Welcome to All Aboard America! the Southwest’s premier one stop charter and tour operator specializing in all aspects of the motorcoach industry. We are proud to be nearing our 70th year in business serving the public as a family owned business!
Our parent company, Industrial Bus Lines, Inc. (originally known as Potash Mines Transportation) was started in 1936 by Henry Page providing transportation for potash miners to and from their jobsites in Southeast New Mexico. Some of the original “buses” were actually trailers pulled by trucks. The heating systems were “pot belly” stoves with smoke stacks through the roof of the trailers. Many wives were quite upset when their husbands got off the “buses” on Friday and had lost their entire weeks cash pay on the trip home, gambling with their fellow passengers!
The second generation was headed by Jack L. Wigley and Coradene Autry (Henry’s daughter). During this era, the company expanded the potash mining operations business and started a new division in West Texas and Arizona. Jack L. formed Industrial Bus Lines, Inc. to service this new expansion opportunity. In 1971 Jack L. combined the companies into Industrial Bus Lines, Inc. as its primary business was to various industrial plants. At its peak, these services operated over 50 buses in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
The current generation is headed by family members Jack D Wigley (Jack and Coradene’s son) and his younger brother Jayson Wigley. With a depressed mining industry and the deregulation of the bus industry in the early 1980’s, Jack D. had a vision in moving into other aspects of the motorcoach business, including charters, tours and line run services. In 1983, a new division was created in Midland/Odessa, Texas, operating this newly available type business offering charter services to area schools, churches and universities. Along with the charter business, we began daily “Greyhound” type line runs to San Angelo and Presidio Texas. The Presidio route still operates today.
In 1989, the company purchased an existing motorcoach operator in Phoenix and expanded the services into tours with the acquisition of a local tour operation. It became apparent, that the official company name of Industrial Bus Lines, Inc. was not a fit and a company wide “contest” was held to create a new name and identity for the growing company. The name All Aboard America! (proposed by Jack’s daughter Adrian) was selected to better fit our current operations.
With continued growth in 1996, All Aboard America! purchased an existing operator in Las Cruces, NM and moved it across the state line to El Paso, TX where it provides charter and contract services.
In 2003, our latest division was formed in Santa Fe, NM . Bringing our company back to its home state! This operation is under contract and provides over 70 daily routes for commuters and residents of North Central New Mexico and provides for a new growth potential.
Over the many years, the company has always remained family owned with many family members being active in the business. Although not active in day to day operations, Pam Wigley Gough serves as Secretary Treasurer currently and Coradene and Jack L. still work on a limited basis. More importantly, we have many long term employees in the past and today. We have had several 40+ year employees and currently have many with over 10 years tenure. We are very proud that we have such an experienced team of dedicated professionals to serve our customers way into the future!
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