Kenworth KHC series

The Kenworth KHC series was a line of passenger buses that Kenworth introduced in August 1932, in the depth of the Great Depression, to keep idled factory workers busy and to restart sales. The first, the KHC-22, was a 23-passenger bus developed by Kenworth engineers as a stock demonstration vehicle, and its name is given as Kenworth, Heiser, City. A 33-passenger KHC-33 on a 225 inch wheelbase followed in September 1933. Operators named in Kenworth's history include the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company of Portland, Oregon, and Spokane United Railways. The Pacific Bus Museum records that Kenworth built a KHC-22 in August 1932 that went to Portland Traction, and places it among the angle-drive utility coaches that Mack later copied as its Model CW. Kenworth left bus building altogether in 1957.