date=Summer 2002 |work=The Inside Trail |publisher=Glacier Park Foundation |accessdate=21 January 2020}} In late 2018, another renovation was announced for the Red Jammer fleet. The engines installed in the earlier renovation will be replaced by hybrid-assisted [6.2L V8 engines](/source/Ford_Boss_engine), replacing the 5.4L V8s fitted in 2000–02, and cosmetic details, including new wheels {{convert|19.5|in}} in diameter and gauges, will more closely resemble the original equipment as delivered in the late 1930s. The modifications will be carried out by [Legacy Classic Trucks](/source/Legacy_Classic_Trucks), based in [Driggs, Idaho](/source/Driggs%2C_Idaho).{{cite news |url=https://flatheadbeacon.com/2018/12/02/glaciers-iconic-red-bus-fleet-undergo-rehabilitation/ |title=Glacier's Iconic Red Bus Fleet to Undergo Rehabilitation |author=Scott, Tristan |date=December 2, 2018 |newspaper=Flathead Beacon |accessdate=21 January 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://missoulian.com/lifestyles/recreation/glacier-national-park-jammer-buses-go-quiet-with-new-hybrid/article_56c794f1-7dc0-5970-b8a1-64af5f96d60e.html |title=Glacier National Park 'jammer buses' go quiet with new hybrid engines |author=Chaney, Rob |date=December 5, 2018 |newspaper=The Missoulian |accessdate=21 January 2020}} ==Other parks== Approximately 500 White 706s were manufactured and operated in seven National Parks by 1939: [Bryce Canyon](/source/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park), Glacier, [Grand Canyon](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park), [Mount Rainier](/source/Mount_Rainier_National_Park), Yellowstone, Yosemite, and [Zion](/source/Zion_National_Park).{{cite news |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/07/catching-the-bus-restored-buses-provide-unique-vie/ |title=Catching the bus: Restored buses provide unique view at several national parks. |author=Brodwater, Mike |date=July 7, 2018 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |accessdate=21 January 2020}} In Glacier, the challenge of driving Going-to-the-Sun road meant a steady demand for bus tours unlike the other parks, where the popularity of private automobiles led to the discontinuance of bus tours, and the other parks sold off their White 706 buses when continued maintenance became too costly in the 1960s.{{cite web |url=https://smokybear.com/glacier-national-park-red-buses/ |title=Glacier National Park Red Buses |website=Smoky Bear |date=2 April 2016 |accessdate=22 January 2020}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;" |+White 706 bus summaries |- ! rowspan=2 | Park !! class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image !! colspan=2 | Colors !! colspan=5 | Quantity !! class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Notes |- ! Body !! Trim !! 1936 !! 1937 !! 1938 !! 1939 !! Total |- ! [Bryce Canyon](/source/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park) | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | dark green || rowspan=3 | silver & black | rowspan=3 | — || rowspan=3 | 12 || rowspan=3 | 1 || rowspan=3 | 8 || rowspan=3 | '''21''' | rowspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Silver roof, black trim & fenders. Operated by [Utah Parks Company](/source/Utah_Parks_Company). No known survivors.{{cite news |url=http://www.npshistory.com/publications/brca/newspaper/summer-2013.pdf |title=The 'White' Bus |date=Summer 2013 |work=The Hoodoo |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |accessdate=22 January 2020}} The 21 noted were shared between the three Utah/Arizona parks. |- ! [Grand Canyon](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park) |- ! [Zion](/source/Zion_National_Park) |- ! [Glacier](/source/Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.)) | 125px | red || black | 19 || 11 || 4 || 1 || '''35''' | style="text-align:left;" | 33 of original 35 still in operation.{{cite news |url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/outdoors/2017/06/05/jamming-historic-red-buses/314696001/ |title=Jamming with the historic red buses |author=Dettmer, Sarah |date=June 5, 2017 |newspaper=Great Falls Tribune |accessdate=23 January 2020}} |- ! [Mount Rainier](/source/Mount_Rainier_National_Park) | | red? || black? | || || || || | style="text-align:left;" | Kenworth supplied five buses of similar configuration to bring tourists from Seattle and Tacoma to Mount Rainier in 1937. |- ! [Yellowstone](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park) | 125px | yellow || black | 27 || 41 || 20 || 10 || '''98''' | style="text-align:left;" | 98 buses originally delivered. 8 updated and returned to operation; most still exist and are owned by private collectors or museums. Unrestored no. 361 is in the Yellowstone Museum collection.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/historyculture/1936bus.htm |title=1936 National Park Bus |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=22 January 2020}} |- ! [Yosemite](/source/Yosemite_National_Park) | | white || ? | || || || || | style="text-align:left;" | Yosemite also had a fleet of 10 Pierce-Arrow buses built to the same general configuration. |} ===Yellowstone=== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsed floatright" style="width:20em; text-align:center; font-size:80%;" |+style="font-size:125%;"|Restored White 706 buses at Yellowstone |- ! Orig. No. !! New No. !! Year built !! Skagway name |- ! 372 | 516 || 1936 || Cripple Creek |- ! 377 | 510 || 1936 || Yellowstone |- ! 404 | 514 || 1937 || Little Rocky |- ! 408 | 511 || 1937 || [Hollywood](/source/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China) |- ! 413 | 512 || 1937 || Great Falls |- ! 419 | 517 || 1937 || Monty |- ! 434 | 513 || 1937 || Big Rocky |- ! 450 | 515 || 1938 || Mason City |- |colspan=4 | 200px
ex-Yellowstone buses at Yellowstone (2002), via [Skagway, Alaska](/source/Skagway%2C_Alaska) |} [Yellowstone National Park](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park), which originally purchased 98 White 706 buses and was that model's largest operator, currently has eight of the original White Model 706 buses available for tours and also keeps one in its original condition. Yellowstone's eight operating buses were repurchased from the [Skagway Street Car Company](/source/Martin_Itjen) in 2001. Skagway had acquired a small fleet of ex-Yellowstone buses from private collectors starting in 1987.{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/2007/5/27/20021151/yellow-buses-return-to-yellowstone |title=Yellow buses return to Yellowstone |author=Vandergrift, Peter |date=May 27, 2007 |agency=AP |newspaper=Deseret News |accessdate=21 January 2020}} The eight were restored in 2007 by TransGlobal. The restoration mirrored the earlier one performed in 2000–02 by Ford and TransGlobal for the Red Jammers; the bodies were removed and placed on a Ford E-450 chassis with a 5.4L V8 gas engine. In addition, heaters were fitted (as delivered from White, there were no heaters and passengers were given lap blankets to stay warm) and the materials were upgraded.{{cite web |url=http://geyserbob.org/Buses-White.html |title=White Buses In YNP |author=Goss, Robert V. |date=2011 |website=Geyser Bob's Yellowstone Park History Service |accessdate=21 January 2020}} In at least one instance (for chassis no. 402), the original White inline-6 was replaced by a {{convert|300|in3|L|abbr=on}} Ford [inline-6](/source/Ford_straight-six_engine);{{cite web |url=https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/hf17/hershey/lots/r122-1937-white-model-706-yellowstone-park-tour-bus-by-bender/430692 |title=Lot No. 123: 1937 White Model 706 Yellowstone Park Tour Bus by Bender |date=October 2017 |website=RM Sotheby's |accessdate=19 October 2020}} other restorations (Nos. 363, 386, 427) have used original or contemporary White engines.{{cite web |url=https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/el20/the-elkhart-collection/lots/r0146-1936-white-model-706-glacier-national-park-tour-bus/820881 |title=Lot No. 1234: 1936 White Model 706 'Glacier National Park' Tour Bus |date=October 2020 |website=RM Sotheby's |accessdate=19 October 2020}} Other private owners include an operator which restored two tour buses originally built for Yellowstone for tours of [Gettysburg National Battlefield](/source/Gettysburg_National_Battlefield).{{cite web |url=http://www.historictourcompany.com/ |title=Our Classic Gettysburg Battlefield Tours |website=Historic Tour Company |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605065419/http://www.historictourcompany.com/ |archivedate=June 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}} Another ex-Yellowstone White 706 (No. 433){{cite web |url=https://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/pamperspakhlava/2015/04/30/yellowstone-natinal-park-the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-and-round/ |author=Shepherd, Beth |title=Yellowstone National Park: The wheels on the bus go round and round |date=April 30, 2015 |website=Wanderlust and Lipstick |accessdate=19 October 2020}} has been used by the [Historic Flight Foundation](/source/Historic_Flight_Foundation) satellite campus in [Spokane, Washington](/source/Spokane%2C_Washington) since 2012 for special group tours of [Felts Field](/source/Felts_Field) and special occasion transportation.{{cite web |url=http://historicflight.org/feltsfield/jammer.php |title=White Model 706 'Jammer' |website=Historic Flight Foundation |accessdate=22 January 2020}} Restored ex-Yellowstone No. 427 is available for rent from American Movie Trucks,{{cite web |url=http://americanmovietrucks.com/portfolio/white-yellowstone-park-bus-1937/ |title=White Yellowstone park bus (1937) |publisher=American Movie Trucks |accessdate=22 January 2020}} after having been auctioned in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259370/1937-white-model-706-yellowstone-park-bus/ |title=Lot S139: 1937 White Model 706 Yellowstone Park Bus |date=August 2016 |website=Mecum Auctions |accessdate=19 October 2020}} Two ex-Yellowstone White 706s were restored in the 1990s by Jack Damratoski; they were eventually sold to conduct tours in the Napa Valley region of California.{{cite web |url=https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/the-scenic-route/ |title=The Scenic Route |date=March 2008 |website=Hemmings Motor News |author=LaChance, David |accessdate=24 January 2020}} Another ex-Yellowstone 706 (No. 386) was restored and sold to the Montage Hotel in [Big Sky, Montana](/source/Big_Sky%2C_Montana), where it will shuttle guests after its scheduled 2021 opening.{{cite press release |url=https://www.racingjunk.com/news/legacy-classic-trucks-1936-white-model-706-yellowstone-tour-bus/ |title=Legacy Classic Trucks' 1936 White Model 706 Yellowstone Tour Bus |publisher=RacingJunk |accessdate=19 October 2020}} [[File:Tickets Please (27160242873).jpg|thumb|left|Red Jammer replica (ex-Yellowstone) 1936 White 706 in [Anaconda, Montana](/source/Anaconda%2C_Montana) in 2016]] A White 706 which operates in [Anaconda](/source/Anaconda%2C_Montana), giving tourists a ride around the town,{{cite web |url=https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/02/27/glacier-national-park-red-jammer-bus-fleet |title=You know the Red Jammer bus fleet, even if you don't |author=Peek, Jeff |date=February 27, 2019 |work=Hagerty Price Guide |accessdate=21 January 2020}} is one of the buses originally built for Yellowstone, repainted in Red Jammer livery, distinguished by the gateswing doors on the rear and the metal bars on the rearmost side windows of the bus's luggage compartment. Access to the rear compartment of the Red Jammers built for Glacier, which is equipped with a bench seat for passengers, is provided through a single streetside door; there is no corresponding rear opening. ===Utah Parks Co.=== The [Union Pacific Railroad](/source/Union_Pacific_Railroad) subsidiary [Utah Parks Company](/source/Utah_Parks_Company) operated White 706 buses on the Grand Circle loop tour, ferrying passengers from the railroad depot at [Cedar City, Utah](/source/Cedar_City%2C_Utah) to [Zion](/source/Zion_National_Park), [Grand Canyon](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park) (North rim), [Bryce Canyon](/source/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park), and [Cedar Breaks](/source/Cedar_Breaks_National_Monument). The buses operated by Utah Parks had a unique dark green, silver, and black livery and lacked the distinctive teardrop-shaped rear fenders of the Glacier and Yellowstone White 706 buses.{{cite web |url=https://contentdm.li.suu.edu/digital/collection/iron_miss/id/316 |title=Tour bus, Utah Parks Company |date=1939 |publisher=Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University}} Like the Red Jammers of Glacier, the Utah Parks buses had five curbside doors, but the rearmost door and compartment were used for luggage, like the Yellowstone buses.{{cite web |url=https://homesteadtelegraph.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/the-utah-parks-company/ |title=The Utah Parks Company |website=Homestead Telegraph |date=February 18, 2016}} Utah Parks acquired 21 of the 18-passenger White 706 buses between 1937 and 1939, which were replaced by larger [Crown](/source/Crown_Coach_Corporation) [Supercoach](/source/Crown_Supercoach)es (A-590-11) starting in 1959.{{cite magazine |url=https://utahrails.net/pdf/Motor-Coach-Age_Vol-22-02_Feb-1970_Utah-Parks.pdf |title=Utah Parks Co. |magazine=Motor Coach Age |date=February 1970 |volume=XXII |number=2 |pages=4–9}} ===Elsewhere=== One ex-Mount Rainier White 706 is on display at the [Longmire Historic District](/source/Longmire_Historic_District). {{clear}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category}} ==External links== * [http://jammertrust.org/ Jammer Trust], a 501(c)3 educational organization dedicated to preserving the historic touring and transportation vehicles used in the National Parks * {{cite news |url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/features/magazine/collector-driven-to-bring-old-yellowstone-park-touring-bus-back/article_5ddd0824-5a33-58e8-ae65-07d1e489bc68.html |title=Collector driven to bring old Yellowstone Park touring bus back |author=Fitzgerald, John |date=September 13, 2003 |newspaper=Billings Gazette}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.fomentek.com/opentop_history.htm |title=history |author=Brassette, Duane |website=Open Top Bus Company |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031115732fw_/http://www.fomentek.com/opentop_history.htm |archivedate=October 31, 2006 |url-status=dead}} * {{cite web |url=https://busesofyellowstonepreservationtrust.org/1936-1939-model-706 |title=1936–1939 Model 706 Bus |website=Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust}} Category:Buses of the United States Category:Glacier National Park (U.S.) Category:Vehicles introduced in 1935 Category:Vehicles discontinued in 1939 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Red Jammers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Jammers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Jammers?action=history)). 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