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New Leyland National

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"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…

No. 29 JOS bus

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A Leyland National bus operating under the Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) line.

Number 24 JOS terminus

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"The No. 24 Terminus for 'Jolly Joe' at Hillside Crescent, Rennock Lodge. In the background is the Cement Factory. To the left, an uninhabited section of the Wareika Hills. The Rennock Lodge Youth Centre is out of sight, on the left."

Out of service buses

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"Out of service - a section of the over 50 Leyland National JOS buses that are presently languishing in the Tivoli depot."

Parked JOS buses

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"JOS buses idled by strike."

Rennock Lodge

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"The Rennock Lodge Story: As seen near the entrance to Hillside Crescent, 'Jolly Joe' is on its way back to Kingston."

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.

Tivoli Depot

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Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) buses parked at the bus depot.

Trench Town firemen and JOS bus

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"A Trench Town fireman crouches low to do a better job on this JOS bus at Rousseau Road yesterday afternoon. The officer in charge of the single Trench Town fire unit which put out the blaze that started at about 3:30 p.m. Sergeant L. McGhie, watches…

Type 'A' Olympic bus

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"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…