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Four-vehicle crash

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"Crunch: Two of the buses involved in the four-vehicle smash up yesterday on Half way Tree Road. "

Bus crash at Odeon Cinema

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"Six persons were injured yesterday morning when this JOS bus crashed into the Odeon Cinema in Half Way Tree. The bus was going down Constant Spring Road when it got out of control after the brakes failed."

Shattered bus window

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Result of violence: Shattered rear window and a bullet hole in the roof panel remain in mute testimony in JOS bus M46 after gunmen opened fire at a bus stop near Saunders Lane along Mountain View Avenue, last Thursday morning.

Albion Clydesdale bus

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Easy now: Workers at Western Terminals unloading yesterday the first Albion Clydesdale bus to supplement the JOS fleet. Three of 20 such buses arrived yesterday. Sixty bigger buses are also scheduled to arrive by December.

Jamaica Omnibus Service staff

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Members of the Jamaica Omnibus Services Staff - driver, Mr. Samuel Corinthian and conductress, Miss Veronica Mackenzie.

Eric Bell at JOS depot

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"Public Utilities Minister Eric Bell [Kareeba] raps with workers in the canteen of the J.O.S Depot which he toured recently. Left is Neville Brown, Personal Assistant to the Minister; in dark glasses is Assistant Engineer, Leslie Marsh, and to the…

Danger zone

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"Danger zone: This is one danger zone on Mountain View Avenue where four big holes span the road presenting a hazard even to vehicles as big as this JOB bus."

JOS Tivoli Depot

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"Water collected in this inspection pit for Leyland National buses at the JOS Tivoli Depot during the heavy rains...However, the Daily News was told that no efforts have been made to this end and workers have been expressing concern that it might…

Bus hopping on Half Way Tree Road

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"Illegal ride: bus hopping in the Corporate Area is again on the increase as these boys indicated along Half Way Tree Road yesterday. What the youngsters don't seem to realize is that they are flirting with death. Shortly after this picture was taken…

Tour of bus assembly plant

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Public Utilities and Transport Minister Carlyle Dunkley [third left] Local Government Minister Ralph Brown [fourth left] British High Commissioner John Drinkall [right] and JOS acting General Mnager Fred Hudson [left] being shown around the assembly…