Transport: general interest

The Gilbern motorcar was the only motorcar to ever be produced in Wales and made use of the iconic Welsh Dragon for a badge.

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead.

London buses are red and have been for over a hundred years.

The railway lines of London and the South East include tracks from all four of the constituent companies that made up British Railways and subsequently became the Eastern, Midland, Southern and Western regions.

In The End of the Woodhead Route: Electric Trains Stop Here, transport historian Stephen Heginbotham takes a fresh look at this famous and much mourned route.

Covering industrial steam throughout the British Isles over several decades, the terrific photographs featured here, captured by David Letcher, document a period of our industrial development that is now long gone.

Among the many lines that branch all around the East of England, there are some that can be seen diverging from stations that are never used by the train operating companies.

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead.

In addition to the major operators such as National Welsh, South Wales Transport, First Group and Stagecoach, South Wales boasted a number of municipal bus operators, most of which have since been acquired by the major groups.

Following the deregulation of bus services in 1986, West Yorkshire became flooded by small independent operators, some of whom survived while others were swallowed up by larger companies.

CSX Transportation came to being in 1980 with the merger of Seaboard Coast Lines and the Chessie System, producing a system of over 21,000 route miles in twenty-four states, with incursions into two Canadian provinces.

The transport scene in the historic city of York has seen numerous changes since 1986, with the breakup of the National Bus Company into a number of separate units whose ownership have since changed several times.

Bus builder Optare was formed by some of its employees in 1984 after the closure of old-established coachbuilder Chas H.

Qualified: The Guide to Becoming an Approved Driving Instructor is a comprehensive industry-standard guide for trainee driving instructors studying for the ADI part 1, 2 and 3 exams; qualified driving instructors looking for a reference guide; and those studying for their standards check.

On 1 April 1974, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was created by merging the municipal bus fleets of Bradford City Transport, Halifax Corporation with Calderdale Joint Omnibus Committee, Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee and Leeds City Transport.

Around the early 2000s, there was a concern among transport enthusiasts that variety in terms of vehicle type and livery in the passenger transport industry in and around the South Wales Valleys would decline.

Following the deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom in 1986, it did not take long for many distinctive local liveries to disappear.

The exact definition of east Scotland can be difficult to define due to its wide geographical areas, but for the purpose of this book the bus services covered are from a wide range of destinations including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth, Fife, the Borders and the Lothians.

Southern California Railways looks at the operations of some of the many railroads that serve the southern half of the Golden State.

In 1961 the maximum length of single-deckers was increased to 36 feet.

Golden Miller was a rare bus operator permitted to run bus services within London Transport's vast monopoly area.

Though British Rail had dispensed with steam locomotives by 1968, the greatest changes to the capital's railways occurred afterwards.

Two large bus companies once ruled this rural part of the United Kingdom.

Britain's biggest county, Yorkshire, was particularly affected by the period of deregulation.

Edinburgh did not adopt electric traction until the early 1920s when the Corporation took over from the Edinburgh & District Tramway Co.

The boundaries of the current county of Lancashire were established in 1974 when the Furness district was lost to the newly formed Cumbria.

Since the 1860s trains have conveyed crushed limestone from Derbyshire to the soda ash and chemicals works in mid-Cheshire.

The Manningtree to Harwich railway branch linked the Great Eastern Main line to the ports of Harwich and, later, Harwich Parkeston Quay.

From its formation in 1919 in Wigan, Lancashire, Northern Counties Motor & Engineering Company Limited grew to become one of Britain's most prominent bus builders.

The bus scene around Southampton and its surrounding towns in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of change.

The bus scene around Southampton and its surrounding towns in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of change.

Bradford had the distinction of running its trolleybus system for over sixty years, being, along with Leeds, the first to operate in Britain.

Starting in the late 1970s when the High Speed Trains (HSTs) were first introduced on services out of London Paddington, this book covers approximately forty years of change to the railways of Berkshire.

To many, the narrow gauge belongs entirely to the past; to others it runs a poor second to the glamour and action of main line standard gauge steam.

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The buses on Britain's roads went through a period of great change between 1950 and 1986.

One of the great names of the British bus and coach industry was Royal Blue, whose vehicles were a familiar sight on the express routes between London and the West Country.

Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London is a photographic tribute to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) in the post-war years up to the end of Western Region (WR) steam on 31 December 1965.

The 1955 Railway Modernisation Plan provided for the introduction of 2,500 new diesel locomotives, with initial orders for 171 examples, to replace steam locomotives on Britain's railways.

Following Eric Treacy's death in 1978, the demand for his books has increased.

The Black Country is an area immediately to the west of Birmingham heavily associated with the Industrial Revolution.

Hill's Tramroad was established in about 1817 by the Blaenavon ironmaster Thomas Hill to connect his ironworks with Llanfoist Wharf on the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal.

The Routemaster is the iconic London bus, recognised around the world.

The Peak District has always been a formidable barrier to transport links across it, particularly railways.

This book is a pictorial record of diesel-powered freight and passenger services throughout the area surrounding the North Wessex Downs.

Between 1982 and 2015, Showbus, Britain's largest bus rally, was, with the exception of 2013, held at two sites.

In this fascinating and engrossing book, VW expert Richard Copping covers the complete history of the first generation VW Transporter or 'Camper', probably the most famous commercial and leisure van of all time.

'In no other country in the world is there anything to match Britain's love affair with the steam train; nowhere else are there so many preserved railways keeping the magic of steam alive.

Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realised, allowing for reduced wind resistance, faster transportation and a more efficient economy.

In 1976 a Jersey-based air taxi operator purchased two elderly Dakota aircraft for cargo charters as Air Atlantique.