The highly varied territory of bus operator Stagecoach South West extends from the city centres of Exeter and Plymouth to busy seaside resorts and the rural country areas of Devon, and also strays into neighbouring counties.
When London Transport was formed in 1933 it became the world's largest municipal transport undertaking, peaking at some 9,000 buses, trams and trolleybuses.
Between 1972 and 1986 the roads of England and Wales were served by the country's own National Bus Company, carrying a corporate livery introduced to bring the thirty-six or so companies together and help the public see it owned its bus services.
**Winner of the Motorsports Book of the Year at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards 2026*****Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025**Silverstone, 1950 the first post-war Grand Prix and the birth of Formula One.
Railway Man begins with author Mitchell Deaver paying a nostalgic visit to Bickle signal box, base of boyhood adventures described in his first book Railway Boy.
In 1919 a young Englishman bought a second-hand Henderson in New York and rode it to the Pacific, across an America that had almost no roads worth the name.
This tech - manual; hand guide is intended to assist anyone; anywhere with two; and four cycle small engine maintenance; and repair; along with single and four cylinder diesel engines and nitro-methane hobby craft engines; as well.
How to Build High-Performance Ignition Systems-Revised Edition is a completely updated guide to understanding automotive ignition systems, from old-school points and condensers to modern computer-controlled distributorless systems, and from bone-stock systems to highly modified.
American 'Independent' Automakers 1945-1960 covers the attempts by major makes, such as Kaiser-Frazer, Willys, Packard, Studebaker, Tucker, Nash, and Hudson, to compete with the 'Big Three' in America.
Many different stories, each involving a great automobile (or automobiles) and the trouble the vehicle(s) caused for the author, a self-described 'gearhead' who tried to turn his passion into a business, and failed - miserably!
This is a new edition for November 2013If you own a classic car, you face the problem of choosing the appropriate modern lubricants to use in its engine, gearbox, final drive and chassis.
"So wird´s gemacht" zeigt technisch interessierten Neu- und Gebrauchtwagenbesitzern, wie ihr Fahrzeug funktioniert und welche Wartungs- und Reparaturarbeiten sie selbst durchführen können.
Kroatien ist ein kleines Eldorado für Biker: großartige Küstenstraßen und bergiges Hinterland, belebte Inseln und verschlafene Dörfer, ebener Asphalt und hügelige Passstraßen – es lockt der Kontrast!
Este libro es un estudio indispensable para aquellas personas motivadas por la historia del transporte y movilidad urbana en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile.
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds.
After months of following one-size-fits-all advice for a fifty-seven-year-old widow, Linda Crill is still miserable, until she makes a rebellious spur-of-the-moment decision: she trades her corporate suits for motorcycle leathers and commits herself to a 2,500-mile road trip down Americas Pacific Northwest coast on a Harley.
In this Workbench series title, the focus is on the disassembly, inspection and step-by-step rebuild of the most popular high-performance differentials.
Richard Stubbings' interest in buses was sparked at an early age, watching the Bristol K-types and FLFs of Western National trundling back and forth outside his childhood garden.
The History of Steam Navigation, is a comprehensive history of the development and impact of steam-powered ships, from their origins in the late 18th century to the mid-19th century.
