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School children loading bus
"A typical scene where school children gather around the entrance of a JOS bus."
Heavy duty wrecker
"Jamaica Omnibus Services Limited new radio controlled heavy duty wrecker now doing duty in the Corporate Area is a gift from British Leyland Manufacturers for 25 years of association between the two companies. The wrecker reduces the company's…
New directors visit JOS
"New directors visit J.O.S.: Led by Mr. A.Z. Preston, Chairman, several of the new Directors of the nationalized J.O.S. visited all the company's offices and depots on Thursday. The Directors were amused by this notice put up in the Bodyshop at the…
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…
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."
Tags: Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Leyland buses
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…
Tags: Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Leyland buses
JOS bus engine
A Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) bus being repaired.
Tags: Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Leyland buses
Jamaica Omnibus Service Scholarship
"JOS presenting scholarship cheques."
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Chinese Benevolent Society float, Independence Day Parade

A large crowd surrounds the Chinese Benevolent Society float during the Independence Day Parade.