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American Transportation Corporation (better known as AmTran) was an American manufacturer of school bus bodies. Tracing its roots to Ward Body Works (established in 1933), AmTran was formed in 1980 following the 1979 bankruptcy of Ward to continue bus production. In 1991, the company became a subsidiary of Navistar International, leading to a ...
Exists today in the United States as Collins subsidiary Corbeil Bus Corporation. Superior Coach Company: 1925 1985; Lima, Ohio Produced Type A, B, C, and D buses. Superior employees created Mid Bus in 1981. Full-size bus production ended after 1985 (design later used by New Bus, Inc.). Ward Body Works: 1933 1980
Aside from a redesigned windshield and the change in chassis suppliers, the Ward Volunteer shares many components with that of the IC Bus CE-Series produced today. In 1976, Ward produced a prototype for the first full-size school bus with front-wheel drive, but the company was forced to abandon the project before producing the vehicle.
The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was a hotel for nearly a century before the Skid Row Housing Trust began operating it in 2021 to provide affordable housing. (Al Seib / For The Times)
The Weingart Center Assn. will soon begin placing homeless people in a 278-unit tower, part of a project it hopes will change the skyline and ambience of Skid Row.
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International-branded 2002 AmTran RE. Introduced in 1996 as a chassis for the AmTran RE, the 3000 was the first rear-engine bus chassis produced in nearly 20 years. Aside from a few buses bodied by Corbeil in the late 1990s, this chassis has been used exclusively by AmTran and its Navistar corporate successor IC Bus. In production for 20 years ...
At Charter Middle School, which is also run by Para Los Niños and serves children who live on Skid Row, about 20% of students are homeless, said Principal Chris Coyle. And more arrive every week.