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Richard Silagi

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PBM – The Paddle: May/June 2025

Line 34, Run 3

  • Why California’s School Pupil Activity Bus Certificate Program (SPAB) Was Created
  • President’s Message
  • PBM Member Anthony Ashton β€œAsh” Dovel
  • 1943 Film With Period Intercity Coaches
  • 05/03/25 Work Day Report
  • Bus 77 At Car Show In Niles On 05/04/25
  • 2738 At Car Show At Laney College In Oakland
  • Trailways Oakland Depot Building For Sale
  • 05/17/25 Work Day Report
  • 06/07/25 Work Day Report
  • The 2025 Pacific Bus Museum Election Results
  • 06/21/25 Work Day Report
  • Mike Hayworth Of Orange Belt Stages
  • Vintage Dina Bus Video
  • Rosa Parks Bus Mural In Sacramento
  • PBM Receives A Very Large Donation Of Paper Goods
  • Inquiry To PBM Leads To Rare Chance Buses
  • 216 And 6159 Registration Updates
  • 2025 PBM Open House On 08/17/25
  • Pacific Greyhound Lines by Dr. D.B. β€œDoc” Rushing

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Chance Coach, Crown Coach, DINA (Diesel Nacional S.A), Fageol, Flxible, Gillig, Greyhound, Henry Ford Museum, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Museum of Bus Transportation, Orange Belt Stages, Rideo, Student Transportation Lines, Terra Haute City Lines, Trailways, Transportation Manufacturing Company (TMC)


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. β€œDoc” Rushing

Uncategorized


Happy Holiday’s 2024

This is a fun collection of holiday photos that were shared in our Pacific Bus Museum’s Membership Newsletter, The Paddle, over the years. 2023 – #2346 at the Niles Parade of Lights Facebook 2021 1994 – San Francisco Municipal Railway’s Christmas Trolley Bus #559 1980s – San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) Flxible 111CC-C3 1980 – […]

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Dayton RTA, Flxible, Flyer, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), Marmon-Herrington, Miami Valley RTA, Niles Coach Lines, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Peerless Stages, Sacramento Transit Authority (Sacramento TA), Uncategorized, Yellow Coach builder


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. β€œDoc” 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. β€œDoc” 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: 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: March/April 2003

Line 12, Run 2

  • Photo: PBM’s x-North County Transit District (Oceanside, CA) #806
  • President’s Message
  • New Members
  • Scenicruiser Report
  • T.A.M. Transportation Company by Bob Burrowes
  • New Website by Dave Childs
  • Building Fund
  • Buses up For Disposal
  • Work Parties
  • Photos: PBM’s ex-SF Muni #3270, Bob Burrowes’ Greyhound Depot in San Jose, CA

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Brill IC, Key System, Melni Bus Service, North County Transit District (NCTD), T.A.M. Transportation Company, Twin Coach


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


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