Aec Single Deckers

Author : Howard Berry
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445676737
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AEC Single-Deckers written by Howard Berry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the archives of The AEC Society, Howard Berry looks at the single-decker buses produced by this iconic company.

Author : Cliff Marsh
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526701189
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yesterday's Buses written by Cliff Marsh and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-04-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AEC, Bristol, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Leyland and others were all manufacturers of passenger vehicle chassis which could be seen throughout the country in the years following the end of World War Two. They produced a wide range of double deck and single deck buses and coaches, bodied by a considerable number of body builders. With the exception of Dennis, all those chassis makers have now disappeared, along with nearly all the body builders. In addition, most operators of this variety of vehicles are no longer in existence, being primarily absorbed into larger operations. This book can only give a small indication of the major role Steve and his Quantock Heritage fleet have played in preserving not only part of the engineering history of this country, but its effect also on social history. In practical terms he has displayed this by enabling the general public to see, enjoy, and also use vehicles of a bygone era.

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445667975
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midland Red Single-Deckers written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of each type of single-decker and offers a fascinating insight into the history of these captivating, iconic buses.

Author : Howard Berry
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445677601
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AEC Double-Deckers written by Howard Berry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Berry of the AEC Society offers a lavishly illustrated look at the company's double-decker output.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473869463
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London DMS written by Matthew Wharmby and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vilified as the great failure of all London Transport bus classes, the DMS family of Daimler Fleetline was more like an unlucky victim of straitened times. Desperate to match staff shortages with falling demand for its services during the late 1960s, London Transport was just one organization to see nationwide possibilities and savings in legislation that was about to permit double-deck one-man-operation and partially fund purpose-built vehicles. However, prohibited by circumstances from developing its own rear-engined Routemaster (FRM) concept, LT instituted comparative trials between contemporary Leyland Atlanteans and Daimler Fleetlines.The latter came out on top, and massive orders followed. The first DMSs entering service on 2 January 1971.In service, however, problems quickly manifested. Sophisticated safety features served only to burn out gearboxes and gulp fuel. The passengers, meanwhile, did not appreciate being funnelled through the DMS's recalcitrant automatic fare-collection machinery only to have to stand for lack of seating. Boarding speeds thus slowed to a crawl, to the extent that the savings made by laying off conductors had to be negated by adding more DMSs to converted routes!Second thoughts caused the ongoing order to be amended to include crew-operated Fleetlines (DMs), noise concerns prompted the development of the B20 quiet bus variety, and brave attempts were made to fit the buses into the time-honored system of overhauling at Aldenham Works, but finally the problems proved too much. After enormous expenditure, the first DMSs began to be withdrawn before the final RTs came out of service, and between 1979 and 1983 all but the B20s were sold as is widely known, the DMSs proved perfectly adequate with provincial operators once their London features had been removed.OPO was to become fashionable again in the 1980s as the politicians turned on London Transport itself, breaking it into pieces in order to sell it off. Not only did the B20 DMSs survive to something approaching a normal lifespan, but the new cheap operators awakening with the onset of tendering made use of the type to undercut LT, and it was not until 1993 that the last DMS operated.

Author : Richard Wallace
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1785001019
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847976395
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A-Z of British Bus Bodies written by James Taylor and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. The alphabetical listing of British bus body builders between 1919 - 1975 covers the well-known larger companies and small local companies, and is illustrated with period and modern images, including contemporary advertising material. It includes a substantial introduction looking at operators of the period, the body building process and the development of bus body building throughout the period. A comprehensive guide to bus bodies 1919-1975 and a valuable reference work for the bus enthusiast. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour and black & white photographs including period and modern images and contemporary advertising material. James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for over thirty years and has been interested in classic buses since childhood.

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398106739
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Jim Blake
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1473867886
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Transport Buses in the 1960s written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations. Most striking was the abandonment of London's trolleybuses, once the world's biggest system, and their replacement by motorbuses. Begun in 1959 using surplus RT-types, it was completed by May 1962 using new Routemasters, designed specifically to replace them. They then continued to replace RT types, too. Traffic congestion and staff shortages played havoc with London Transport's buses and Green Line coaches during the 1960s, one-man operation was seen as a remedy for the latter, shortening routes in the Central Area for the former. Thus the ill-fated "Reshaping Plan" was born, introducing new O.M.O. bus types. These entered trial service in 1965, and after much delay the plan was implemented from September 1968 onwards. Sadly, new MB-types, also introduced in the Country Area, soon proved a disaster! Unfortunately, owing to a government diktat, Routemaster production ended at the start of 1968, forcing LT to buy "off-the-peg" vehicles unsuited to London operation and their in-house overhaul procedures. The decade ended with the loss of LT's Country Area buses and Green Line coaches to the National Bus Company. Photographer Jim Blake began photographing London's buses towards the end of the trolleybus conversion program in 1961 and continued dealing with the changing scene throughout the decade. He dealt very thoroughly with the "Reshaping" changes, and many of the photographs featured herein show rare and unusual scenes which have never been published before.

Author : Didier Andres
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612008666
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Army Ambulances & Medical Vehicles in World War II written by Didier Andres and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “cool compendium” of photos and information about the vehicles that helped save American troops’ lives (Cybermodeler). Of all the armies involved in World War II, the U.S. Army developed the most sophisticated system for the transport and treatment of injured and sick soldiers, pushing the boundaries of available technology to give their men the best chance of not only survival but a full recovery. Each infantry regiment had a medical detachment tasked with conserving the strength of the regiment by not only providing medical and dental treatment but also undertaking all possible measures to keep the regiment healthy. In combat they would provide emergency medical treatment on the battlefield, then move casualties to aid stations they had established. At aid stations, casualties would be triaged, stabilized, and treated before being moved on for further treatment. Vehicles formed a crucial part of the Medical Detachment’s equipment. This fully illustrated, comprehensive book covers all types of medical vehicles used both in-theater and in the United States, including ambulances and technical support vehicles. It details vehicle markings modifications, for use in the evacuation of troops from the battlefield, and the other uses these vehicles were adapted for during the war—including their use as “Clubmobiles” and “Chuck Wagons” by the American Red Cross.