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Type 'A' Olympic bus
"The above 'A' type Olympic Bus, which first joined J.O.S. 15 years ago and has given excellent service, finally ended its career in the early hours of February 22. On that night A-38 ran into the back of an unlit parked trailer which ahs delivered…
New Leyland National
"One of seventeen new Leyland Nationals which have arrived from England in the past four weeks to join the Jamaica Omnibus Service's fleet, being unloaded from the M.V. Naturalist, at Western Terminals, Newport West, last week. A total of eight…
NAVCO assembling bus
"NAVCO's [National Vehicle Corporation] employees seen in the process of assembling one of the buses used by the Jamaica Omnibus Service Company. NAVCO employs some 70 people, all Jamaicans. They were trained by a leading U.K. - based bus-building…
Leyland National bus
"Latest shipment of Leyland National buses for the Jamaica Omnibus Service. Picture was taken at the Industrial Terrace deport of the JOS."
Broken cylinder
"Broken block: This is a broken cylinder block of a Gardener type engine. The break occurred as a result of water reaching into the cylinder through the air-clean, this de-compressing the chamber and causing the connecting rod to bend and hitting…
JOS buses at Tivoli Gardens Depot
"When is a "first bus" not a first bus? When it gets out from the depot too late to begin working at the "first bus" is scheduled to start. JOS spokesmen say that a new system of supervision at their depots is coming to grips with the problem and…
Leyland National Bus Factory
"A national matter: RJR's industrial reporter Patrick Richie-Haughton [right], took the opportunity to visit the Leyland National Bus Factory during a three-week visit to Britain as the guest of the British Government. The Jamaica Omnibus Service…
JOS bus commuters
"Back at last: JOS buses returned to the roads yesterday after a five-day absence. Here young commuters make their way into one as they welcomed back 'Jolly Joseph'."
JOS Leyland National accident
Another one: Another JOS Leyland National was involved in an accident yesterday. Driver Newman Boyd reported that he was negotiating the corner at Orange Street and Orange Way when the bus skidded and crashed into the wall on Orange Way, at about…
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Reggae Falls in St. Thomas, Jamaica
Reggae Falls, located in the Hillside district near Seaforth in St. Thomas, Jamaica. It is also known as 'Dam Head' amongst locals.