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The Blue Bird Corporation (originally known as the Blue Bird Body Company) is an American bus manufacturer headquartered in Fort Valley, Georgia.Best known for its production of school buses, the company has also manufactured a wide variety of other bus types, including transit buses, motorhomes, and specialty vehicles such as mobile libraries and mobile police command centers.
In 1930–1931, sales fell over 95%; while only 7 buses were sold, they constituted the majority of sales for his operations. [1] Luce closed the Fort Valley dealership in late 1931 and sold the Houston County Motor Company in 1932, then started a company specializing in school bus bodies.
1988 Wayne/International Lifeguard Wayne is a name in school transportation that predates the familiar yellow school bus seen all over the United States and Canada. Beginning in the 19th century, craftsmen in Richmond, Indiana at Wayne Works and its successors built horse-drawn vehicles, including kid hacks, evolving into automobiles and virtually all types of bus bodies during the 20th century.
Crown built the first dual-rear wheel school bus (1927) Crown built its first all-metal school bus body in 1930. Crown Metro/Metropolitan [1] 1935–c.1937 Ford Ford conventional-chassis bus Crown Super Coach [1] 1932–1947 (exc.WWII) Various First factory-produced forward control-school bus (1932) Mid-engine version (1937) Rear-engine version ...
From the mid-1930s onward, the company dedicated its production towards school buses. Following World War II, the company became one of the primary manufacturers of large school bus bodies in the United States, leading Perley A. Thomas Car Works to be renamed as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. in 1972.
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As of 2010, the Carrollton bus disaster remained one of the two worst bus accidents in U.S. history. The accident and the legal battle afterward were recounted in a 1994 book by James S. Kuen. Reckless Disregard: Corporate Greed, Government Indifference, and the Kentucky School Bus Crash was published by Simon & Schuster of New York City.