it-s-the-news

It’s the News!

  The Monthly News     This section of the site is basically to deal with school bus news… If I find interesting items, they will be placed here, with links to additional information included. This page will be purged every month, so copy anything that interests you. Lets go!   8/2009   Rock Hill…

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crown-coach

Crown Coach

  Crown Coach   Crown Coach Corporation was founded by Don M. Brockway in 1904 as the “Crown Carriage Company” in Los Angeles, California, eventually moving factory operations to Chino, California in San Bernardino County. Both factories have since been razed. The property in Los Angeles is now a manufacturing center but was once slated…

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call-to-action-in-pennsylvania

Call To Action In Pennsylvania

PA Drivers Call to action!   It’s Dead In The Water, Folks, PA Unemployment Lives! Until They Decide to try Again, That Is…   Pennsylvania school bus drivers – public and private – should be aware that there was a bill in the State House designed to block drivers from collecting unemployment compensation during the…

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Ward/Amtran Buses

Ward/Amtran Corporation   Ward Corporation D. H. “Dave” Ward founded Ward Body Works in Conway, Arkansas in 1933 when he “lowered the roof of a wooden bus for Mr. Carl Brady of the Southside Schools”. Southside Schools were located about 15 miles north of Conway. Later in the 1930s, the company produced its first all-metal…

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old-shots

Old Shots

  School Bus History In Photos…   Now that you have read some of the history of the school bus industry, now is the time to see it. While this is not a complete photo history, It is a great overview, and will show buses that aren’t here any longer…   Let’s begin from the…

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training-aids

Training Aids

  Training Aids       I am putting this page on here with some things that you can watch and perhaps help you to become an even better driver than you already are! The first 4 are Powerpoint presentations that I have created. Hope you enjoy them. Most are geared to Pennsylvania standards, but…

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