Transport: general interest

Dorset - where the South Coast meets the West Country.

As in many countries in the 1970s, South Africa's railways were making the change over from steam to diesel and electric traction at an ever-increasing pace.

The Class 156 (Super Sprinter) is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) ordered by British Rail and built between 1987 and 1989 by Metro-Cammell to replace the aging first-generation 'Heritage' DMUs.

The story of today's Jeep Wrangler has an intriguing and unusual beginning, when the demands of the American army during the Second World War led to the production of a simple, yet multi-purpose, go-anywhere vehicle that could easily (and cheaply) be mass-produced.

During the 1970s steam locomotives still played a big part in the operation of train services on the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the German Democratic Republic.

The years 1966 and 1967 saw many steam enthusiasts heading north to photograph and record the last steam-worked trains on the Midland Region of British Rail.

For almost as long as there have been railways, there has been 'departmental' rolling stock.

The Pennine ridge - 'England's backbone' - has provided a dramatic backdrop to the steam locomotive for nearly 180 years.

John Dedman first started to take photos of coaches in the late 1970s, mainly as references for modelling purposes.

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Walsall's bus fleet was always idiosyncratic, reflecting particularly the ideas of their General Managers.

From the mid-1930s, many of the Birmingham City Transport bus fleet were stored pending disposal.

At the start of the 1980s, George Fairbairn took up employment in Rochdale, in the North West of England.

Andrew Cole takes us on a journey looking at West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, or WMPTE, buses, and those used by its successors.

Which was the first railway in Great Britain?

The 1980s and 1990s were exciting times for British Rail.

Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection.

Published on the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Dominion of Canada and the 70th anniversary of Canadian citizenship.

The 1980s and 1990s were exciting times for British Rail.

On 26 October 1986 Britain's bus services were deregulated.

The traditional cargo-carrying narrowboat - recently voted one of the 100 icons of England - emerged with the construction of the narrow canal network and lasted in until 1970 when the last regular long-distance contract was lost.

Kent is strategically located, lying on the approach to London and being the shortest route to and from continental Europe.

Continuing the Steam Days Remembered series with Eastern Steam Days Remembered, Kevin Derrick takes us on a leisurely ramble back around both the Eastern and North Eastern regions during the 1950s and 1960s in this volume.

First launched in 1976, the Lotus Esprit was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and based on a Lotus Europa chassis.

Western Steam Days Remembered takes a pictorial tour of the Western Region through the 1950s and into the early 1960s to enjoy the splendour of steam across both mainlines and branches alike.

London Midland Steam Days Remembered offers the very best quality colour photographs of steam from the 1950s and 1960s across the region, with not only Stanier's fabulous Duchesses but a full supporting cast of steam from the lower ranks to be enjoyed.

A fine collection of colour photographs from the 1950s and 1960s around the British Railways Southern Region.

During seven days in October 1829 world history was made and travel would never be the same again.

From 1933 to the end of the 1960s, most of the bus services in Hertfordshire were in the hands of London Transport's country services, with standardised green buses.

Public transport began in Barnsley in 1902 with the opening of the Barnsley & District Electric Traction Co.

The Rail Rover ticket for Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s had the grandiose title 'Freedom of Scotland' - for the ever-growing group of diesel enthusiasts in the 1970s, it was a gift from the gods.

Eastern Coach Works, known as ECW, was based in Lowestoft in Suffolk.

The Bluebell Railway was the premier preserved line in the thirty -year period covered in this book.

The North West of England was the birthplace of public transport, with the first rail and road services for the public created there.

The LSWR was quite different to the other southern railways in that it covered not only Home Counties suburban traffic, but also the long reach out to Cornwall in competition with the Great Western Railway.

The SE&CR was born as an unholy alliance between two bitter rivals and, after it had buried the hatchets they had been throwing at one another, found success.

The end of the Second World War provided little rest for air forces and the aircraft industry.

The Prince Regent first popularised Brighton as a pleasure destination in the eighteenth century, and the town acquired a reputation for pleasure for the masses after the coming of the railway.

Between 1980 and 2011 author Michael Patterson made some forty week-long journeys by train through Europe.

In the age of steam it seemed that every little boy had an ambition to be an engine driver - even the notoriously anti-railway Charles Dickens thought there was something alluring about the role.

Since the opening of the Channel Tunnel and its associated high-speed lines, it is now possible to travel by train from London to Paris in about two hours.

The first transcontinental railroad in the USA was completed in 1869.

The Isle of Wight is one of England's smallest counties and is situated off the Hampshire coast in southern England.

Yorkshire Rider was created out of the 1985 Transport Act, which became known as Deregulation.

Loadhaul, Mainline and Transrail were formed in 1994, when British Rail decided to concentrate its freight operations in the three companies.

A number of books have chronicled the history and vehicles of the Bristol Omnibus Co.

The city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, is renowned for its magnificent cathedral, whose spire is the tallest in England.

The Jaguar XK120 caused a sensation at the 1948 London Motor Show with its stunning appearance and the startling performance on tap from the innovative XK engine.

The first buses started running in Northampton in the 1920s and as the years progressed they were synonymous with high standards of maintenance and good service.

A rare and enjoyable sight, double-headed trains are always guaranteed to delight any lineside enthusiast.