Buses, trams and commercial vehicles Books

Book SynopsisThe Daimler Company was one of the oldest established builders of PSV chassis in the United Kingdom and enjoyed a reputation for quality and innovation, particularly with the fluid flywheel. From the earliest charabancs on solid tires, through the half-cab front-engined CVD6 and underfloor-engined Freelines to the rear-engined Roadliner, Daimler continued to prove their reputation was well earned. Ownership of the company changed several times over the years, until they were finally absorbed into the British Leyland empire, sealing their fate and eventual demise. With over 100 color images, this title provides insight into the history of Daimler throughout the years.

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Book SynopsisThe first volume in the Lost Tramways of Ireland series features the history of the Belfast system, including its origins as a horse tramway in the 1870s, its conversion to electric traction in the early 20th century, its role in two World Wars, the conversion of the network to bus and trolleybus operation from the late 1940s and the system''s eventual demise in 1954.

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Book SynopsisThe first of two volumes covering the history of tramcar operation in Glasgow. The book narrates the story of the city''s impressive network from its origins as a horse tramway in the 1870s, through the early years of electrification and expansion during the first decades of the 20th century through to World War II. The book focuses on locations in the southern half of the city.

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Book SynopsisThe second of two volumes covering the history of tramcar operation in Glasgow. The book narrates the story of the city''s network from the immediate post-war years, through the 1950s to the early 1960s when the final services were operated. This volume focuses on locations in the northern half of the city.

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines in detail the later history of the system from the outbreak of war in September 1939 through the developments of the 1940s to the period of conversion from the early 1950s, as well as concentrating on routes that served the eastern side of the city, such as those to Temple Newsam, Middleton, Gipton and Hunslet.

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Book SynopsisOne of four volumes covering the history of electric tramcar operation in London; concentrating on the routes to the north-east. The system in this area was largely the result of development by a number of local authorities such as Ilford and West Ham corporations and was converted largely to trolley bus operation in the years leading to 1940.

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Book SynopsisOne of four volumes to cover the history of electric tramcar operation in London. It concentrates on those routes to the North and North-west of the River Thames an area largely dominated by by the Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The bulk of this area saw its tramways largely converted to trolley bus operation during the 1930s.

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Book SynopsisThis was the area that witnessed the London United Tramway''s early trolleybus routes as well as operations of Croydon Corporation. Although many of the routes were to be converted before the outbreak of war in September 1939, a number were to survive right through until the final conversion of the system between 1950 and 1952.

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Book SynopsisWit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road.They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winter descending on apple orchards, the call of the rising roosters. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a boisterous trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, the wide range of vehicles he's mounted, and the daily trials, tribulations, risks, and exploits that define life as a trucker.Ed's vibrant, no-holds-barred tales are hilarious and heartwarming, sometimes cringeworthy or unbelievable—recollections of heroic feats as well as the “fishing stories” that have stretched and shifted from CB radio to CB radio. Many are the results of what he calls “just plain stupidity.” Others bring to light the small acts of kindness and grand gestures that these Knights of the Highway perform each day, as well as the safety risks and continual danger that these essential workers endure. Together they paint a compelling portrait of one of the most important but least-known industries and reveal why Ed, and so many like him, just kept on truckin’.Trade Review“A well-crafted, intimate portrait of a life lived in trucking.”—Overdrive Magazine“If there's one person who can reveal how to overcome loneliness and social distancing, while maintaining a great sense of humor, it's a long-distance trucker. Ed Miller literally wrote a book on it.”—Fox45 News, Baltimore“Hop into the cab for a view of trucking in all its glory, grease, and hilarity.”—Texas Border Business“A Trucker’s Tale is notably refreshing. . . . Over the years, I’ve spoken to any number of folks who have riding in a big rig on their bucket lists; Miller’s book is a wonderful opportunity to vicariously clear that item off your list.” —The VVA Veteran“The beauty of A Trucker’s Tale is that you can read the whole book or everyday choose just one story to transport you to another place. Some of the stories are full of laughter, while others sadness and anger, male machismo, rescuing damsels in distress (don’t know if I can use the word damsels anymore), highway consciousness, manners, bad leadership and really, really good guys.”—Arabella magazineTable of ContentsPreface Part One: An Education Part Two: Military Trucking Part Three: College Trucking Part Four: Characters Part Five: Management Part Six: Directions, Shippers, Strikes, and Baby Animals Part Seven: Knights of the Highway A Note on Safety Epilogue Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThis photo series captures moments of periphery in Croatian Istria with 26 bus stops. Documentary and conceptual, the photographic cartography approaches the different perceptions of the places. Ed Ruscha’s methodology, and in particular his photographic series Twentysix Gasoline Stations, serve as a method and inspiration to examine the stops and their identity in the urban fabric. With this photographic concept as well as the texts, the observations are presented analytically and at the same time unfold a greater poetic meaning. How does it feel to live in the environs of urban reality? The book transmits the fascination for simple building methods, locations as well as the aesthetics of decay.

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Book SynopsisTrams, Buses, and Rails recounts the unique and little-known 130-year history of Bangkok’s transportation system, from the first horse-powered tramway in 1888 to the mass transit urban railway of the twenty-first century. Using government archives and annual reports, the author deftly pieces together long-buried records and statistics to reconstruct the transportation policies of each successive metropolitan and national administration. He highlights the politicization and regulation of Bangkok’s transport systems over the decades, and uncovers a series of setbacks, reversals, duplications, revisions, and cancellations that help to explain Bangkok’s continuing transportation woes. A series of maps and tables elucidate the development of transportation routes and the rise and fall of the city’s trams, railways, and bus lines.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction 1. Introduction of Rail Transport, 1880s-1900s 2. Emergence of Competition, 1910s-1930s 3. Expansion of Bus Networks, 1940s-1950s 4. Unification of Buses, 1960s-1970s 5. Revival of Rail Transport, 1970s-1990s 6. A Confused Urban Transport Policy, 2000s 7. Regulation and Politicization of Urban Transport in Bangkok Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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