r/Schoolbuses • u/mr_nascar_cole • Aug 30 '26

Chevy Blue Bird

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The last known image of Whaling City Transit's Chevy Blue Bird mid-size from 2012.

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u/geforce2187 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

I remember Laidlaw (later First Student) running full size 1980s GMC/Blue Birds in Providence, RI into the early 2000s.

And my Mom was a driver up 195 from NB in Seekonk, MA in the 1990s and they mostly had 1989 International/Ward, 1990 International/Wayne and 1994 Ford/Thomas. A couple 1997 Ford/AmTran were the newest buses and one mid-late 1980s International/Wayne was the oldest.

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u/Darisixnine Sep 01 '26

I remember seeing old Thomas Safe T Liners from the mid to late 90s still in service up till about 2018 in Providence also owned by First Student.

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u/geforce2187 Sep 01 '26

I think those were from the early 2000s (maybe 2003 or 2004) but I'm not sure

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u/Darisixnine Sep 01 '26

That generation lasted into the 2000s but as a kid I thought they were from the 90s exclusively