Transport: general interest

Class 43 locomotives were introduced to British Rail from 1976 onwards and eventually numbered 197 in total.

The Crosville bus company started bus operations in Liverpool in 1922 and by the end of the decade was the leading operator across the Wirral and into Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales.

Since deregulation Merseyside has seen its fair share of independent bus operators come and go.

Stagecoach South Wales is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and was formed through the acquisitions and consolidation of Aberdare Bus Company Limited, Crosskeys Coach Hire Limited (Glynn Williams), Islwyn Borough Transport Limited, Parfitts Motor Services Limited, Red & White Services Limited, Rhondda Bus Services Limited and The Valleys Bus Company Limited.

Since the 1990s a huge variety of emergency vehicles have been seen in the Thames Valley area - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.

Kelsick Wood was a nineteenth-century Georgian shipbuilder in Maryport, Cumberland, with a private passion for painting.

Crewe has long been a destination for the rail enthusiast keen to see lots of interest and continuous operation.

Ferrari have the distinction of being the only manufacturer to have competed throughout the history of Formula 1.

Police vehicles have always been an essential part of protecting law and order in the United Kingdom.

For many people the halcyon days of Potteries Motor Traction was the decade between the management buyout of the company from the National Bus Company in 1986 until the merger of Badgerline and GRT to form First Bus in 1997.

At a time when interest in Grand Prix racing has never been greater in the United States, this book looks back at the heyday, when American drivers often dominated the grid.

The 2000s saw the end of a significant number of haulage and vehicle-manufacturing companies as well as a series of company takeovers.

Reliant have long been famous for their three-wheeled cars.

The Ford Fiesta has been one of the most successful superminis and one of Britain's most popular cars for decades.

When double-deck motorbuses were first introduced they were all open-top, like the horse buses that preceded them.

Manchester is steeped in railway history going back almost 200 years to the opening of Liverpool Road station in September 1830.

At the dawn of the twentieth century mankind had not yet achieved powered flight.

The de Havilland DH.

The de Havilland DH.

In 1970, British Railways Board established a new subsidiary company to take over the design, manufacture and maintenance of its rolling stock.

The railways changed the world.

The Isle of Sheppey sits just off the north coast of Kent, where the Medway and Thames estuaries flow into the North Sea.

This book is a comprehensive history of all the 0-6-0 tender locomotives built by the Great Western Railway or by railways absorbed by the GWR from the very earliest broad gauge engines designed by Daniel Gooch to the Collett 2251 class of the 1930s some of which were still under construction at nationalisation.

Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and with the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the US Pacific Fleet in the Second World War.

A critical examination of London Transport's ill-fated MB and SM buses, which failed to meet expectations and ended an era.

Explore London Transport's transformation from monopoly in 1933 to decentralized bus services, reflecting regional changes in Greater London and beyond.

British railways evolved through wars and state control, facing innovations like diesel engines and challenges from road transport amid financial struggles.

The essence of northern UK railways through photographs, illustrating their impact on the landscape and their historical and modern significance.

The popular image of railway travel during the Second World War is that of a sparse service of dirty and grossly overcrowded trains that were forever being delayed.

This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805.

This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805.

Conway's latest contribution to the Bradshaw's publishing phenomenon is this superb and wonderfully illustrated guide to Victorian London, dating from 1862.

An in-depth narrative that stitches together the history and evolution of hang gliding, a pastime enjoyed by hundreds of thousands around the world.

More than 6,000 shipwrecks have been recorded on the Great Lakes, but only one offers a true-life adventure like the 1926 rescue of the City of Bangor off the Keweenaw Peninsula in upper Michigan.

Examines the realities of ocean liner travel, revealing contrasts between luxurious experiences and harsh immigrant conditions throughout history.

The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the RAF.

Chronicles the evolution of British steam locomotives from the Victorian to Edwardian eras.

The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the RAF.

Canals of Britain is a
comprehensive and absorbing survey of the entire canal network of the
British Isles - the first of its kind.

In the late 1960s, drawing on Scandinavian experience, Western Ferries pioneered roll-on roll off ferry operations in Scotland's West Highlands and Islands.