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Newsby StaffAugust 7, 2008

Thomas Built renovates 1923 streetcar

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Six Thomas Built Buses employees recently began restoring a streetcar manufactured by the company — then named Perley A. Thomas Ca...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2008

Blue Bird No. 1 donated to historical institution

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Albert “Buddy” Luce Jr., son of Blue Bird founder Albert Luce, has donated Blue Bird No. 1 — the company’s first steel-bodied sc...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2008

Bus company celebrates 100 years

CLEARFIELD, Pa. — In 1908, Emerson Fullington purchased a nine-passenger, horse-drawn surrey to transport residents to the local train station, found...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2008

Kentucky commemorates 1958 school bus crash

FRANKFORT, Ky. — On Feb. 28, the state Senate passed a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Prestonburg school bus crash of 1958.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2008

Blue Bird No. 1 donated to historical institution

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Albert “Buddy” Luce Jr., son of Blue Bird founder Albert Luce, has donated Blue Bird No. 1 — the company’s first steel-bodied scho...

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Newsby StaffMarch 6, 2008

Kentucky commemorates 1958 school bus crash

FRANKFORT, Ky. — On Feb. 28, the state Senate passed a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Prestonburg school bus crash of 1958. ...

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Newsby StaffJanuary 24, 2008

Bus company celebrates 100 years

CLEARFIELD, Pa. — In 1908, Emerson Fullington purchased a nine-passenger, horse-drawn surrey to transport residents to the local train station, found...

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ArticlesJanuary 1, 2008

Steve Kalmes Named Administrator of the Year

Steve Kalmes, transportation director at Anchorage (Alaska) School District and a prominent figure in the school bus community, has been named SCHOOL BUS FLEET’s 2007 Administrator of the Year.

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2007

Veteran <i>SBF</I> editor resigns

TORRANCE, Calif. — Steve Hirano, former editor and associate publisher of SCHOOL BUS FLEET, has resigned his position to start up his own compa...

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ArticlesNovember 1, 2007

A history of innovation

Ever since motorized vehicles began taking over for horse-drawn carts in transporting pupils, many school bus manufacturers have come and gone. B...

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