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Daimler Fleetlines
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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The Daimler Motor Co. Ltd and the Lancashire Steam Motor Co. (Leyland Motors Ltd from 1907) were formed in 1896 and produced motor vehicles in the early twentieth century. Daimler established works in Radford, Coventry, where a range of high-end cars and buses were assembled.Leyland introduced the …
Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram
A 40 Year Journey
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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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. By the 1930s the rolling stock was becoming somewhat worn out and, following the appointment of Walter Luff as General …
Century of Preston Bus Routes
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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Preston Corporation Tramways began operation of electric trams in June 1904, and they exclusively served the town until 1922. Additional tram routes to Frenchwood and Fulwood had been mooted several times, but the latter had been rejected on a number of occasions due to the narrowness of some of …
MGR Coal Trains
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2023
176 kr
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As electricity became more widely used to power and light Britain’s towns and cities a number of municipal boroughs built their own power stations. In the early years these were inevitably fed by coal, of which the UK had a plentiful supply.In the 1960s and early 1970s the government embarked on a …
Midlands Half-cab Buses
The Twilight Years
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2023
187 kr
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A visitor to one of the principal cities of the East or West Midlands during the 1970s would not have failed to notice that all the incumbent local bus operators were still running buses that still resembled types which could be seen throughout Britain between the two world wars – that is …
Lothian Buses in Historic Edinburgh
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2023
187 kr
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Edinburgh is reputed to have more buildings designated as of ‘special architectural or historic interest’ than any other city in the world. These range from rows of Georgian terraced houses and individual Victorian tenement blocks to such diverse structures as the diminutive Greyfriars Bobby …
North-West Half-cab Buses
The Twilight Years
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2024
187 kr
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Following on from his volume focusing on the final years of half-cab buses in the Midlands, Mike Rhodes looks at the major bus fleets employing half-cab buses in North-West England in the 1970s, including those located around Manchester, Liverpool and beyond.Packed with previously unpublished …
Rails Around Preston
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2025
183 kr
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The first railway to reach Preston was the North Union (NU), with a line from Wigan in October 1838. By the turn of the nineteenth century there were some seventy stations within a 15-mile radius of Preston, with approximately half of these still in use in 2022. The variety of motive power to be …
Rails Around Preston
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2025
178 kr
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The first railway to reach Preston was the North Union (NU), with a line from Wigan in October 1838. By the turn of the nineteenth century there were some seventy stations within a 15-mile radius of Preston, with approximately half of these still in use in 2022. The variety of motive power to be …
Rails Around Manchester
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2025
187 kr
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Manchester is steeped in railway history going back almost 200 years to the opening of Liverpool Road station in September 1830. The line from Liverpool was widely regarded as the first ever inter-city railway in the world. The railway network around the city greatly expanded in the second half of …
Rails Around Manchester
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2025
182 kr
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Manchester is steeped in railway history going back almost 200 years to the opening of Liverpool Road station in September 1830. The line from Liverpool was widely regarded as the first ever inter-city railway in the world. The railway network around the city greatly expanded in the second half of …
Ribble Motor Services
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2024
187 kr
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Ribble Motor Services emerged from humble beginnings but expanded rapidly through the 1920s and 1930s before becoming part of the British Electric Traction group (BET) in 1942 and being nationalised in 1969. Over the years, the fleet expanded to over 1,200 buses and coaches based at 30 garages …
British Atlanteans
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2025
182 kr
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The Leyland Atlantean was in production from 1958 until 1986 and around 15,300 buses of the type were built over this period. Whilst over 3,500 were exported abroad, the remainder gave sterling service to over a hundred different operators in the UK. These ranged from the transport authorities of …
British Atlanteans
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2025
182 kr
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The Leyland Atlantean was in production from 1958 until 1986 and around 15,300 buses of the type were built over this period. Whilst over 3,500 were exported abroad, the remainder gave sterling service to over a hundred different operators in the UK. These ranged from the transport authorities of …
History of Bus Operators in Preston
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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The earliest recorded operators of buses in Preston were pioneers who provided services from nearby surrounding villages in the 1910s. The local town services were initially provided by the Corporation’s tramway system with buses only being introduced in 1922. From 1919, Ribble Motor Services …
History of Bus Operators in Preston
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2026
178 kr
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The earliest recorded operators of buses in Preston were pioneers who provided services from nearby surrounding villages in the 1910s. The local town services were initially provided by the Corporation's tramway system with buses only being introduced in 1922. From 1919, Ribble Motor Services …
Daimler Fleetlines
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2026
182 kr
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The Daimler Motor Co. Ltd and the Lancashire Steam Motor Co. (Leyland Motors Ltd from 1907) were formed in 1896 and produced motor vehicles in the early twentieth century. Daimler established works in Radford, Coventry, where a range of high-end cars and buses were assembled.Leyland introduced the …
Steam Across Four Continents
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
Kommande
When mainline steam finished in the UK in 1968 many rail enthusiasts put their cameras away. A few dedicated followers continued to record the industrial scene as many small tank engines of various builds could still be found at work in collieries and the like.There was, however, another …
British Bus Stations
North West England
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
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Covering Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, this book showcases the eighty functioning bus stations in the North West, as well as many more long-lost stations. Bus stations, comprising at least two bus stands where buses start, end or pause their …
British Bus Stations
North West England
Av Mike Rhodes
E-bok, 2026
175 kr
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Covering Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, this book showcases the eighty functioning bus stations in the North West, as well as many more long-lost stations. Bus stations, comprising at least two bus stands where buses start, end or pause their …
Carris: The Buses of Lisbon’s Municipal Transport System in the 1980s
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2026
187 kr
Kommande
Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, known as Carris, was formed in 1872 and has been operating the municipal transport in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon ever since. Starting with horse-drawn and cable-car trams, these were replaced by electric trams in the early twentieth century.Lisbon is a …
Carris: The Trams of Lisbon’s Municipal Transport System in the 1980s
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
Kommande
Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, known as Carris, introduced the first electric trams at the turn of the twentieth century and Lisbon’s tram system gradually expanded over the following decades, reaching its zenith in 1959–63. At this time the fleet comprised 344 four-wheel trams, sixty-one …
London Transport’s ‘OMO’ Revolution
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2027
181 kr
Kommande
London’s last Routemaster buses entered service in early 1968. However, nearly two years before this event LT had embarked on what was referred to as a ‘Bus Reshaping Plan’. This largely entailed the mass reorganisation of bus routes and the introduction of ‘One Man Operated’ buses on a large …
Preserved Mainline Steam: GWR and LMS
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2027
187 kr
Kommande
The British Isles is spoilt for heritage transport centres, but this hasn’t always been the case. It has been made possible by a number of factors. Some of the early pioneering locomotives such as Rocket and Novelty were thankfully saved for posterity and a significant number of pre-Grouping …
Preston Buses Before and After Deregulation
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2019
172 kr
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Preston Corporation Tramways was formed in 1904, later becoming Preston Corporation Transport Department. Electric trams, the majority of which were built in Preston, were operated until1935. The first buses entered service in January 1922. The department bought nothing but Leyland chassis until …
London Routemasters in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s
Av Mike Rhodes
Häftad, 2020
183 kr
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The Routemaster is the iconic London bus, recognised around the world.This pictorial account features previously unseen pictures of the ubiquitous RM far and wide throughout the network during the period 1976–83, which included the year of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, when twenty-five of the type …
Ultimate Guide to Google Ads
Av Perry Marshall, Mike Rhodes m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
278 kr
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Covering the latest breaking news in Google Ads, this sixth edition introduces revised, expanded and new chapters covering Enhanced Campaigns, Google Ads Express, Google’s Product Listing Ads, and more. Changes in Big Data advertising are also revealed and expanded sections and necessary updates …
