Download or read book Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works written by Nigel RB Furness and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works outlines the history of Bristol Commercial Vehicles and Eastern Coach Works (ECW), two manufacturers that together developed some of the most familiar buses and coaches of the twentieth century. The book covers the full production histories and specifications for the standard range of models produced from 1936 to 1983. The variety of engines used to power Bristol-ECW is outlined and a mechanical specification for each chassis is provided, along with a description of the different body styles produced by ECW for each chassis. There is also a chapter on owners' experiences and advice on buying a bus for preservation.Coverage includes the development of Bristol models in the 1930s - J-type single-decker, K-type double-decker and L-type single decker; the engines, including the Bristol petrol and diesel engines, and other manufacturers' engines used in Bristol chassis; the Lodekka - the radical replacement for the Lowbridge double-decker in the 1950s; the single-deckers of the 1950s - The LWL, LS, SC, and MW; the rear-engined era - The RE single-decker and the VR double-decker; the lightweight LH single-decker and the final years of production. Illustrated throughout with 250 colour photographs - many of them previously unpublished.
Download or read book Bristol RE Buses and Coaches written by Robert Appleton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic collection of photographs of this iconic bus illustrating the Bristol RE in service from 1970 to 1994 in England and North Wales.
Download or read book Bristol Buses and Coaches written by Howard Berry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilising previously unpublished photographs, Howard Berry tells the story of Bristol buses and coaches.
Download or read book Thames Valley Region Buses and Coaches in the 1960s and Early 1970s written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished photographs documenting buses and coaches around the Thames Valley during this interesting period.
Download or read book Bedford Buses and Coaches written by Nigel R B Furness and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bedford Buses and Coaches provides a detailed review of the entire range of purpose-built Public Service Vehicle (PSV) bus and coach chassis that carried the Bedford name from 1931 until production ceased in 1986. Bedfords were once a familiar sight on the roads not only of the United Kingdom, but throughout the world. They were produced in such volume that the advertising slogan 'You see them everywhere' was quite legitmately adopted by Vauxhall Motors, the manufacturer of Bedford vehicles. Fully illustrated thoughout with hundreds of photographs, the majority in colour, the book includes detailed descriptions of the Bedford petrol and diesel engines and other manufacturers engines used in Bedford bus and coach chassis. Detailed specifications and production histories are given for all the full-size passenger chassis including the WHB/WLB, WTB, OB/OWB, SB, VAS, VAL, VAM, Y-series and the Venturer. Road tests and owners' experiences are covered along with advice on buying and restoring a Bedford bus or coach. This book will be of great interest to all bus enthusiasts and historians and is superbly illustrated with 200 colour and 50 black & white photographs.
Download or read book Eastern Coach Works written by Peter Horrex and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful pictorial tribute to an iconic bodybuilder.
Download or read book British Buses 1967 written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-08-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.??After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.??The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colourful bus companies that had existed before nationalization, and many small municipal fleets amalgamated to form Passenger Transport Executives.??This comprehensive volume covers a large number of the bus companies throughout the country in 1967 and also has a good readable narrative describing Jim Blake's journeys travelling on these services across Britain.
Download or read book Hampshire Buses in the 1960s and Early 1970s written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hampshire born and bred author Philip Wallis recalls a bygone but not so distant era and some bus companies that would disappear under National Bus Company rationalisation.
Download or read book British Buses and Coaches in the Late 1970s written by Stephen Dowle and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Dowle offers up a terrific selection of previously unpublished photographs documenting the British bus and coach scene of the late 1970s.
Download or read book Norfolk Buses written by John Law and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs gives the reader an insight into Norfolk's buses.
Download or read book East Anglian Buses 1970 to 1995 written by Robert Appleton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a stunning collection of images, nearly all previously unpublished, capturing the buses of East Anglia.
Download or read book Golden Miller Buses including Cardiff Bluebird written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare and previously unpublished images of this unusual operator's fleet in action - Golden Miller Buses.
Download or read book Passenger Transport Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United Counties Buses written by David Beddall and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative history covering nearly a century of this British bus company, packed with facts and photos. United Counties Buses: A Fleet History begins by taking a brief look at the expansion of the United Counties Omnibus Company since its formation in September 1921 through its demise in October 2014. The company acquired over fifty independent operators between 1922 and 1938, giving it prominence in Northamptonshire and surrounding areas. May 1952 saw the fleet double in size with the acquisition of the Midland area of the Eastern National Omnibus Company, encompassing Bedfordshire, north Buckinghamshire, and north Hertfordshire. The National Bus Company split United Counties into three operating companies in 1986, United Counties, Luton & District and MK Citybus, halving the size of the fleet. After being acquired by the Stagecoach Group in 1987, the company was largely left untouched. The main focus of the book looks at the vehicles operated by the company, covering the numerous types operated by United Counties themselves. The various liveries, both fleet and advertising liveries, are also listed.
Download or read book British Buses Coaches in the 1960s written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of buses and coaches of the period, drawn from a British transport photographer’s vast collection. British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s is an overview of the bus and coach scene during a decade of great social and economic change in Britain’s history. This volume looks at the interesting and varied number of bus and coach operators that still existed, before and just after the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968. With around 300 photos, Jim Blake has compiled an informative volume of material from his extensive collection of negatives taken during that period, which give a flavor of how things were at that time of great transformation.
Download or read book Bristol Country Buses written by Mike Walker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profusely illustrated history of Bristol's country buses.
Download or read book The British Transport Commission Group written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating and informative book looks at the Tilling Group of bus companies during the 1960s. These operated approximately half of the inter-urban and rural bus services in England and Wales, and were nationalized by Clement Attlee's Labour Government in 1948 under the control of the British Transport Commission. Ownership passed to the Transport Holding Company Ltd in 1963, though the fleets remained under Tilling Group control.During the period covered by this book, the operators within the group had very standardized fleets, with the vast majority of their buses and coaches having Bristol chassis and Eastern Coachworks (ECW) bodywork. This was a result of these manufacturers also having been nationalized and controlled by the BTC and THC.However, some Tilling Group operators still had earlier vehicles with, for instance, AEC or Leyland chassis, which were acquired prior to the requirement for them to buy only Bristol products, whilst some also had coaches with Bedford or Ford Thames chassis built in the 1950s and 1960s.Unlike the BET fleets throughout England and Wales, most Tilling fleets also had highly standardized liveries, either of red with cream relief, or green with cream relief for their stage carriage buses, or the reverse of this for their coaches. There were some exceptions, though. The most obvious ones were Midland General and Notts & Derby with an attractive dark blue and cream, as well as the Royal Blue coaches of Southern and Western National, and the maroon and cream coaches of Thames Valley subsidiary South Midland.All Tilling Group companies became part of the National Bus Company in early 1969, and before long their traditional liveries became just a memory when the NBC imposed standard red or green liveries.Throughout most of the 1960s, Jim Blake travelled to these operators and photographed their vehicles, and spent many summer Saturdays at London's Victoria Coach Station, where their service buses as well as express coaches could be seen. He was fortunate to capture much of this changing transport scene on film, and presents some of these photographs in this volume. Many have never been published before.
