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They have the black grille on the back, an Air horn, and blue interiors.ALL are different from Fairfax. When you look closer though, they have a few other chages. The first generation in Arlington has the T444E, and look almost identical to Fairfax's last year, but without the AC. In 2004 I believe, they started buying IC REs. Their oldest bus has to be a 93ish Thomas ER with a CAT engine, that is only used as a spare.They do have some Vista speical ed buses, and a RARE old Ford Thomas running around for special ed as well that are the oldest Ive seen. Yeah.Arlington specs their buses fairly nice.whats cool about arlington, is they are totally Transit Type D RE with regular ed.I actually live in Arlington now, and their buses are nice, but not as nice as Fairfax's.
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I beleive they are allowed to take their buses home, at least that is what my driver told me Of all the districts I've visited, they are the only people who have denied me. Has anyone ever seen where they park there buses? I have tried to find the lot, I also called them to ask if I could photograph there buses, but was denied. Williams Bus Lines has pretty good buses alright. it is a whole different scene here in Fairfax, we spec our buses amazing! Same thing next door in Loundon and In Arlington. I have seen several buses when I travel towards west Virginia, I know in Nelson County they have late 90's Thomas Internationals spec'ed to bare minimum, and most likely with mannuel transmissions and mannuel doors. Id suggest traveling south if you want to get some GREAT pictures of Virginia Buses.It might seem like a blast from the past for northern virginians. They leave most of the luxuries up to the districts to spec, like the air doors, automatic transmissions, white roofs, and stuff like that. As a state, they only have technical requirments (engine ratings, light placement, switches, etc. Its very interesting to see how the state of Virginia specs buses.
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Some even still get their buses with Manual transmissions (Thomas Freightliners of course). They are the only Thomas HDX buses I have ever seen with only one roof hatch! They also have a few All American REs from the late 90s (also with one roof hatch).įarther to the middle of the southern part of the state, in places like Sussex County, the buses are ALL conventionals, most still with the barest of specs. They are mostly conventional still, however they do have a few Thomas HDX CNG buses floating around as well. In 95, they introduced the white roofs, then in 96-97, they introduced the air doors, and finally, in 00 (ish) they introduced tinted windows. Since 1980 though, Virginia Beach has spected their buses with Automatic Transmissions, Air brakes, and Diesel engines. Next door in Va Beach, they are in the process of retiring their 88 and 87 GMCs, both Blue Bird and Thomas bodies. Their new buses though feature manual doors (atleast through the 90s), Grey interiors, white roofs, and most have tinted windows, and they ALL have air brakes and automatic transmissions. Norfolk City Public Schools has mostly late 90s International Thomas buses, but my understanding is that they were previously run by a contractor, who owned mostly Ward Internatinoals. Just good ol 64 passenger conventionals, and a few transits here and there. Most would say that makes a bus look naked, but I kinda like it! I'm from the southern half of the state, and you dont see the super nice, AC equipt transit style buses around there. Virginia has got some of the most interesting buses Ive ever seen really.As has been mentioned before, no district owned buses (and a few private buses) have any roof brandings. Williams Bus Lines in Fairfax has some of the best looking buses in the area. Thank you for your participation in this topic. That topic is for anything and everything Fairfax County. BTW, if it mainly pertains to Fairfax County Public Schools, post it over in that topic. Compare and contrast different counties, talk about private school buses you've seen, whatever! If it relates to school buses in the State of Virginia, please share it here. In this thread I hope to have people share what they know about the different school districts and buses in Virginia. I've been all over the Northern half of Virginia visiting school districts and photographing buses. Topic author: IC RE 1629 Subject: Official Virginia School Bus Thread Printed from: School Bus Fleet Magazine Forums