Egon Kafka

Egon Kafka, The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Taking Buses

Egon Kafka in front of 1929/30 school bus

2018- Egon Kafka (“Press Bus”),Rich-Samuels, Sven-Berkemeier

Huell Howser Visits the PBM in 1995 (YouTube Video)
Source the PBM membership newsletter The Paddle – April 2021. (Scroll to the 15 minute mark in the YouTube Video)

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PBM – The Paddle: September/October 2000

Line 9, Run 5

Photos
Presidents Message
New Members
PBM at the 2000 APTA National Roadeo
AC Transit #100 Excursion Report
US Navy Bus Acquired
#3270 Readied for APTA Display
The PBM Garage – by Steve Souza
Recent Donations to the PBM
More Bus Photos
San Diego Transit “Mans’ See Their Last Day
and that’s the way things were by Jerry Squier

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), California Bus Lines, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Flyer, Fontana Transit Lines, Ford, Gibson Lines, Gillig, Golden Gate Transit, Gray Line, Greyhound, Hemet Bus Lines, Highland-Patton Bus Line, Key System, Lee's Auto Stages, McKinley Avenue Transit Authority (MATA), Motor Bus Society, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Orion, Pacific Electric, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Riverside City Lines, Sacramento Regional Transit, Saint Louis Car Company, SamTrans, San Bernardino Valley Transit Co, San Francisco SF MUNI, White Motors, Yellow Coach builder

PBM – The Paddle: July/August 2000

Line 9, Run 4

Photos
Presidents Message
Newly Elected Members Take Office
Niles Canyon Railway Bus Update
Contribute to the Building Fund
Summary of PBM Board Meeting
The PBM on the Roadeo Circuit
Bus Gallery Added to Website
The PBM Garage
Michael’s American Memories
PBM Excursions & Events
Members Making News
Recent Donations to the PBM
President Attends Political Convention
San Diego Transit Still Operating GM “new look’s”

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Contra Costa Area Transit Service (C.A.T.S.), Flyer, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Guiton Charter, Key System, Long Beach Transit, Mack, Motor Bus Society, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Omaha Transit Company, Peerless Stages, Royal Coach Tours, San Diego Transit (SDT), San Francisco SF MUNI, Twin Coach, Unitrans UC Davis, White Motors

PBM – The Paddle: March/April 2000

Line 9, Run 2

Photos – West meets East!
Establishment of Building Fund – Help the PBM Find a Permanent Home
The “Bus Garage”
PBM Attends the Pacific Coast Dream Machine
PBM Member William J. Goodall
PBM Members and Their Buses
Photos – U.S. Down Under
PBM Website Update!
Members Making News

Recent Donations

Continental Trailways, Eagle Bus, Flxible, Greyhound, Greyhound Lines of Australia, Mack, Market Street Railway, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Peerless Stages, Royal Coach Tours, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, Torrance Transit, Unitrans UC Davis, Western Greyhound Lines, Western Railway Museum

PBM History

In 2017 PBM Member, Ron Medaglia, wrote this article on the history of the Pacific Bus Museum, entitled “The Pacific Bus Museum From Hobby to Formal Museum”, for the National Bus Trader magazine.

American Stage Tours, General Motors, GM Truck & Coach Division, Niles Canyon Railway, Niles Coach Lines, Royal Coach Tours, Scenic Hyway Tours, Twin Coach, UC Davis Transit System, Union Pacific Railroad, Unitrans UC Davis, West Coast Motor Coach Museum

PBM – The Paddle: March/April 1999

Line 8, Run 2

Remember to Vote!
Bus Photos
President’s Message
Membership Renewal
Welcome Aboard New Members
Election of Officers
The PBM’s #7103 Repaired
Recent Activities at Fremont
Recent PBM Board Meeting Summaries
PBM Members Making News
Recent Donations to the PBM
Hawaii Five-O Bus Sightings

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Cummins, Flxible, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Mack, Market Street Railway, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Orange County Transit District, Royal Coach Tours, San Francisco SF MUNI, SunLine Transit Agency, Torrance Transit, West Valley Charter Lines, Western Greyhound Lines, Yellow Coach builder

PBM – The Paddle: July/August 1998

Line 7, Run 4

AC Transit’s restored #2103
Chicago Surface Lines #3407
Twinning Bus Memorabilia Collection Donated to the PBM
Success With The FIxible “Clipper” Project
San Diego Excursion Report
PBM Attends Regional Bus Roadeo
Work Parties at Fremont
Summary of PBM Business Meeting
Ben Pangelinan Dies
Adopt-A-Bus program Continued
Recent Donations to the PBM
Welcome New Members
Scenicruisers Rediscovered And Expanded Into A Fleet
President’s Message by Jim Husing

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), All West Coachlines, Chicago Surface Lines, Cummins, Fageol, Flxible, Glacier Transport Company, Key System, Melni Bus Service, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, Peerless Stages, Peninsula Charter Lines, Sacramento Regional Transit, Scenic Hyway Tours, Tacoma Transit, Twin Coach, Utah Parks Company, Valley Transit Authority

PBM – The Paddle: May/June 1997

Line 6, Run 3

PBM Telephone Hotline
PBM Board Election Results
PBM Members Help Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Trans-Bay Bus Service
PBM to Temporarily Store Market Street Railway Bus
PBM Interested in Vacant Military Sites for Bus Storage
and that’s the way things were by Jerry Squier – part 3
President’s Message by Jim Husing

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), All West Coachlines, Flxible, Ford, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Mack, Market Street Railway, Ontario Electric Railway, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Western Railway Museum

PBM – The Paddle: March/April 1997

Line 6, Run 2

The Original Golden Eagle buses
Key System Transit Lines Twin Coach, model 44D
Plans Being Finalized for the Upcoming PBM Bus Meet
Recent Work Parties at Fremont
The Rohr/Flxible High Value Bus
Airport Charter Lines Aerocoach 37Ps
Bruce Maher Collection Memorabilia Donated to the PBM
PBM Bus Proposed for the Niles Canyon Railway
Cantos Collection Moves to Fontana, CA
PBM Attends the Great American Dream Machine
and that’s the way things were by Jerry Squier
President’s Message by Jim Husing

Aerocoach, Airport Charter Lines, AM General, Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway, Bakersfield Transit Company, Continental Trailways, Flxible, Fresno City Lines, Key System, Mack, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Niles Canyon Railway, Pacific City Lines, Rohr Corporation, Royal Coach Tours, Setra Coaches, Twin Coach, Western Railway Museum, Western Transit Systems

PBM – The Paddle: May/June 1996

Line 5, Run 3

Pacific Electric #231
Napa Valley Lines #11&12
Work party Scheduled
PBM Election Results
New Committees Forming
PBM Operator’s List Needs Updating
Oklahoma Transportation Company #292
Gray Line Scenic Tours #113
Vintage Twin Coach Buses moved to Williams, California
PBM Members Attend the “Gathering of Buses”
The PBM Comes to the Aid of Greyhound’s Ailing Historic Silverside
PBM Puts on a Display at the Alameda Naval Air Station
Summary of Board of Directors Meeting on May 26, 1996
The PBM Welcomes PBS’s Jim Lehrer to the PBM
PBM Member Attends Tulsa Bus Bash
Hawaii’s First 5105’s by Jim Husing
President’s Message by Jim Husing

Brill IC, Continental Trailways, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Gray Line, Gray Line Scenic Tours, Greyhound, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Key System, Market Street Railway, Motorcoach Museum of North America, Oklahoma Transportation Company, Orange Empire Trolley Museum, Pacific Electric, San Jose Trolley Corporation, Twin Coach, UC Davis Transit System, Wahiawa Bus Company, Yellow Coach DUPLICATE

PBM – The Paddle: November/December 1994

Line 3, Run 7

Photos SF MUNI 3270, Aero Coach, PGL #1732, NWGL Y816
Modesto, The Final 1994 Excursion
Minutes of the General Membership Meeting
Bus Sightings
Member Letter to the Editor
President’s Message
San Diego Excursion

Aerocoach, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), California Parlor Car Tours, Fageol, Greyhound, Kenworth, Key System, Modesto Area Express (MAX), Modesto Motor Bus, Northwest Greyhound, San Diego Transit (SDT), San Francisco SF MUNI, San Jose City Lines, Scenic Hyway Tours, Vallejo Transit, Western Greyhound Lines, Yellow Coach builder

PBM – The Paddle: July/August 1994

Line 3, Run 5

Our Latest Acquisition SunBus #1439
General Membership Meeting
Museum Acquires a Flxible Transit Bus
PBM attends the Los Angeles MTA bus Rodeo
Gillig Operator’s Manuals Available
A.C. Transit Flxible Rescued
Members attend the Long Beach Bus Rodeo
Bay Rapid Transit excursion a picture perfect success!
Work Party News
President’s Message
November Modesto Excursion Flyer

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Bay Rapid Transit, Eastshore Lines, Flxible, Gillig, Long Beach Transit, SunLine Transit Agency, Trailways

PBM – The Paddle: July 1994 DRAFT

July 1994

Brill IC 50th Anniversary
Museum Receives Another Coach Donation
Museum Represented at MTA Bus Rodeo
Gillig Operator’s Manuals Available
Museum Support of Donated Coaches
A.C. Transit Flxible Rescued
Work Parties Need to Resume in Williams!!!
Long Beach Bus Rodeo Report

ACF Brill, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Detroit Diesel, Flxible, Gillig, Greyhound, Santa Fe Trailways, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), SunLine Transit Agency

PBM – The Paddle: May/June 1994

Line 3, Run 4

Ongoing Restoration Project K1407
Excursion Schedule for Remainder of 1994
PBM Attends the Great American Dream Machine
April 24, 1994 General Membership Meeting Summary
Second Annual Meeting of Motorcoaches, A Success
President’s Message
Pacific Bus Museum Equipment Roster

AM General, Bay Rapid Transit, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Twin Coach

PBM – The Paddle: May 1994 DRAFT

Line 3, Run 5

Excursions to Resume
New Yard Rules for Industry Location
“Great American Dream Machine” Exhibit Report
A Request for Further Work Party Assistance
Board of Directors Meeting Highlights

Eastshore Lines, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, SamTrans

PBM – The Paddle: April 1994 DRAFT

Line 3, Run 3½

The Paddle Takes on a New Look
Thank You!
PBM News From the World of Buses
PBM Has Aquired a Rare Coach!
PBM Open House
Another Thanks
Jerry Duncan Retires

AM General, Flxible, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Orange County Transit District, SamTrans, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)

PBM – The Paddle: March/April 1994

Line 3, Run 3½

The Paddle Takes on a New Look
Thank You!
PBM News From the World of Buses
PBM Has Aquired a Rare Coach!
PBM Open House
Another Thanks
Jerry Duncan Retires

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Southern California RTD (SCRTD)

PBM – The Paddle: February 1994

Line 3, Run 2

New Year’s Eve Party Report
Too Much Interest Ruins Attempt to Preserve Modesto Coach
Modesto Area Excursion Operation Very Likely
First Excursion for This Year in Planning Stages
We Are Doing Our Part in Fighting Air Pollution Too!!
Feel Free to Join Us for Breakfast in Industry
Picture Captions
Board Meeting Highlights

Crosstown Suburban Lines, Cummins, Eastern Cities Transit, Fitzjohn, Marmon-Herrington, Modesto Area Express (MAX), Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Yellow Coach builder

PBM – The Paddle: January 1994

Line 3, Run 1

What’s in Store for 94?
“Zephyr Club” Avery Popular Coach in Industry Yard
#7103 Does a Minor Movie Gig
L.A. Area Collection on TV News!!!! Would the PBM Benefit From Having Specialized Chapters? Photo Pages are Back!!! Two 4106’s Do TV Commercial
Motor Bus 1994 Fall Convention Plans Shaping Up

ACF Brill, Fitzjohn, Motor Bus Society, Old Pueblo Trolley, Scenic Hyway Tours, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)

PBM – The Paddle: June 1993

Run 2, Line 6

#7103 Cosmetic Restoration a Success!!!
1st Annual Open House Report
Operations Bulletin

ACF Brill, Flxible, Mack, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), White Motors, Yellow Coach builder

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