Beginning in the 19th century, craftsmen in Richmond, Indiana at Wayne Works and its successors built horse-drawn vehicles, including kid hacks, evolving into automobiles and virtually all types of bus bodies during the 20th century. Wayne is a name in school transportation that predates the familiar yellow school bus seen all over the United States and Canada. Overview 1988 Wayne/ International Lifeguard Later in 1992, the Wayne brand was reorganized as Wayne Wheeled Vehicles, doing business through 1995.
Declaring bankruptcy, the company discontinued operations in 1992 and its assets were liquidated.
During the middle 20th century, Wayne served as a leading producer of school buses in North America.Īmong innovations introduced by the company were the first application of cutaway van chassis for a school bus and an improvement in structural integrity in bus body construction, involving the use of continuous longitudinal panels to reduce body joints the design change happened before federal standards required stronger body structures in school buses.Īfter 1980, Wayne faced difficulty competing in a market with overcapacity. The corporate headquarters were in Richmond, Indiana, in Wayne County, Indiana. The Wayne Corporation was an American manufacturer of buses and other vehicles under the "Wayne" marque.
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