From Sid Cannon – My wife and I were in Baker Oregon this past weekend for the Baker City Memorial Cruise. We were told that the best place to get a great meal was in Haines, Oregon so we headed that way. Haines is a very small town on Highway 30 about 10 miles north of Baker. When the interstate by-passed Haines many years ago the city went into decline like many other small towns that suffered the same fate. The steak house definitely survived and is still the best place to eat in the Baker Valley. That’s not the point of this story though.

When visiting small towns, I like to crisscross every street just to see what I can find. As twilight fell, I spotted two old Greyhound buses that brought back the memory of a trip I made with my mother back in 1955 when I was seven years old. We traveled from Rupert to Moscow, Idaho to visit my sister who had just given birth to my first niece. I remember climbing the first set of stairs onto the GM Greyhound Scenicruiser bus and then ascending the second set of stairs up to the elevated section. It would be like boarding a Boeing 747 for a child of today.

The bus on the right had been converted into a poor man’s motor home some time ago and was in a state of serious disrepair. Since most of the passenger area was elevated the cargo holds were huge. You could have put a VW bug in each one of them! The second bus looked like it was the parts bus for the first one but actually looked better since it still retained most of its original charm.



You never know what you might find in a small town! The Scenicruiser was built exclusively for Greyhound by GM between 1954 and 1956. They were used up until the 70s and many of us probably have memories of either riding in them or seeing them on the highways during trips. They are part of our culture and even though over 1,000 were built, very few remain on the roads today. It may not be our typical offering here on Barn Finds, but I love it! Thanks for sharing this with us Sid and we hope to hear from you again!