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| Model 706 | |
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 Red Jammers at the Prince of Wales Hotel (2006) | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | White Motor Company |
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| Production | 1935–39 |
| Model years | 1936–39 |
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| Body and chassis | |
| Layout | FR |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 5.2 L (318 cu in), I6 White 16A |
| Transmission | manual (retrofitted to automatic) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 4,470 mm (176 in) |
Red Jammers are the vintage White Motor Company/Bender Body Company Model 706 buses used at Glacier National Park 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 berries, the bus drivers are called jammers because of the sound the unsynchronized transmissions made when the driver shifted gears on the steep roads of the park. Even double-clutching could not eliminate all meshing clatter, permanently eliminated in a 1989 retrofit that added automatic transmissions.