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About School Bus Central
School Bus Central began as a humble site called Richards School Bus Stop in December of 2001, featuring low quality images, and a basic Yahoo!-format website. At the time, it only featured photos from the webmaster\\\'s school district, and was intended to show some of the unique buses in the district.
After a few months of working on Richards School Bus Stop, the decision was made to start something new, something focused outside of the webmasters district. In July 2002, School Bus Central launched, with a significant improvement in content, including a large links section, and more photographs.
School Bus Central continued to evolve from that point on, with significant upgrades in June 2003, and January 2005 to improve the viewers experience. Eventually, during that timespan, SBC grew to feature the most school bus images anywhere online, many of which include rare photographs and literature scans.
A New Beginning - SBC 4
In the spring of 2006, exploration began on finding a professional web design firm to create a new School Bus Central, dubbed SBC 4, to give users an entirely new way to enjoy buses, and find bus information. Richard, the site webmaster, developed a site outline featuring an intuitive database, which allows any registered user to submit content. This system is intended to make the process of taking photos and putting them online extremely simple, in an effort to encourage more users to show off their buses!
SBC 4 also features an extensive user forum, designed to improve communication, and bring out plenty of information about the bus industry, its products, and more.
We are proud to have grown from just a basic photo site to a page that now offers interaction with industry professionals, as a place to network and find out more about the industry.
Credits
School Bus Central would not be around today without the contributions, and support of many visitors and organizations. Some of the many visitors and organizations who have helped with School Bus Central, in no particular order, include:
Ted Pelky
Mike Puhalla
The Buskid
Bruce Leonard
Ryan Dunn
Bob Williamson
Luke Casella
Cody Pruss
Thomas B.
The BusBoy
Silas Jackson
Buster133
Steven Rosenow
Mark Watson
Brian Gordiski
Brian Barrington
Bob Neitzel
Michael Schleifer
Christina Zumwalt
Jeff Flatt
Kevin Neafie
Greg Hovan
Barry Johnson
Lee Wittner
Christian Kovacs
Jarad McCleve
Virgil Bacon
Ben Piver
Peter Anderson
Ray Olson
Colin Hooper
Al Mayro
Dave Gillen
Mike Knippenberg
Willy K.
Kyle Riesner
Alex Yenni
Bryan S.
Gorman Enterprises
Roseville JUHSD
Country Coach, Inc.
Tahoe-Truckee Schools
Lebanon Community Schools
North Salem Central Schools
Brewster Central Schools
Katonah-Lewisboro Central Schools
Beacon City School District
Mahopac Central Schools
Herricks School District
ManhassetSchool District
Clarkstown Central Schools
Roslyn School District
White Plains Bus Company, Inc.
Pierce Coach Line
Collins Bus Corporation
Royal Coach Lines
Lennox Bus Sales
Quality Bus Sales & Service
Matthews Buses
Wolfington Body Company
Rohrer Bus Sales
American Bus & Coach
Coastal Bus
Liberty Bus, Inc.
IC Corporation
A-Z Bus Sales
Leonard Bus Sales
Truck King International
Don Brown Bus Sales
422 Sales
Speedway International (now Brickyard International)
Midwest Transit
Bus Mart
Double A Transportation
School Bus Fleet Forums
Visionary Web
Its nearly impossible to name everyone who has helped with the site --- if you feel that you deserve to be on our list, dont be shy! Send us an e-mail and well be glad to add you to our list.
About the Webmaster
Richard the webmaster and founder of SBC began his fascination with school buses as a young child riding the bus. Since that time, he has grown to become an industry member, and work full time around school buses. A member of various industry associations, and an attendee of a number of industry conferences, he aims to provide an excellent resource for others to learn about buses.
Outside of working in the industry, Richard enjoys cars, travel, cooking, music, restoring buses, and being with friends and family.
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