M. 852

To assist with the "rails-to-rubber" conversion programme of the late 1940's/early 1950's, the British Columbia Electric Railway acquired a large number of gasoline engined Fageol Twin Coaches. By 1950, models 34S, 38S, 41S, 44S and 44D were represented on the company's roster. M. 852 is a 41S preserved by TRAMS in the cream coloured livery that lasted into B. C. Hydro days.

The BCER numbering scheme identified motor buses with the "M" prefix, to distinguish them as oddities in what was at the time a much larger electric fleet. The "8" signified a bus assigned to the North Vancouver, where rail service succumbed to buses in 1947.

The Fageols were the dominant type of motor bus in the B.C. Electric/B. C. Hydro fleet throughout the 1950's and were progressively retired through the late 1960's when GMC diesels were acquired in large numbers.