Specialty vehicles
are built to stay
in service.

Who we are

B12 Transportation Group invests in North American manufacturers of transportation equipment including buses, truck bodies and trailers, and railroad vehicles.

We believe in supporting our companies with low overhead, strong data, a common vision, incentives at all levels, and fun. We are people-focused, growth-driven and profit-oriented.

Our mission

Growing companies with continuous improvement while giving everyone a chance to succeed.

A fabricator in a welding hood grinding the edge of a sheet metal panel
Our products include:
  • Small to mid-size commercial buses and vans
  • Dry freight, moving, platform and refrigerated truck bodies
  • Curtain side trucks and trailers
  • High rail grapple trucks, roto dumps, welding trucks, section trucks, and service bodies
Markets served

Bus

  • Public transit agencies
  • Municipal fleet providers
  • Healthcare and senior living
  • Rental car and airport shuttle
  • University and tourism

Truck body and trailer

  • Freight companies
  • Building supply and distribution
  • Moving and relocation
  • Refrigerated distribution
  • Transportation fleet providers
  • Leasing companies

Rail

  • Class I and short-line railroads
  • Railroad contractors
  • Leasing and rental companies
Our companies

Three manufacturers, four plants, one back office.

An Allvan moving van body mounted on a truck chassis, seen from the side

Allvan

Nashville, Tennessee

Curtainside bodies and trailers for the building supply trade. Pro Mover custom van bodies for professional moving companies since the 1960s. Cargo bodies, curtains, and graphics.

A Brown Industries refrigerated van body on a truck chassis, rear three-quarter view

Brown Industries

Brown Cargo Van

Lawrence & Minneapolis, Kansas

Producing dry freight and refrigerated van bodies, curtainside trucks and platform bodies. Brown built the first aluminum dry freight cargo van in 1946.

Brown Rail

Minneapolis, Kansas

Railroad trucks, including grapple trucks, roto dumps, section trucks, service bodies, and Car Movers.

A finished Diamond Coach composite passenger bus outside the plant

Diamond Coach

Oswego, Kansas

Medium-duty composite passenger/ADA buses, sold through a national dealer network to hospitals, senior living communities, schools, hotels, casinos, and rental car centers. Fabricating since 1957.

A ring of keys hanging from a vehicle's ignition

B12 Sales and Leasing

Lawrence, Kansas

Leasing specialty vehicles across the United States.

John Resnik
CEO

John Resnik

John comes to B12 Transportation with over 25 years’ experience in vehicle manufacturing. John is originally from central Kansas and has been CEO, CFO and COO of a number of entities, including three in the vehicle upfitting industry at the manufacturing level and one at the dealer level. His experience set includes leadership roles with ElDorado National, Champion Bus, Goshen Coach and Master’s Transportation. John is a CPA by trade but has been in operating roles most of his career.

William Sprague
COO

William Sprague

William is a seasoned lean problem-solving executive, who is equally at home in a leadership position in all types of manufacturing and human resources settings. William has a proven track record of results in difficult circumstances. Demonstrating strong leadership and problem-solving skills, William has shown continuous, improved results in both human resources and operations. In addition, he has public sector experience through service as a City Commissioner and as Mayor.