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| As 2006 marks the centenary of the commencement of operation of motorbuses by Manchester Corporation Transport Department, and also reflects the fact that it is forty years since the last trolleybus ran in Manchester, Bob Rowe, with assistance from John Senior, has put together this latest volume ... From the series Super Prestige Keywords: ashton, manchester, trolleybus, rowe, lyne, council | |
| Today's model railways layouts often replicate not just the railway itself, but the broader environment in which it was based. This involves recreating the whole townscape or countryside through which the railway operated. An essential ingredient in this is the correct range of road vehicles, ... From the series Aspects of Modelling Keywords: townscape, ingredient, urban, farm, beginner, practitioner, morton, clubs | |
| The idea of a national all-time rail atlas for Australia was first mooted in 1990 by the Australian Railway Historical Society in Canberra. Draft maps were prepared and a team of experts set about making extensive research, which is still ongoing, to enable a comprehensive and accurate geographical ... Keywords: tasmania, all-time, australia, canberra, draft, australia, tram, trolleybus, australia, tasmania, australasia | |
| The Ayrshire Road Run originated in 1993 as part of a local vintage rally and became a long distance run in 2001. The one day run was so successful that the following year it became a two day run with an overnight stop in Portpatrick. Once again there were over 100 vintage and classic commercial ... Keywords: ayrshire, overnight, portpatrick, bedford, johnstone, leyland, beaver, fuel, tanker, cooper, shelvoke, padkin, farm, lorry | |
| Classic tramcars once graced the streets of historic Bath and provided speedy transport for residents of such areas as Bathford, Combe Down, Newton St. Lee, Weston, Twerton and Oldfield Park. From the series Tramway Classics Keywords: bath, bathford, combe, newton, weston, twerton, oldfield, davey, paul, welland, guildhall | |
| We all know the word ‘bedlam' as a term of madness and confusion, but few of us really know the story of how this term was coined, or the real history of the notorious Bethlem Hospital in London. The oldest mental health institution in the world, Bethlem Hospital is famous to many only as ‘Bedlam', ... Keywords: bedlam, madness, bethlem, health, abuse, monro, ambivalent, maniacs, female, paul, gore, madhouse | |
| Charlie Wyatt began as a conductor on London's trolleybuses in 1951 and became a driver in 1955. He worked throughout his trolleybus career at Finchley depot in north London, here he was on trolleybuses until their last day there. With an exceptional memory, backed up by official documents from the ... Keywords: charlie, wyatt, conductor, trolleybus, finchley, bamboo, flood, freeze | |
| Now over 150 years old, this important and busy section of main line once had many more stations and an intensive local steam worked service serving them. This past era is extensively illustrated, as is the transition to a modern crucial link in today's network. The little known line to Harborne is ... From the series Midland Main Lines Keywords: birmingham, wolverhampton, tipton, harborn, harborne, coseley, dudley, ettingshall, bilston, hagley, icknield, oldbury, rotton, sandwell, smethwick, galton, rolfe, soho, spon, winson, steel | |
| The city has two unconnected trolleybus routes to Nechells and Shelson which totalled 11.69miles. They were each, in totally different ways, histrionically important, pioneering at various times a tram replacement, top covered double-deckers and metal framed bodies. They even had trolleybuses with ... From the series Trolleybus Classics Keywords: birmingham, trolleybus, shelson, tram, dummy, harvey, aston, bloomsbury, washwood, coventry, digbeth, swan, yardley, sheldon, lode | |
| mplementing Number 8 in the Marsden Rail archive video series, 'Birmingham & the West Midlands', the programme opens at a bustling Snow Hill station, with steam much in evidence, before leaving for Stourbridge Jct via Soho & Winson Green, Handsworth and West Smethwick. Scenes at Stourbridge are ... From the series Marsden Rail Keywords: birmingham, marsden, birmingham, snow, stourbridge, soho, winson, handsworth, smethwick, stourbridge, occupy, wolverhampton, newly-built, wcml, lichfield, britannias, codsall, shifnall, shrewsbury, birmingham, lickey, bromsgrove, stourbridge, birmingham, haulage, shortage, ex-gwr, push-pull, stourbridge, marsden, birmingham | |
| In summer 1954 the first Routemaster was completed at London Transport's Chiswick Works. At the beginning of 2004, in a very different world, Routemasters were still providing excellent service in London, and elsewhere in the case of sold examples. This book was conceived as one of the celebrations ... Keywords: routemaster, chiswick, fiftieth, trolleybus | |
| In 1964, reflecting the dawn of the new railway age as steam was supplanted by diesel traction, British Railways launched a brand-new corporate image. With a Class 47 and rake of coaches painted in a distinctive new blue livery and with a stark new logo (which became nicknamed the arrow of ... Keywords: rake, stark, logo, arrow, dirt, paul, shannon, scottish | |
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