Download or read book AEC Regents in Service written by David Christie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished images of these iconic buses in their heyday. All the photographs are in colour, originally in slide form, from which they have been digitally restored.
Download or read book Reliance Motor Services written by David Wilder and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of an independent, British family-owned bus company based in Berkshire that rose up following World War I. Between the two world wars and in the years that followed, several generations relied on country buses. In the days when few could afford a car, the bus was the medium to move between homes in often remote villages and the places where they increasingly went to school, worked, and enjoyed their leisure hours. This is the story of one such chain of villages across the Berkshire Downs—and the family-owned business that grew up around satisfying their needs. George Hedges came back from World War I to become a horse-drawn carrier, but with ambitions to motorize his business. With his family taking the wheel in the 1950s and beyond, Reliance extended its reach nationwide and even internationally. The small village where it all started, Brightwalton, woke in the mornings to the cough of diesel engines from both Reliance buses and a relative’s lorries. When both businesses departed, the village lost many of its jobs, its two pubs, and very nearly its school. This book is not just for bus lovers but for anyone who looks back with fondness on the era before the motor car choked free movement and changed life.
Download or read book The AEC Story written by Brian Thackray and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of AEC from 1929 until 1979.
Download or read book AEC Regent V written by Stewart J. Brown and published by Ian Allen Pub. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AEC Regent V was a front-engine double-deck bus manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company between 1954 and 1969, when, as a result of the introduction of the Bus Grant in 1968, production of front-engine buses ceased. The Regent V was the successor to the Regent III and was fitted with AEC's own design of concealed radiator and was supplied generally with either an AEC or Gardner engine. The AEC Regent V found a ready market among British municipal operators, with examples seeing service in fleets nationwide, and with BET-group companies. Apart from the domestic market, the chassis was also widely exported; 210, for example, were sold to Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong. Examples of the Regent V survived in service until the 1980s and a significant number survive in preservation. Transport expert Stewart J. Brown presents the latest title in his string of successful volumes. The book includes descriptive text alongside hundreds of evocative color illustrations.
Download or read book East Kent Road Car Company Ltd Services of the Golden Jubilee Era written by Richard Wallace and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Kent - Services of the Golden Jubilee Era takes the reader on a journey along the routes of all the stage-carriage services operated by East Kent in 1968, just after the Company celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1966/7, and immediately prior to the National Bus Company (NBC) taking full control. This book reveals the contrasting nature of East Kent's services from rural byways to the seasonal, but very busy routes serving the still-popular resorts around the Kent coast. It includes a comprehensive fleet list and details a specimen allocation of cars to each service on a typical day in 1968; local route maps of all major town services as well as a sectionalised reproduction of the original East Kent network map of 1968 and, finally, a summary of the Centenary celebrations of 2016. It is superbly illustrated by over two hundred and fifty photographs, most not published before, of nearly every bus route as well as most London express services and all the operational garages. The author has worked as a driver and a conductor for EKRCC and part owns an ex-East Kent AEC Regent V.
Download or read book Aberdeen Corporation Transport and its Successors written by Peter Findlay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic and evocative collection of photographs documenting Aberdeen Corporation Transport buses and its successors.
Download or read book Buses Along the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Poole Harbour via Land s End written by Andrew Bartlett and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of buses in the south west of England and a traveler’s guide to things to see and do along the breathtaking South West Coast Path. When one thinks of public transport in the south west over the years, two names tend to dominate; Western National and Devon General. But as this book with a difference shows, there was much more to it. While it features buses past and present from a variety of operators large and small, it does so by following the route of one of the most well-known walks in England. The South West Coast Path stretches for 630 miles from Minehead in Somerset, through Devon and Cornwall along the north coast to Land’s End, and back along the south coast to Poole harbor in Dorset. It boasts some spectacular scenery and regularly appears in lists of the world’s best walks. So this is not just a book about public transport, it is also a travelers’ guide to things to see and do along the length of the Coast Path. Readers can imagine themselves at the front of their own imaginary tour bus, stopping at key points along the way. The photographs of buses date from the 1920s through to the 2010s, and feature over twenty-five different operators. There are brief notes on the way in which the Coast Path connects these places and the availability of modern-day bus services between them, and should any further encouragement be needed to plan a visit to the area, scenic views of some of the most beautiful locations are also included. It is hoped that this unique volume will appeal not just to bus enthusiasts but to anyone interested in visiting this glorious part of the United Kingdom. “Most books are written for a single audience, but this one addresses at least three. The bus enthusiast will find concise histories of over twenty-five operators along the coast from the 1920s to the present day and many unique photographs. The walker is offered details of bus services along the Coast Path enabling a series of linear walks with transport to and from base camp, as well as 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey Landranger maps of each section. The tourist or holiday maker is offered ‘Things to see’ with details and scenic views of some of the most beautiful and fascinating locations in the country. Buses Along the South West Coast Path is thoroughly recommended. It should be in the rucksack or picnic hamper of anyone heading to this lovely corner of England.” —John Ashley, Journal of the Road Transport History Association
Download or read book A Coach Load of Chaos written by Rob Sissons and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William explained that the nave had round-headed arches and had been built by the Normans. "Gee! We have them in the States, you know, at Salt Lake City," Mr Murray remarked to his wife. "Honey, I think those are 'Mormons'. He said 'Normans'." William Simpson has everything he wants in life except a girlfriend. He loves his job, guiding coach tours of France, but he has never forgotten his schooldays and the bullies, prefects and teachers who made his adolescence a misery. One day his boss offers him ten complimentary places on his next tour. Rather than take his friends, William looks up his old enemies, and invites them on a free holiday none of them will ever forget. Remembering their personalities, interests and foibles, William is determined to get his revenge in a very special way! At the same time our hero has to look after a motley group of real holidaymakers, maintain the Entente Cordiale in his dealings with French hoteliers, save his coach driverís marriage and find out if he really is falling in love with his bossís bus-mad secretary - or she with him? As Tour F443/07 wends its way through rural France, William wonders whether any of his victims will recognise him, and whether they will make it back home! While his passengers fill up on vin ordinaire, he discovers new uses for a Norwegian Tourist Board video and an old halfpenny. A hilarious story about romance, money, revenge, cheap wine, bad coffee and an AEC Regent V with Park Royal bodywork.
Download or read book Walsall Corporation Buses written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walsall’s bus fleet was always idiosyncratic. Here, David Harvey showcases it's lavishly illustrated history.
Download or read book Hull Corporation Buses written by Malcolm Wells and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look at Hull Corporation buses.
Download or read book Bradford Transport written by David J. Croft and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and charming look at the history of transport in Bradford.
Download or read book East Kent Road Car Company Ltd written by Richard Wallace and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Kent Road Car Company Ltd - A Century of Service, 1916-2016, celebrates one hundred years of a bus operation that is still very much recognizable for its origins. Unlike so many proud names that have diasppeared in recent times, the old identity of East Kent Road Car Co Ltd is still carried as the legal lettering on the Stagecoach-owned buses operating in the area today. This book takes the reader on a journey through those one hundred years. It covers the initial developments of the 1920s and 30s, the challenges of World War II, the halcyon days of the 1950s and the descent into the economic struggles of the 1960s. Nationalization and an eventual move back into the private sector are also covered, finishing with a description of the innovative approach to new services developed by the local Stagecoach management today. With over two hundred illustrations, both black and white and colour, many previously unpublished, this book provides a wide-ranging historical and pictorial record of the buses, artefacts and operations of the East Kent Road Car Company. Fully illustrated with over 200 colour and black & white illustrations, many previously unpublished.
Download or read book British Built Buses Abroad in the 1980s written by Mike Rhodes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished images of British buses in Canada, Macau, India South Africa, Portugal and Hong Kong.
Download or read book Midland Red Double Deckers written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Harvey looks at the iconic double-deckers of Midland Red.
Download or read book Doncaster Buses in Transition written by Keith W. Platt and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful collection of photographs looking at the bus scene in Doncaster during this fascinating period.
Download or read book Birmingham City Transport Demonstrators written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With previously unpublished images looking at the demonstrator buses used by Birmingham City Transport.
