Tractors, Trucks, Locomotives

Author: G.N.Georgano, Hardbound, 122 Pages, ASIN: B0006BSVOA, First Published, 1965 - *Second-Hand book in excellent condition*   The World's Commercial Vehicles 1830 - 1964 by G. N. GEORGANO Details of nearly 4,000 manufacturers from 32...

Author: Richard Gibbon, Softbound, 56 Pages, ISBN: 9780747808039, 1st Edition, 2010 - Shire Library Series George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket is perhaps the most famous locomotive in railway history. But what makes Rocket so special? And why does...

Author: Nick Baldwin, Softbound, 56 Pages, ISBN: 9780747807551, 1st Edition, 2010 - Shire Library Series In 1910 it was not clear whether steam, electric or petrol commercial vehicles would replace horses; it was the tens of thousands of petrol lorries...

Author: Pat Kennett, Hardbound, 88 Pages, ISBN: 085059488X, 1st Edition, 1983 The story of Leyland is one of 'rags to riches', but with an uncertain ending. The company started by producing small steam vehicles which could not even travel legally on...

The 1970s witnessed more changes to the trucking industry in Europe than any previous decade. Whilst European truck builders had been developing powerful vehicles capable of operating at between 35 to 38 tonnes gross vehicle weight (CVW), and...

By: Haynes . Description An insight into the construction, maintenance and opeartion of the first new main line steam locomotive built in Britain since 1960. As steam traction was withdrawn from the British Railways network in the 1960s, with it...