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37974 Shinn St, Fremont, CA 94536 (No postal mail!)

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P.O. Box 601105 Sacramento, CA 95860-1105

Mitch Roberts

Pages on this site about Mitch Roberts

PBM – The Paddle: January/February 2025

Line 34, Run 1

  • 03/23/52 San Francisco Municipal Railway’s 24th Street Carbarn Fire
  • Work Day Reports
  • Director At Large Charles Williams Resigns
  • Member Frank Gonzales Update
  • The 2025 PBM Election
  • Pacific Greyhound Lines by Dr. D.B. “Doc” Rushing

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PBM – The Paddle: November/December 2024

Line 33, Run 6

  • Continental Trailways 6760, a 1962 Bus & Car Silver Eagle 01
  • President’s Message
  • 11/02/24 Work Day Report
  • Bus 77 At San Jose Car Show On 11/02/24
  • 11/16/24 Work Day Report
  • PBM Member Terry Thatcher
  • PBM Member Frank Gonzales
  • 12/07/24 Work Day Report
  • 12/08/24 Holiday Gathering Report
  • 128 In Niles Festival Of Lights Parade On 11/29/24
  • Bus 4 In Los Gatos Christmas/Holiday Parade
  • 12/21/24 Work Day Report
  • Southwestern Greyhound Lines by Dr. D.B. “Doc” Rushing
  • The Bracero Program

C.D. Beck Co., Continental Trailways, Crown Coach, Fageol, Flxible, Gillig, Gray Line, Greyhound, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Niles Canyon Railway, SamTrans, Twin Coach, White Motors


PBM – The Paddle: May/June 2024

Line 33, Run 3

  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • Work Day Reports
  • PBM On Bay Area Wonders
  • 128 And 3270 At Western Railway Museum
  • Eli Bail Donates Large Amount Of Collectables To PBM
  • 2024 PBM Election Results
  • Bus 1 Sold To Member Ryan Hahn
  • Annual PBM Open House On 08/18/24
  • Southwestern Greyhound Lines by Dr. D.B. “Doc” Rushing

Blue Bird, Gillig, Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL), Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Prevost, Torrance Municipal Bus Lines, Twin Coach, Western Railway Museum


PBM – The Paddle: March/April 2024

Line 33, Run 2

  • Prevost Car Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary At Their Mira Loma CA Facility On March 14th
  • Former PBM Member Dave Longa Passes Away
  • Work Day Reports: 03/16/24, 04/06/24 & 04/20/24
  • Mike Demeter Passes Away
  • Scenicruiser Mounted On Roof Of Nashville Hotel
  • Crown Archives Elicits Goodall’s Charter Bus Story By Tom Baker
  • Steam Powered Buses In CA In The Early 70’s
  • WWII Johnson Hand-Cranked Farebox For Sale
  • Members Needed To Exercise Our Buses

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Crown Coach, Fageol, Goodall's Charter Bus Service, Hemphill Brothers Coach Company, Museum of Bus Transportation, Peninsula Charter Lines, Prevost, Reo, San Francisco SF MUNI, Southern California RTD (SCRTD)


PBM – The Paddle: January/February 2024

Line 33, Run 1

  • Cover Photo: Southern Pacific Railroad at Mission Bay yard
  • PBM Has Two New Items For Sale Soon – a T-shirt of our 1947 Silversides and a license plate frame
  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • Former PBM Member Norm Spaulding Passes Away
  • The 2024 PBM Election coming in early June
  • 01/06/24 Work Day Report
  • 01/20/24 Work Day Report
  • PBM Member Vickie Cole Passes Away Unexpectedly
  • Back Issues Of The Paddle Donated
  • 2738 In Movie Shoot In Vallejo On 01/28/24
  • 1826 On Display In San Rafael On 1/31 & 2/1
  • 02/03/24 Work Day Report
  • 02/17/24 Work Day Report
  • Where “The Paddle” Name Came From?
  • Royal Coach Tours Sold To TCS
  • PBM Member William D. Bourne Passes Away At 92
  • Greyhound bus stops are valuable assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN
  • Southwestern Greyhound Lines Dr. D.B. “Doc” Rushing

American Stage Tours, Amtravel, Atlanta Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Continental Trailways, Eastern Greyhound Lines, Eastshore Lines, General Motors, Gillig, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Key System, Marmon-Herrington, Megabus, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Pacific Coachways (Garden Grove CA), Prevost, Royal Coach Tours, Sacramento Regional Transit, Sacramento Transit Authority (Sacramento TA), Saint Louis Car Company, Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority (VTA), Transportation Charter Services (TCS) Orange CA, Transportation Manufacturing Company (TMC), Western Greyhound Lines


PBM – The Paddle: November/December 2023

Line 32, Run 6

  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • 246 At Car Show In San Jose On 11/04/23
  • 1947 At California Bus Association Convention
  • PBM Hosts Birthday Party on 11/11/23
  • 246 In Niles Festival Of Lights Parade On 11/24/23
  • Old Paddles Needed – Tom Baker is organizing the Archives
  • 12/17/23 Holiday Gathering
  • Improvement To Our Building’s Exterior

ACF Brill, Amador Stage Lines, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Metropolitan Coach Lines, Pacific Electric, SamTrans, Southern Pacific


PBM – The Paddle: September/October 2023

Line 32, Run 5

New PBM Member, Tom Baker, created a new PBM Banner to hang on the building… Unfortunately, he didn’t learn that the 1991 date was a misnomer until after the banner was printed. The PBM was founded in 1989.

  • LA’s first bus line got rolling 100 years ago today: here’s to a century of innovation and grit
  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • ODT Bus1826 received some overdue wiring repairs by PBM Member John Fenlon
  • Upcoming events
  • More Parts Donated By Royal Coach Tours
  • Public Transit Supporters Visit PBM On 09/09/23
  • Donated Forklift Delivered To PBM On 09/21/23 by Darren and Mike from Shasta College
  • Bus 3270 At Muni Roadeo At The Cow Palace On 10/28
  • Upcoming Annual Holiday Gathering And Membership Meeting
  • PBM Shirts for Sale

Gillig, Royal Coach Tours, Shasta College


PBM – The Paddle: July/August 2023

Line 32, Run 4

  • Open House Report
  • 1947 At Split Of ’45 On 08/12/23
  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • Member Ted Campbell in You Tube Video (below)
  • 128 And 2738 At Event In Fremont On 7/29/23
  • 07/30/23 Film Shoot At PBM Shinn Street Yard
  • 2738 In Film Shoot In Fremont On 07/31/23
  • PBM Acquires Another GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser (Our PBM1 Party Bus)

ACF Brill, American Stage Tours, Eastshore Lines, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Sierra Pacific Tours


PBM – The Paddle: May/June 2023

Line 32, Run 3

  • Cover Photo: Greyhound Lines system map showing connections to other carriers, circa 1937-1939, per Eli Bail.
  • Now an underground rave venue, Oakland’s abandoned Greyhound station was once ‘magnificent’
  • 05/06/23 Work Day Report
  • 05/20/23 Work Day Report
  • License Plate Club Has Meet At PBM
  • 128 And 3270 At Western Railway Museum
  • 128 At SamTrans Roadeo
  • 06/03/23 Work Day Report
  • 06/05/23 Visit By Australians
  • PBM At American Truck Historical Society’s National Convention and Truck Show In Reno
  • 06/17/23 Work Day Report

Greyhound, SamTrans, Western Railway Museum


PBM – The Paddle: March/April 2023

Line 32, Run 2

  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • Tree Work Done After March Storm Causes Damage
  • 9E At Dream Machines Show At Half Moon Bay
  • Additional Information About Muni Leasing Buses From SCRTD In 1881 By James Husing
  • Remembering PBM Member Emerson Chin Who Passed Away On 3/5
  • Now an underground rave venue, Oakland’s abandoned Greyhound station was once ‘magnificent

California Transit Company, Gray Line, Greyhound, MV Transportation, SamTrans, Santa Clara County Transit District (SCCTD), Santa Cruz Transit, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Twin Coach, Western Transit Society (WTS)


PBM – The Paddle: January/February 2023

Line 32, Run 1

  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • 2738 Film Shoot In San Rafael
  • 2738’s Front Starting Problem Corrected
  • 842 Gets A Newer Set Of Batteries
  • PBM Gets A Sump Pump
  • 3 And 246 At License Plate Meet In Niles
  • 2023 Open House Date Announced
  • The Pacific Bus Museum’s Historic Greyhound Silversides Story and pictures by Ron Medaglia
  • Peter Newgard of the Bus History Association seeks Information Sought On Rare Bus In BC

Amtrak, Greyhound, Hall-Scott, Kenworth, Metropolitan Bus Lines (Seattle), Pacific Greyhound Lines, Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific Railroad, Western Greyhound Lines


PBM – The Paddle: November/December 2022

Line 31, Run 6

  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • 12/04/22 Bus 4 In Los Gatos Christmas/Holiday Parade
  • 12/10/22 Holiday Gathering In San Leandro
  • 9E, 2738, HPO In Movle Shoot
  • Donation Drive For 1947 Greyhound Lines Silversides
  • GM PD-4501 Scenicrulser Question (contnued)

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Detroit Diesel, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Marmon-Herrington, Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Southern Pacific, Spicer


PBM – The Paddle: May/June/July/August 2003

Line 12, Run 3 & 4

  • In Memory of Loring C. Jensen
  • President’s Message
  • New Members
  • Future Excursion
  • Election Results
  • Editor’s Message – Combined Paddle 3 & 4
  • Work Parties
  • New Scenicruiser Pin
  • Photos: Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT) #825, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL) #1913, Western Greyhound Lines (WGL) #P2530

Flxible, Grumman, Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), National City Lines, Orange County Transit District, Western Greyhound Lines


PBM – The Paddle: July/August 2002

Line 11, Run 4

  • Photo: Ex-Key System Transit Lines/AC Transit #2103
  • President’s Message
  • Donations
  • New Members
  • San Diego #916 donated to the PBM
  • Election Results
  • Photos: SamTrans #9815 is ex-Greyhound #9615, Las Vegas Transit #5377, Metropolitan Transit Commission #209, Hawaii “The Shuttle” #278, Quodling Brothers White 798, Express Tours N-122 Skyliner

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Express Tours, Greyhound, Grumman, Key System Transit Lines (KSTL), Las Vegas Transit, Neoplan, Saab-Scania, SamTrans, San Diego Transit (SDT), San Francisco SF MUNI, White Motors


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


Paddle Archives mentioning Mitch Roberts

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