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In honor of the recent Bus Driver Appreciation Day, we wanted to take a moment to thank our local school bus drivers for their daily commitment to students and districts.  The last couple of years have been challenging, to say the least and we are so appreciative of your willingness to serve our communities. A...

Colorado/West Equipment, Inc., and Nebraska/Central Equipment, Inc. are growing.  The move to our new office location in Frederick, Colorado is right around the corner where we will we continue to serve our customer’s passenger needs. Additionally, we will be adding in-house service for buses.  This will mean quicker turnaround times for our customers. We are...

It was recently announced that our Blue Bird Propane school buses with the Roush Gen5 engines cleared the CARB UltraLow NOx Certification.  This ultra-low CARB certification is 90% cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides. From the article in Business Wire “Nitrogen oxides, known as NOx, are a group of gases known as a...

Sharing an additional article from the Durango Herald on the recent delivery of our Blue Bird Electric School Bus to Durango School District 9-R.  This bus “is the first of its kind to be implemented in Colorado, and among the first in the nation”, according to La Plata Electric Association. “The bus, which emits zero...

Sharing some exciting news, Colorado/West Equipment, Inc. and Nuvve the leader in vehicle-to-grid, deliver the first V2G-capable school bus and DC fast charger in the state of Colorado to Durango. To read the full press release, please CLICK HERE.                               Here...

Although the winter weather hasn’t quite made it to our area yet, we know that it’s only a matter of time. Now is a good time to review our annual Winter maintenance needs for your fleet. Following the checklist below will ensure your Blue Bird buses are dependable and in safe working order when the...

Read any news headline over the last year and you will see that we have been experiencing worldwide product delays. However, the delays have increased in recent months due to many factors. Heavy winter storms and hurricanes, power shortages, temporary shutdowns due to the Covid-19 surges, backed up ports, and driver shortages are just a...

It is National School Bus Safety week, the perfect time to revisit and communicate school bus safety information. The school bus is the safest way to travel to and from school, but if safety procedures are not followed before, during, and after riding, children can become vulnerable to hazards. The following are some important tips...

We recently had the honor of delivering Colorado’s first zero emissions rear engine Blue Bird Electric bus.  West Grand School District was excited to add this very FIRST cold-weather high altitude electric bus to their routes in the mountain region.  The district was able to purchase this bus with the help of funds from the ALT...

This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the tragic school bus accident on Monarch Pass near Gunnison, Colorado in which eight high school football players and their coach were killed. This accident occurred on September 11, 1971, en route to a football game in Salida when the bus experienced brake failure causing the fatalities...