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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. As Thomas Built Buses, the company is still based in High Point, operating as a subsidiary of Freightliner Trucks (of Daimler AG) since ...
1961 Thomas school bus on an International Harvester chassis Late-1960s Thomas Saf-T-Liner body on GMC H6500 chassis (rare) in New York as a farm bus. In 1962, Thomas Car Works officially expanded its production beyond High Point as Thomas Built Buses of Canada, Ltd. was established in Woodstock, Ontario. [2]
Perley A. Thomas Car Works: 1972 High Point, North Carolina: Produced Type C and D buses; best known for streetcar production. Perley A. Thomas Car Works was re-organized into Thomas Built Buses in 1972. Union City Body Company [11] 1957 Union City, Indiana: Produced Type C buses. Union City is now a supplier of bodies for UPS.
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The Thomas Saf-T-Liner is the name of the transit-style (Type D) school bus product line produced by Thomas Built Buses.Introduced in 1978, the Saf-T-Liner marked the transition to in-house chassis production by Thomas.
School bus driver Deona Washington receives a hero’s welcome at Brogden Middle School in Durham on Monday, Feb. 20, 2024. Washington safely evacuated all 28 of her students from a school bus ...
The Thomas Minotour is a bus body manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 1980. The smallest vehicle sold by the company, the Minotour is a bus body designed for cutaway van chassis . Primarily sold for school bus usage, the Minotour is also produced as a MFSAB (activity bus) or in specialized configurations specified by the customer.
A legislative committee wants to give more school calendar flexibility instead of recommending new restrictions that would force North Carolina public schools to start after Labor Day.