outside the vehicle next to the engine compartment. The coach is excep-
tionally quiet on the road and passengers can converse freely from the
front to rear of the bus.

The turbine engine also offers other distinct acivantages: anticipated
engine life of up to one million miles before major overhaul; ability
to use a wide range of engine fuels; no cooling system required; no
elaborate plumbing and piping; and absence of cold weather starting
problems.

MCI’s development engineers, cooperating with Greyhound and
Detroit Diesel Allison Division, provided the extensive engineering re
quired for this installation. MCI maintains a full-time development and
experimental engineering department, staffed by a total of 51 engineers,
draftsmen, engineering technicians, tradesmen and engineering aides.

Introduction of the turbine powered coach holds promise of being
one of the most important innovations in bus transportation history.

Currently the company’s 1,200 Winnipeg employees complete three
bus “shells” every working day of the year — about 750 annually —
of which more than 600 are exported to the United States. The steady
growth of the company has provided continuous employment oppor-
tunities for Winnipeg residents. The firm employs both men and women,
with the plants working two shifts each day. Employment is expected
to reach 1,300 to 1,400 in the Winnipeg area in the near future.