When I was a kid in the 90s I used to go on the thomas fs65. And I loved those buses, their sleek design and and their interior just made me love them, I now drive a 2014 Ic ce 300. I love those too
I remember when moving to North Carolina in 1997, the school buses looked different. I was used to Blue Bird buses, but I fell in love with these unique machines. North Carolina buses lack the black stripes that run horizontal down the sides. Plain, simple and yellow! That's what we do in NC! And, I had the pleasure of substitute driving for my local school district. Long live Thomas Built Buses!
The only buses we have in our district are C2s, FS-65s, and CEs. We also have some 3800s that are retired, and two old Chevys. But I'm not sure they're there anymore because it shows on Street View, but it's from 2016.
A little fun fact that ford bus that’s numbered 188 is now a activity bus in Wilkes county at north Wilkes high school I remember seeing it when we played them in basketball
My school district was the only school district in the area using Thomas Built buses when I went. My first introduction was in 1st grade, to a Saf-T-Liner ER 90 passenger powered by the venerable CAT 3208. They rode like Cadillacs compared to the older Wayne Internationals (still the 9.0L sound was awesome) and Blue Birds with gasoline engines and slowwww as molasses. The Thomases were in service well after I graduated, some seeing 20 years of service.
Because back in the day, The Department of Public Instruction voted to take them off. However, the IC buses had them until 2010, They allowed the C2s the 100 year badges, so it just an inspection thing id say.
@@JoshuaWithTheBuses School districts didn't start adopting them in large qualities until the mid 1990s. So, yeah. They were common, especially across North Carolina.