Author: Peter Waller
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473862256
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely. While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles. Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.
Works Trams of the British Isles
Author: Peter Waller
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473862256
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely. While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles. Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473862256
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely. While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles. Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.
Tramway and Railway World
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Great British Tramway Networks
Author: Wingate H. Bett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Tramway Heyday
Author: James Joyce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Integrated Transport
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215025739
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Integrated Transport : The future of light rail and modern trams in the United Kingdom, tenth report of session 2004-05, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215025739
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Integrated Transport : The future of light rail and modern trams in the United Kingdom, tenth report of session 2004-05, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
The Modern Tramway
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Manchester Trams
Author: Edward Gray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899181063
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781899181063
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Manchesters Metrolink
Author: Alan Yearsley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909431850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909431850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Transport Policy: Learning Lessons from History
Author: Prof Dr Colin Divall
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472460073
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The key aim of this volume is to demonstrate ways in which an understanding of history can be used to inform present-day transport and mobility policies. This is not to say that history repeats itself, or that every contemporary transport dilemma has an historical counterpart: rather, the contributors to this book argue that in many contexts of transport planning a better understanding of the context and consequences of past decisions and processes could lead to more effective policy decisions. Collectively the authors explore the ways in which the methods and approaches of historical research may be applied to contemporary transport and policy issues across a wide range of transport modes and contexts. By linking two bodies of academic research that for the most part remain separate this volume helps to inform current transport and mobility policies and to stimulate innovative new research that links studies of both past and present mobilities.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472460073
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The key aim of this volume is to demonstrate ways in which an understanding of history can be used to inform present-day transport and mobility policies. This is not to say that history repeats itself, or that every contemporary transport dilemma has an historical counterpart: rather, the contributors to this book argue that in many contexts of transport planning a better understanding of the context and consequences of past decisions and processes could lead to more effective policy decisions. Collectively the authors explore the ways in which the methods and approaches of historical research may be applied to contemporary transport and policy issues across a wide range of transport modes and contexts. By linking two bodies of academic research that for the most part remain separate this volume helps to inform current transport and mobility policies and to stimulate innovative new research that links studies of both past and present mobilities.
The Commercial Motor
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description