The Gazette

Boondoggle Cedar Rapids buses sold for salvage may have new life as buses yet

Charles Bacon, the owner of C.J. Bacon & Sons Salvage in Hopkinton, isn't as revved up as a month ago about ripping apart nine, little-used, experimental electric buses he purchased in an online ...
Post and Courier

State buys more used school buses

COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Department of Education turned to a pile of old scrap metal to come up with cash to get some students to and from school. The state used the money to buy 24 used school ...
The Gazette

Boondoggle buses headed to Charles Bacon, veteran salvage yard operator in Hopkinton

Bidding turned fast and furious in the final couple hours Monday morning at the online auction GovDeals.com as bidders competed to buy nine, little-used electric buses from the city of Cedar Rapids.
Connecticut Post

Shelton eyes purchase of used propane buses to expand fleet

SHELTON — The city is eyeing the purchase of eight used propane buses to supplement what has become the Shelton Student Transportation Service’s now aging fleet. Frank Scalzo, city-owned bus company ...