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Tom Shafer

Pages on this site about Tom Shafer

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

Uncategorized


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: September/October 2024

Line 33, Run 5

  • PBM’s Founders
  • President’s Message
  • Pacific Bus Museum 35th Anniversary
  • 09/07/24 Work Day Report
  • Transit Enthusiasts Visit PBM On 09/14/24
  • TV Film Shoot At PBM Yard On 09/19/24
  • 09/21/24 Work Day Report
  • 1947 At SF Muni Heritage Festival On 09/21/24
  • Set Of Four Portable Lifts Donated On 09/26/24
  • PBM Mailing Address
  • 10/05/24 Work Day Report
  • 10/20/24 Work Day Report
  • Bus 1 Moved To Its New Home In Sonora On 10/19/24
  • 216 Finally Arrives In Fremont On 10/26/24
  • Additional Work That Was Performed On 10/26/24
  • All West Coachlines Name Fades Into History
  • Southwestern Greyhound Lines

Uncategorized


PBM – The Paddle: July/Aug 2024

Line 33, Run 4

  • PBM Acquires 1924 Fageol Safety Coach From Museum Of Bus Transportation
  • Work Day Reports
  • 1826 At Spirit Of ‘45 In San Jose On 08/10/24
  • Greyhound Retirees Club Makes Large Donation
  • PBM Featured In Live Virtual Tour
  • 08/18/24 Annual Open House
  • Highway Products #554 –an enigma by Frank R. Scheer
  • Southwestern Greyhound Lines by Dr. D.B. “Doc” Rushing

Amador Stage Lines, American Stage Tours, Fageol, Flxible, Gillig, Hall-Scott, Hercules, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Pacific Electric, Palo Alto City Lines, Peninsula Transit Lines, Prevost, Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority (VTA), Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Transportation Manufacturing Company (TMC), Wheels in Livermore


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


#308 – East Bay Motor Coach Lines
#308 - East Bay Motor Coach Lines

East Bay Motor Coach Lines (Key System) acquired 11 model 15 “baby” Twins starting in January 1931.

The PBM acquired the #308 from the estate of the late Jerry Graham in 1996.

#308 was included in the filming of the movie “Oppenheimer”.

3-Speed Manual, East Bay Motor Coach, Hercules, Key System, Transit, Twin Coach


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: September/October 2022

Line 31, Run 5

  • Cover Photo: Pacific Greyhound Lines Oakland Will bus built after consolidation at the Pioneer Stage plant in 1930 at 1919 Markey Street, Oakland.
  • President’s Message by Lorne Thompson
  • PBM Calendar
  • Tree Branches In New Parcel Trimmed on 09/01/22
  • 2103 And 3270 At Western Rallway Museum 9/3 & 9/4
  • 09/18/22 Movie Shoot At PBM Yard By Tom Shafer
  • Another Busy Period For 1828… Marin Civic Center in San Rafael… Vallecito Elementary School.
  • Phelan Ride And Drive Report By Tom Shafer
  • 3270 At Muni’s Bus Roadeo On 10/29/22
  • Donation Drive To Acquire Greyhound Silversides
  • Two Short Bus Stories… 
  • General Motors PD-4501 Scenicruiser Question… answers from Paul Von Fange’s book

Crown Coach, Fageol, Gillig, International Harvester, Pacific Greyhound Lines, Studebaker, Western Railway Museum, White Motors


#4 – Los Gatos High School
#4 - Los Gatos High School

This Crown A -779 -11 Supercoach was built in 1952 for Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, CA.

Pacific Bus Museum Member, Tom Shafer, bought the bus and donated it to the Pacific Bus Museum in 2003.

This bus was featured in a 2012 Smucker’s TV commercial as wells as the 2007 Zodiac movie with Jake Gyllenhaal.

5-Speed Manual, Crown Coach, Cummins, Fuller, Hall-Scott, Los Gatos High School, School Bus, St. Francis High School


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: 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 – The Paddle: January/February 2001

Line 10, Run 1

  • Bus Photos
  • Presidents Message
  • Extra Board Assignments
  • PBM Election Announcement
  • Summary of PBM Annual Board Meeting
  • PBM Acquires a GM RTS – It’s First ADB Bus
  • Another Donation Made to PBM Building Fund
  • Vaca Valley Bus Lines Photos from the Bob Burrowes Collection
  • PBM Hosts Visit by Japanese Hino Motors Group
  • MATA Trolley – Update from Dallas
  • San Diego Transit MAN’s See Their Last Day

ACF Brill, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Allison, AM General, C.D. Beck Co., Chicago Sightseeing Co, Cummins, Flxible, Gibson Lines, Greyhound, Mack, MAN, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Motor Coach Industries (MCI), Napa Transit Co, North County Transit District (NCTD), Prevost, Queen City Coach Company, Sacramento Transit Authority (Sacramento TA), San Diego Transit (SDT), Southern California RTD (SCRTD), Stockton City Lines, Vaca Valley Bus Lines, Watson and Ash Transportation Company Ltd, Yellow Coach builder


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


Crown Chasis 32951 – Los Gatos Union High School

Crown Coach Corporation

The original archives for Chasis No.  32951 are in the Pacific Bus Museum Archives and are available for viewing by Pacific Bus Museum members.

Current Crown Coach owners and researchers interested in accessing these archives should contact us.

Archive Contents

  • Crown Sales Records: Yes
  • Crown Engineering/Build Records: Yes
  • Crown Completion Photos: TBD

Archive Note

Crown Coach, Cummins, Hall-Scott, Los Gatos High School


Paddle Archives mentioning Tom Shafer

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