The Bus Fleet

The Bus Fleet

Something interesting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the EMERGENCY EXIT/DOOR sign font on Thomas Built Buses is similar to the font and style "Impact Bold/Italics".

Stuff to know about this page	“R’s” in the bus year on this list mean they might be retired buses.
Most Buses with “R” numbers have Air Foils and under floor luggage storage, but they have a Retarder (That's what R stands for).	Buses with “W” numbers have wheelchair lifts.
All school buses in Clark County have 2 stop signs, and 4 red & 4 yellow top flashing lights.	Most buses now in Clark County are made by Thomas Built Buses.

Saf T Liner HDX picture taken by George's School Bus Zone 2003 Ask permission to use any photo(s) on this site!!

CCSD SCHOOL BUS FLEET ROSTER

"The best looking school bus fleet in the country!!"

(list contains only larger buses 78-90 passengers)

Buses in RED are Retired

Numbering	Year	Make	Model/(Qty.)	Capacity	Stuff
807--	1980 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	78	Rear em.door has no bottom glass. No AC. and no white roof until ’84. Spray painted CCSD letters until after ’84. Green Interior, and hunter green seats.
817--	1981 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	78	Same as above.
827--	1982 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	78	Same as above. Green interior and hunter green seats.
837--?	1983 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	78	Same as above.
848--?	1984 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Green Seats. Half had A/C, white roof (no bluebird "bird" symbol), and glass on bottom of Em. Door. Start of brown seat bench covers on some of fleet in ’84.
858--	1985 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Had AC? and a white roof. A/C was noisy, and hard seat benches. The “Blue Bird” is on all Blue Bird buses in Clark County. (Except some ’84 buses with white roofs).
868--	1986 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Same as ’85. Trans Air in the back left of bus.
878--	1987 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Had AC.
888-	1988 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Last year for the older All-American FE design. Changed the next year.
898-	1989 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Has Black background Blue Bird name in front of bus. Some ‘89’s had the black Blue Bird stipe on the roof going the length of the bus with the normal Blue Bird in the front on both sides of the bus (1 above the door, 1 above the driver window. All-American front changed.
908--	1990 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Has Black background Blue Bird name in front of bus.
918--	1991 Retired	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	All-American front changed again.
928--	1992	Blue Bird	All-American FE	84	Same as '91. Bus 92834 had a "dryer vent" looking thing connected to the A/C system for the driver. The last year the All-American FE was bought by CCSD.
938--	1993	Blue Bird	TC/2000	84	Different model from Blue Bird, this TC/2000 had a capacity of 84!! Last year to have only 1 emergency door on a large capacity school bus.
948-- 947--W	1994	Blue Bird	TC/2000	84	Has 3 doors on bus. 2 emergency doors (left side and rear), and 1 possible Wheel Chair lift door on the rear right side. Last year CCSD bought large blue bird buses and large TC/2000. Cameras on buses starts. Most “947--“ buses had lifts and were the same length as the “948--’s.”
958--	1995	Thomas	Saf T Liner EF MVP	84	First year CCSD bought larger Thomas buses. This was the first and last year they bought larger (84 capacity) Thomas EF buses. Grey seats. First year to use reflective labels on school bus signs & district name/bus numbers. 4 emergency exits and 2 emergency doors (1 left side and 1 rear)
968--	1996	Thomas	Saf T Liner ER MVP	84	Only year they bought ER MVP bus. Last year to have capacity of 84, and to have grey seats. 5 emergency exits (1 rear window) , and 1 left side emergency door.
979--	1997	Thomas	Saf T Liner ER	90	Blue Seat Covers (for mood on the buses). AC Vents on both inside sides like previous buses w/ AC. First year to have a 90 passenger bus. Most common bus when they came out here. 7 emergency exits (1 rear window), and 1 left side emergency door. Numbering went from --8-- to --9-- because of the capacity change from 84 to 90. I was told that CCSD now puts more emergency exits on buses than required.
989--	1998	Thomas	Saf T Liner ER	90	Back “Unlawful to pass when red light flash” sign not on a white background, but lettering put on the bus. Bumpers w/ reflective tape. AC vent in the inside back of the bus. Same number of exits.
-----	1999	------	------	--	No 1999 Buses Purchased.
209--	2000	Thomas	Saf T Liner ER	90	First year to have black stripe across windows with dark tinting to keep the bus cool. Numbering changed (again) in this year for all new buses. Same number of exits. Rear warning "Unlawful to pass" sign is on a white background.
219-- 218--W	2001	Thomas	Saf T Liner ER	90	Last year they bought Saf T Liner ER’s because they were discontinued after the HD was bought in 2002, and replaced with the new Saf T Liner HDX. Window frames were painted black, with black "stripe" painted the length of the bus. Some of these were boght with wheelchair lifts.
229--	2002	Thomas	Saf T Liner HD (50)	90	The discontinued HD had 7 emergency exits (1 rear window), and 1 emergency door on left side. Back "Unlawful to pass" sign same as 1998. Same number of emergency exits.
239-- W238--	2003	Thomas	Saf T Liner HDX	90	When the ER/HD were discontinued, CCSD bought the HDX buses. Same as 2001, and rear sign same as 2002. Same number of emergency exits. Window frames were painted black, with black "stripe" painted the length of the bus. Also has black line painted to show where the side rails would’ve gone. Some of these were bought with wheelchair lifts. On these wheelchair lift equipped buses, the side emergency door if moved from window 7 to 9 like on the 2005 model.
249--	2004	Thomas	Saf T Liner HDX (100)	90	Same.
259--	2005	Thomas	Saf T Liner HDX	90	Emergency Door is moved from window 7 to 9. Glass on door is 4 pieces instead of 2.

Did you know............Retired buses are sold to other Nevada counties, Used in the local Classroom on Wheels (COW) program, and are sold at public auctions? Saf T Liner ER picture taken by George's School Bus Zone 2003 Ask permission to use any photo(s) on any part of this site!!

This page was last updated 03/31/05