Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of the first ever rear engine Type C school bus. Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on school buses and activity buses, along with their commercial derivatives.
Perley A. Thomas 900-Series streetcar in New Orleans (built 1923–1924)
1961 Thomas school bus on an International Harvester chassis
Late-1960s Thomas Saf-T-Liner body on GMC H6500 chassis (rare) in New York as a farm bus
1977–1983 Thomas Saf-T-Liner Conventional on Chevrolet chassis in North Carolina (retired)
Perley A. Thomas Car Works
Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc. was an American manufacturer of streetcars based in High Point, North Carolina. Following the liquidation of Southern Car Works, its engineer Perley A. Thomas in 1916 founded the new company named for himself. Along with the manufacture of complete streetcars, Thomas Car Works also renovated and repaired existing cars to supplement its production.
Perley A. Thomas Car Works street car #952 on Market Street in San Francisco, 2010
New Orleans RTA #965 on St. Charles Line
Interior of Perley Thomas streetcar
Two 900-series Perley Thomas streetcars in New Orleans
