Cobb and Co - Demise and Resurrection

Demise and Resurrection

Cobb and Co's operations were eventually superseded by the development of the automobile and, in some areas, by railways. Not to mention the vast amount of debt that the company had taken on due to overexpansion into industries like wool. The company went into receivership in 1911 after Rutherford's death. Their last horse-drawn coach service ran in 1924.

Today the Dyson Group of Companies owns the Cobb and Co coach company, which Dysons acquired when it purchased the Nixon Group in 2000. Dysons is a Northern Melbourne family run business who run Cobb and Co Coaches out of all of their depots at Bundoora (Melbourne Head Office), Moama (NSW), Wodonga, Kyneton, Leongatha and Bairnsdale. Until early 2012 Dysons also run Cobb and Co Coaches out of depots in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs which have since been closed or sold.

The company name has been resurrected in recent years by various operators and horse drawn coaches still operate at various locations throughout Australia.