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Saved for Posterity - Bus and Coach Preservation
In the sixty years since the birth of the bus and coach preservation movement, the number of vehicles saved for present and future generations to admire has grown from a tiny handful to more than 3,000. From a small acorn has grown a massive oak, and those pioneers who planted the first seed never dreamed that their hobby would spread not only to every corner of the UK, but overseas too.
From purchasing and restoring a single vehicle in 1956, bus and coach preservation has now expanded to the setting up of transport museums across Britain, where vehicles of varying ages are displayed, to outdoor events where they can be examined, and `running days' that allow the public to experience a ride on them.
The photographs included within these pages show how the hobby has developed and the variety of vehicles that are now preserved, as well as some that were once `saved', but sadly failed to survive the passage of time.
In the late 1980s, when he first took an interest in the buses he was travelling on, Kenny Barclay wouldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams that he would ever own one. Now he has four. Purchasing a Leyland Leopard from 1980 in May 2007, three more buses of varying shapes and sizes followed over the next two years and he has lovingly restored each of them.
Here, Kenny Barclay gives a fascinating insight into this restoration process. A history of each bus, including technical specifications, is included alongside a selection of images of each vehicle in its heyday. This is followed by a fully illustrated account of each of the restoration projects, as well as photographs of the buses once restored to their former glory.
Packed with fascinating photography, "Restoring a Bus" is perfect both for those looking to enter the preservation scene and those who simply admire vintage vehicles.
All of Britain's airports are served by buses and coaches in some form or other, whether it be by regular services from nearby towns and cities, those many miles way, or by buses connecting them with the airport's own long-stay or off-site car parks. Thus a wide variety of vehicle types can be seen, some in the livery of their owners while others are specially branded for their daily duties. In addition, many airports use airside buses to transport passengers from the terminal building to waiting aircraft and as such are not often in the sight of airport visitors.
All these aspects are covered through text and photographs in this book to illustrate how the airport scene has changed over the past sixty years.
For more than a century trolley buses have been providing transportation in towns and cities throughout the world. The trolley bus offered several advantages over other vehicles, primarily quiet operation, quick acceleration from a standing start, hill-climbing ability and a long life span.
Take a trip around the world to see the various styles and systems of trolley buses. This Photo Gallery includes many past and present trolley bus systems from North & South America, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Africa. You'll learn the differences in equipment built over time, who the main manufacturers of Trolley Buses were in these countries, and much more.
Ooit reden er in 60 steden van de Verenigde Staten en in 12 Canadese steden trolleybussen. Dit Iconografix fotoboek is gewijd aan de trolleybussen uit de jaren 1913-2001. Het bevat een mooie collectie van 137 groot-formaat archieffoto's van hoge kwaliteit.
Opnamen van trolley's uit de USA, Canada, Europa en andere landen. Compleet met gedetailleerde ondertitels en een beknopt overzicht van de geschiedenis. Door de authentieke opnamen is dit deel uit de serie "Iconografix Photo Archive" een rijke bron van informatie over trolleybussen.
Warum hatten alle Lastwagen früher Vollgummireifen? Aus welchem Grund betrieb Büssing eine eigene Omnibuslinie? Wann wurde der letzte Dampf-Lkw gebaut? Welches Kommunalfahrzeug hiess der "elektrische Berliner"? In dieser Enzyklopädie der internationalen Nutzfahrzeuggeschichte finden Sie Informationen, Daten, Erklärungen sowie Antworten auf tausendundeine Frage.
Halwart Schrader behandelt alle bedeutenden Fahrzeugmarken der Welt, und zwar nicht nur Hersteller von Lastwagen, Traktoren, Omnibussen, etc., sondern auch Produzenten von Anhängern, Aufbauten, Motoren, Achsen und Getrieben.
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