Sheppard Bus Service

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USDOT # MC/MX # Full legal name
9022 MC-95059
MC-95909
Sheppard Bus Service

Sheppard Bus Service is a charter and school bus operator based in Bridgeton, New Jersey, with locations throughout southern New Jersey. The company also leases vehicles through a subsidiary company, Carson Valley Leasing (formerly Canyon Creek Leasing), based in Genoa, Nevada.

History

Sheppard Bus Service was founded by Kenneth Shepard in 1952 as an operator of three school buses. The company later branched out into coach operations, eventually selling the school bus portion of the business to Laidlaw Transit in 1988. John Sheppard reestablished the school bus business in 1998 and it has branched out to additional depots in Millville, Carmel, Trenton, Mays Landing, Burlington and Southampton. While the school bus business continues to thrive with the company making annual purchases of between 10 and 30 new units (mostly from IC Bus), the motorcoach business has downsized since then with only a handful of Van Hool buses in the fleet along with some smaller units built on IC Bus and Freightliner chassis.[1]

Locations

  • Bridgeton: RD 4, 35 Rockville Road, Bridgeton, NJ
  • Carmel: 568 Irving Avenue, Carmel, NJ
  • Millville 212 L Street, Millville, NJ (address also given as 300 M Street A)
  • Mays Landing: 6408 Harding Highway, Mays Landing, NJ
  • Trenton: 162 Hovey Avenue, Trenton, NJ
  • Southampton: 117 Route 530, Southampton, NJ (formerly Laurel Enterprises)
  • Willingboro: 40 Industrial Drive, Willingboro, NJ (former Student Transportation Inc. garage)

Fleet Roster

Motorcoach Roster

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission VINs Notes
149-150 1978 MCI MC-8 Detroit Diesel 8V-71 33014/S13569 and 33015/S13570 Ex Camptown Bus Lines 149-150
241-243 1989 MCI 102-C3 Detroit Diesel 8V92TA 1M8GDM9A4KP042771
1M8GDM9A3KP042857
1M8GDM9A1KP042906
Ex Camptown Bus Lines 241-243
314 1984 TMC MC-9 Detroit Diesel 6V92TA 1TUAAH9A4ER004635 Ex Abbey's Equipment Corp. 314
360 1991 MCI 102-C3 Detroit Diesel 8V92TA 1M8GDM9A2MP044136 Ex West Virginia Coach Company 92.
#? 1990 MCI 102-A3 Detroit Diesel 6V92TA 1M8FDM7A9LP043706 Ex American Bus Lines 436.
394-395 1994 MCI 102-C3 Caterpillar 3176 1M8GDMMA3RP045789
1M8GDMMA9RP045876
401-402 1995 MCI 102-D3 Caterpillar 3176 1M8SDMMA1SP046939
1M8SDMMA8SP046940
#? 2012 Van Hool C2045 Cummins ISX-12 YE2CC1BB8C2046294
#? 2015 Van Hool CX45 Cummins ISX-12 YE2XC22B7F3048527
TBD 2025 Van Hool CX45 Cummins X12 Allison B500 TBD On order
701-704 2006 MCI D4505 701-703: Detroit Diesel Series 60
704: Caterpillar C13
1M86DMPA46P057064
1M86DMPA66P057065
1M86DMPA86P057066
1M86DMDA56P057199
800 2020 Van Hool CX45 Cummins X12 YE2XC86B4L3081462
810 2020 Van Hool CX35 Cummins L9 YE2XB84B4L3049990
#? 2009 MCI J4500 Cummins ISM 2MG3JMEA29W065445
101? 2009 Freightliner Cummins B6.7 4UZACSDT79CAK8674
102 2013 Freightliner Goshen Coach GCA3035 Cummins C8.3 4UZACSBS1DCBY6527
MB1-MB2 2011 IC Bus HC Series Goshen Coach Sentinel International MaxxForce 5WEASAAMXBH354311
5WEASAAM1BH354312
MB3 2019 Ford E450 1FDFE4FS1KDC47238

School Bus Roster

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
Buses in the 100 series are activity buses with rollsigns that can change from SCHOOL BUS to CHARTER.
They are registered with NJ Apportioned license plates.
113-119 2005 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
120-126 2009 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
127-135 2011 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce 129 sold to Holcomb Bus Service
136-141 2012 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
142-149 2013 ? ?
150-155 2014 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7 151 retired after accident on April 5, 2016
156-159 2015 ? ?
160-161 2017 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
162-171 2018 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
172-173 2017 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
174-181 2018 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
182-187 2019 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
188-191 2019 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
192-195 2020 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
The regular school bus roster from the re-establishment of school bus service in 1998. (Roster not guaranteed to be complete)
100-349 1998-2001 International Conventional Various
353-384 2004 IC Bus CE Series
404-474 2005 IC Bus CE Series
475-520 2006 IC Bus CE Series
200-222 2006 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce Ex Atlantic Express.
530-566 2008 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
567-603 2009 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
610-665, 667-685 2011 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce No bus 666
686-698 2012 IC Bus CE Series 686-689: International Maxxforce
690-695: International Maxxforce 7
699 2011 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7 To Integrity Transportation 69.
700-721 2012 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7 These buses sold in 2020 to Integrity Transportation and YellowBusLeasing.Com.
730-741 2013 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
742, 749-789 2013 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce 7
  • 742 was acquired used and assigned to Carson Valley Leasing.
  • 770-787 were leased to Mainland Regional High School.
790 2018 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7 Acquired used and numbered out of pattern.
800-819, 830-859, 872-874 2014 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7
820-829 2014 IC Bus CE Series International Maxxforce
860-871, 875-877 2014 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
890-893 2015 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7
900-909 2015 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
910-919 2016 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
920-929 2017 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
930-939 2017 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7
940-949 2018 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7
950-955 2018 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
956-969 2018 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
970-983 2019 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7
984-991 2019 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7 Numbering wraps around to 300 and up for 2020 model year.
300-325 2020 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
330-371 2021 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
372-391 2023 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
392-401 2024 IC Bus CE Series Cummins B6.7
410-441 2024 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7 Buses began delivery and inspection on February 14, 2023
447-466 2025 Blue Bird Vision Cummins B6.7 Assigned to Willingboro garage
467-475 2025 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 Cummins B6.7
476-488 2025 Blue Bird Vision CV3011 Ford 7.3L gasoline engine
489-491 2026 Blue Bird Vision CV3011 Ford 7.3L gasoline engine

In addition to the buses listed above, Sheppard operated a number of buses that were acquired from other companies, as well as mini buses on Chevrolet, Ford and GMC chassis as well as mini vans from Dodge and Chevrolet.

References

  1. Our Story, sheppardbus.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.