Download or read book Southern National Omnibus Company written by Colin Morris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert account of Southern National's operations and vehicles richly illustrated with many colour photographs.
Download or read book National Bus Company The Early Years written by Kevin Lane and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative collection of black and white images covering the National Bus Company across England and Wales in its early years from 1969 to 1975.
Download or read book Luton s Transport written by David Beddall and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in the Chiltern Hills, Luton has a rich transport history, being home to London Luton Airport and Vauxhall Motors. This south Bedfordshire town has also had an interesting public transport history, most notable being Luton Corporation Transport, Eastern National, United Counties and London Transport. The towns of Luton and Dunstable are linked by one of the longest guided busways in the world. Luton’s Transport takes a look at the development of Luton’s tramway, along with the development of bus and coach services in the Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis areas of Bedfordshire.
Download or read book History of the Leyland Bus written by Ron Phillips and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superbly illustrated history of the Leyland bus, one of the most important British buses of the twentieth century, with full production histories and technical specifications for all the major models. Also covers the evolution of the Leyland Bus company, and tells the full story behind the iconic Leyland badge. Including some previously unseen illustrations, the book gives a full company history - from beginnings as the Lancashire Steam Motor Company in 1886, to the acquisition by Volvo Buses in 1988. Technical details of all the main models are given including the Lion, Titan and Olympic ranges. Gearless buses and rear-engined double-deckers are covered as well as charabancs, trolleybuses, First World War military vehicles and overseas models. This will be an essential guide to these much-treasured vehicles and is beautifully illustrated with some never-before-seen pictures from the Leyland company's archives including 153 black & white photographs and 106 colour and b&w prints.
Download or read book Buses of Bristol and Somerset written by Richard Stubbings and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using previously unpublished images, Richard Stubbings looks at how the bus scene in south west England has evolved since the 1970s.
Download or read book The Mercedes Benz Midibus written by Allan Macfarlane and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers an important aspect of British bus provision that has not been fully documented before. The Mercedes-Benz Midibus may have been small, but it had a huge impact. It became well respected by fleet engineers and served its purpose well. This story is not just about a successful vehicle, it focuses on several small coachbuilding businesses that rose to the forefront of the British manufacturing industry, through the work of their designers, craftsmen and salesmen. The variety that the Mercedes-Benz Midibus offered was quite remarkable!
Download or read book Public General Statutes written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1925- includes measures of the National Assembly of the Church of England which have received royal assent.
Download or read book Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway written by John King and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few diaries of directors and senior managers of the Big Four railways have survived to enter the public domain. There are, however, two notable Southern Railway diarists whose records have been available in archives for some years, but have been largely ignored by historians; Southern Railway General Manager Gilbert Szlumper and Director Leopold Amery. Their remarkable diaries are addressed in this insightful book, which gives a slightly different view of the company in contrast to the almost sanitized histories by some writers.The surviving diaries of Szlumper are far from complete. They begin in 1936 and continue into the war years, but there are several gaps. Throughout, Szlumper comments on individuals and developments, revealing little-known facts and the circumstances that meant he could never truly achieve his potential. Formally retiring in 1942, he died in 1969, after which his diaries entered the public domain.Leopold Amery was director of the Southern Railway from 1932. A Birmingham Member of Parliament for many years, he was a statesman of some stature, his high offices including Secretary of State for the Colonies in the 1920s. In his autobiography, Amery writes very little on the railway, although he does comment on its family atmosphere. His diaries, which are in the public domain in a Cambridge University archive, have been published in two volumes but Amerys fascinating business activities were omitted by the publisher, and like Szlumper he comments on individuals and developments.The diary information of these two exceptional men has been supplemented by information from the railway, state archives and other sources, and many of the photographs have never been published before.
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 Buses of Wiltshire and Dorset written by Richard Stubbings and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating illustrated overview of the evolution of the bus scene within the areas of Wiltshire and Dorset.
Download or read book National Bus Company In Transition written by Keith A. Jenkinson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-08-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare and previously unpublished images showcasing the fascinating changes in the National Bus Company in the early- and mid-1980s.
Download or read book The GWR Handbook written by David Wragg and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many the GWR was synonymous with holidays by the sea in the West Country, but it was built to serve as a fast railway line to London, especially for the merchants and financiers of Bristol. Its operations stretched as far as Merseyside, it provided most services in Wales, and it was the main line to Cardiff, Bristol, Cornwall and Birmingham.This book, a classic first published in 2006, reveals the equipment, stations, network, shipping and air services, bus operations including Western National, and overall reach and history of the GWR.Forming part of a series, along with The LMS Handbook, The LNER Handbook and The Southern Railway Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the GWR.
Download or read book Lavington Devizes Motor Services written by Laurie James and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the introduction of motor transport in rural north Wiltshire in the early years of the twentieth century and into the interwar years.
Download or read book The Public General Acts and the Church Assembly Measures written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Southern Handbook written by David Wragg and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Railway may not have been the most glamorous of the ‘Big Four’ companies that emerged from the grouping of 1923, but it was the great innovator. In the 1930s the Southern pioneered the first main-line electrification and created the largest electrified suburban railway network in the world. It was also one of the few to offer regular departures and the first to run true international services, introducing the ‘Night Ferry’ through-trains from London to Paris using special ferries. Forming part of a series, along with The GWR Handbook, The LMS Handbook and The LNER Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the Southern Railway.
Download or read book The National Bus Company written by Stephen Dowle and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Dowle presents a nostalgic look at the National Bus Company in the 1970s.
Download or read book Royal Blue Days written by Colin Morris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastic portrait of one of the greatest names in the British bus and coach industry packed with a great range of photographs.
