Transport: general interest

Merseyside is an area with a colourful bus history.

Manchester and its surrounds, such as Bolton, Wigan, Rochdale, Oldham and Stockport, have always been a haven for bus enthusiasts, with a wide variety of operators and liveries to be seen.

No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented within Cumbria's borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone.

During the mid-1990s Nottingham's scene was dominated by Nottingham City Transport and the Wellglade group that included Trent buses and Barton buses.

Philip Wallis visited West and East Yorkshire with his camera in 1962.

The importance of our railways in the movement of sea containers cannot be overstressed.

There have always been small buses used by bus companies for a variety of reasons, but in the 1970s a number of companies employed van-derived minibuses on experimental services such as Dial-a Ride schemes.

Preston Corporation Tramways began operation of electric trams in June 1904, and they exclusively served the town until 1922.

London's docks were once the busiest in Britain.

In the early 1980s Potteries Motor Traction was part of the state-owned National Bus Company with all vehicles in standard NBC poppy red livery.

Shuttle Buses, based in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, celebrates thirty years in business in 2020.

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves.

Scania's first venture into the British double-decker bus market came in 1973, when with partner MCW, based in Birmingham, they produced the 'Metropolitan' double-decker.

This book is about one ordinary person's efforts, largely carried out single-handedly and with limited funds, to build a model railway layout in his garden that runs just like the real thing.

There are very few mainline railway routes that actually cross London.

The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle run is one of the premier events in the calendar for preserved commercial vehicle owners and enthusiasts alike.

Although separated from the United Kingdom by the twenty-one miles of English Channel, the continental railway network has always been a draw for British rail enthusiasts.

Birmingham City Transport's association with Crossley Motors came about after 1945, when BCT required a large number of buses to be delivered quickly, with many manufacturers unable to fulfil orders in the aftermath of the war.

The Stockton & Darlington Railway Company's takeover of half of the 1834 Stanhope & Tyne route, under the guise of the Wear & Derwent Railway, saw the most interesting period in the history of this part of the line.

British Rail operated thousands of different shunt engines during its time, many being built by private companies and others by BR themselves.

The Alexander ALX400 was the first low-floor bus body built in the United Kingdom, first appearing in 1997.

Plaxton launched the President model in 1997 but construction of the type did not commence until 1999.

In this volume of previously unpublished photographs, David Reed takes the reader on a journey around the Southern Region.

This book contains previously unpublished photographs from the collection of David Reed, who set out to record the end of steam trains on British Rail's Southern Region.

Derbyshire is a county of contrasts, and the development of the railways reflect this.

This is the second volume of previously unpublished photographs from the camera of David Reed, focusing on the electric and diesel traction of the late 1960s and 1970s.

The first cranes mounted on railway wheels were hand-operated, but by the mid-nineteenth century several builders had fitted steam engines and boilers to enhance lifting capabilities, though initially these machines were not self-propelled, but merely portable.

Launched in 2001, the second generation Mini, produced by BMW, was an instant success.

Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of Churchward's earliest designs and were the precursor for successful variations of one of the classes - numbered 51XX until 1949.

The major company in the short-sea passenger and freight business in 2020 is the Swedish Stena Line, who operate services to Europe, Scandinavia and Ireland from United Kingdom ports.

Flying up the Edgware Road tells the story of how an area of what is now north-west London became a hub of the British aircraft industry in the very early years of the twentieth century.

The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company commenced operation of a conduit system of railed vehicles along the Promenade between Cocker Street and Station Road on 29 September 1885.

'Functionality is never an excuse for poor design' said the naval architect Nicolo Costanzi, a man whose synthesis of engineering and artistry created practical ships of sublime beauty.

The first standard gauge heritage steam railway in Britain, the Bluebell Railway, opened in 1960.

The transport scene in Northampton was dominated for many decades by Corporation-owned Northampton Transport.

To most people InterCity means the network of trains linking the UK with London, but there is a far more interesting and often overlooked network that avoided London: Cross-country.

What happens to old buses at the end of their career, when they are replaced by newer vehicles?

Like most European countries, Belgium's main towns and cities developed their own tramway networks.

From its launch in 1958, the Leyland Atlantean played a pivotal role in the British bus industry.

From 1978 onwards, during the period often referred to as BR Blue, Stephen Owens was able to photograph for posterity some of what he saw on the railway.

In 2018, five gas buses using Scania NU280D chassis with stylish AD E40D MMC City bodywork were presented by Nottingham City Council.

From 1914 until 1969, when it was absorbed into WMPTE, Birmingham City Transport had various periods when they hired buses for evaluation.

Launched in 1977, the V8 front-engine Porsche 928 Grand Tourer received widespread praise as an engineering masterpiece and won the European Car of the Year award in 1978.

In this book, MG Y Type owner and expert Neil Cairns provides the reader with a detailed history of the development of the MG Y as well as descriptions of the different models - the YA, the YT and the YB.

The North East is a region of great geographic, economic and social contrasts.

The East Coast Main Line is known as the gateway to the North.

Amid peaceful countryside, past historic towns and through the heart of London, the River Thames flows in an easterly direction for some 346 kilometres from its source in Gloucestershire until entering the North Sea.

This book, the first ever written on the subject of Leyland buses in Israel, tells the story of the company's decades-long partnership with the state of Israel.

English Electric Class 20 locomotives once operated over virtually the entire rail network of Scotland.

In 2012 it was all change for the railways of East Anglia.