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Crankshafts
"Ken Facey, J.O.S. Training Officer, points out the scored crankshaft journal of Olympic buses to some of the new class of trainee apprentices at the J.O.S. Engineering Training School at Tivoli Depot. Twelve youths between 15 and 17 years of age…
Danger zone
"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."
Dangerous bus ride
"Some way to travel. It won't get you there any faster, but it could be cheaper - in the short run; that is if you don't fall off. Then it could be much more expensive."
Defaced JOS bus
"Unclean: One of the more than 200 JOS buses which were defaced by political activists during the general election campaign."
Devington Fletcher
"Testing: Devington Fletcher doing some testing inside the company's Fuel Injection Test Room. One of JOS' aims is to improve fuel consumption."
Downtown Kingston (Victoria Avenue)
A view of a section of Victoria Avenue with a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus driving past the Machado building located at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Lower South Camp Road in Kingston, Jamaica.
Fire extinguisher on JOS bus
"The fire extinguisher [arrow] were disappearing too fast from the buses so JOS electrician designed a system which allowed the driver to push a button near his seat and discharge extinguisher on the turbine charger, at the rear of the Nationals."
First 'Miss JOS'
"First Miss JOS [Jamaica Omnibus Services]: Mrs. Myrtle Burton, seated centre, winner of the first Miss JOS contest, wears a broad smile after a broad smile after she was crowned by Public Utilities and Transport Minister Carlyle Dunkley, at JOS'…
Four-vehicle crash
"Crunch: Two of the buses involved in the four-vehicle smash up yesterday on Half way Tree Road. "
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Myrtle Bank Hotel
View of the Myrtle Bank Hotel, built in the mid 1800s. This grand hotel was once known as the largest in the island.