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Buses INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION a NAVISTAR Company

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION a NAVISTAR COMPANY HISTORY Ward Body Works (1933-1979) Ward President school bus (mid-1980s) D. H. “Dave” Ward founded Ward 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. In the 1930s, Ward Body Works produced its first all-metal…

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Here are some interesting bus facts

  • The North American “Yellow” school bus first appeared in 1939.  The actual name for the yellow color is “National School Bus Glassy Yellow” and is a federal regulation.

• The word “Bus” is derived from the word “Omnibus”, a Latin word meaning “For all.”

• London holds the title for the longest running unchanged bus route.  Route “24” began in 1910 and runs from Hampstead Heath to Pimlico.

• The world’s largest bus is the Neoplan Jumbocruiser in Germany.  At 60 feet long and 13 feet high, this double decker articulated multi-axle city coach can hold 170 passengers.

• Thomas Built is the first school bus manufacture to achieve a “Zero Waste” status.

• The first double-decker bus was actually a 18th century horse-drawn coach where passengers would frequently sit on the top.

• The first steel body school bus was built in the 1930’s by Wayne Co.

• Before 1920, school buses had cloth curtains rather than glass windows.

• The first “School Bus” was a horse-drawn carriage in 1827 for Newington Academy for Girls in England.

• It wasn’t until the 1930’s when truck designs were being customized into the more modern school bus chassis.