The Big Purple Bus
To those from Bend Oregon this bus was a familiar site. In the back of the Pacific Trailways garage were two bays next to the large pull through. This is where two buses were parked, one was a ski bus which was painted all purple. It was in service from Bend to Mt Bachelor each day during ski season. The interesting thing about it was that at school whenever we got a good snow there was a noticeable absence in classes of kids. This was because students would skip school to go skiing for the day. Picture is a screen shot from 'St. Helens' (1981) filmed in Bend. It shows the rear alley of Trailways, the large bay is the pull through, and the 2 smaller ones (left) are garages. As I mentioned earlier this building was originally Wenandy Livery Stables, Central Oregon Motor Company, later in 1934, it was purchased by Mt. Hood Stages, Inc., DBA Pacific Trailways as the home base of this regional transportation company.
To those from Bend Oregon this bus was a familiar site. In the back of the Pacific Trailways garage were two bays next to the large pull through. This is where two buses were parked, one was a ski bus which was painted all purple. It was in service from Bend to Mt Bachelor each day during ski season. The interesting thing about it was that at school whenever we got a good snow there was a noticeable absence in classes of kids. This was because students would skip school to go skiing for the day. Picture is a screen shot from 'St. Helens' (1981) filmed in Bend. It shows the rear alley of Trailways, the large bay is the pull through, and the 2 smaller ones (left) are garages. As I mentioned earlier this building was originally Wenandy Livery Stables, Central Oregon Motor Company, later in 1934, it was purchased by Mt. Hood Stages, Inc., DBA Pacific Trailways as the home base of this regional transportation company.
For anyone interested 'St Helens' was filmed in and around Bend, there were several scenes done in the passway behind Trailways, and at Pine Tavern. The picture here shows ramps on a flatbed truck which were used to crash cars.
