Transport

Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the 'Holy Grail' which many steam engineers sought to find.

Author: John Hannavy

Publisher:Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781399090889

Weight.1.085kg

Original Price: £12.99

Mainstay of London Buses Ltd’s fleet into the 1990s, London’s MCW Metrobus fleet of M class remained almost completely intact by the time of privatisation in the autumn of 1994. In the hands of seven new companies thereafter, there followed multiple new liveries and new identities, but it wasn’t until the end of the decade when this account takes up their story, that withdrawals commenced in the face of new low-floor double-deck buses.

Author: Matthew Wharmby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 22.5cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526749673

Weight. 1230g

Original Price: £30.00

Already depleted by withdrawals in the London Buses Ltd era, the Leyland Titan fleet of T class was divided upon privatisation between three new companies; London Central, Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach Selkent. Together with a host of smaller companies operating second-hand acquisitions, the Titans’ declining years between 1998 and 2003 are explored in this pictorial account that encompasses both standard day-to-day routes, emergency deployments and rail replacement services.

Author: Matthew Wharmby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 112pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526749710

Weight. 0.880Kg

Original Price: £25.00

An in-depth study of the 20th century landmarks of Leicester's Trams and Buses,

Author: Andrew Bartlett.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 245pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526732491

Original Price: £30.00

In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies operating them in England, Scotland and Wales. London was not to be excluded, so from the outset, London Buses was broken up into several areas and from 1985, a tendering system was introduced which permitted other operators to bid for the routes.

Author: Andrew Bartlett

Publisher:Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526755469

Weight.450g

Original Price: £12.99

Transport systems are the lifeblood of all great cities and this is certainly true of London. As far back as Roman times, their city Londinium was the hub of a network of roads leading out to all the major centres of the time.

Author: Anthony Burton.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 181pp. 17.5x25x1.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399085861

Weight: 750g.

Original Price: £25.00

1970 was a significant year in the history of London buses, for on January 1, the Country Area was taken out of the control of London Transport.

Author: Michael H.C. Baker.

Publisher: Silver Link Books.

Paperback. 64pp. 23cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945652

Weight.

Original Price: £8.00

Versatile and personable, the Trident in all its forms lasted two decades in London, the last examples coming off service in 2020.

Author: Mathew Wharmby.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 280pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526786913

Weight: 1425

Original Price: £35.00

A Decade of Change and Transition.

Author: Jim Blake

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 21.5cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781473867857

Weight: 1.03kg

Original Price: £25.00

Britain's post war Tram networks of the Midlands and Southern England.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 168pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781473871144

Original Price: £25.00

Both road and race bikes are looked at in detail, with the book written in a fashion that makes it equally suitable for both reference or as a coffee table tome for the enthusiast.

Author: Brian Long

Publisher: Veloce

Hardback. 176pp. 21.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781787112155

Weight: 828g

Original Price: £35.00

The final volume in the ‘Regional Tramways’ series focuses on the history of tram operation in the London area.

Author: Peter Waller.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 165pp. 22.4x28.5x1.6cm.

ISBN: 9781473871182

Weight: 1.1kg.

Original Price: £25.00