David Harvey looks at the iconic double-deckers of Midland Red.
Author: David Harvey
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ISBN: 144566786X
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David Harvey looks at the iconic double-deckers of Midland Red.Midland Red Single Deckers
Examines the history of each type of single-decker and offers a fascinating insight into the history of these captivating, iconic buses.
Author: David Harvey
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781445667973
Category: Transportation
Page: 192
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Examines the history of each type of single-decker and offers a fascinating insight into the history of these captivating, iconic buses.B E T Group Bus Fleets
More typical of Midland Red's double-deckers at this period was 1957 D7 No.
4552, built in the company's own workshops and seen here at Leicester,
Southgate Street. Derby-based BET fleet Trent Motor Traction also served
Leicester. Here ...
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 9781473857261
Category: Transportation
Page: 144
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This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives. Not only did these fleets, which served most of England and Wales, have a splendid variety of British-built buses and coaches with chassis manufactured by the likes of AEC, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Guy and Leyland with bodywork by such firms as Park Royal, Weymann, Metro-Cammell, East Lancs, Northern Counties, Roe, Duple, Plaxton, Willowbrook and Leyland again but they also had an array of distinctive liveries. Many dated back to the early part of the century when the operators first started bus operation. The smart maroon and cream of East Kent, the dark green and cream of Maidstone & District or the light green and cream of Southdown, for example, were supplemented by ornate fleet-names, often in gold lettering. These three fleets were just a few of those that served seaside towns, and will remind readers of holidays they spent in the 1950s and '60s. Sadly, the years covered by this book are the final years of the BET group, which was taken over by the nationalised Transport Holding Company in late 1967, as a prelude to the creation of the National Bus Company, under which the distinctive liveries of the BET group fleets, and even some of the operators themselves, would disappear. The 1960s also saw the demise of many traditional types of bus that these fleets operated, owing to the introduction of rear-engined double-deckers, such as the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline, as well as the spread of one-man operation. Many of the photographs featured in this book show the older types in their final days pure nostalgia for the transport enthusiast!The Commercial Motor
One had perhaps got too used to the sophistication of the rubber suspension on
most of Midland Red's buses , while the ... purpose bus ; two D7 ( old style ) and
four D9 ( later style BMMO rear platform double - deckers ; one of the latest D13s
...
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ISBN: UOM:39015022476728
Category: Aeronautics, Commercial
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British Buses 1967
In South Wales, Newport Corporation had a variety of unusual buses in 1967. ...
Some of Midland Red, or to be more precise, the Birmingham & Midland Motor
Omnibus Company (BMMO) as it was officially named, was one of the largest
BET ...
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 9781473827172
Category: Transportation
Page: 144
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This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.??After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.??The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colourful bus companies that had existed before nationalization, and many small municipal fleets amalgamated to form Passenger Transport Executives.??This comprehensive volume covers a large number of the bus companies throughout the country in 1967 and also has a good readable narrative describing Jim Blake's journeys travelling on these services across Britain.Bus Coach
The lower saloon of the Midland Red double - decker where advertisement
panels are carried on every interior light ... managing director of the organization ,
and A . A . M . Durrant , its chief mechanical engineer for buses and coaches .
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ISBN: STANFORD:36105128605909
Category: Bus lines
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B E T Group Bus Fleets
This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives.Not only did these fleets, which ...
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 9781473857278
Category: Transportation
Page: 144
View: 892
This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives.Not only did these fleets, which served most of England and Wales, have a splendid variety of British-built buses and coaches with chassis manufactured by the likes of AEC, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Guy and Leyland with bodywork by such firms as Park Royal, Weymann, Metro-Cammell, East Lancs, Northern Counties, Roe, Duple, Plaxton, Willowbrook and Leyland again but they also had an array of distinctive liveries. Many dated back to the early part of the century when the operators first started bus operation. The smart maroon and cream of East Kent, the dark green and cream of Maidstone & District or the light green and cream of Southdown, for example, were supplemented by ornate fleet-names, often in gold lettering. These three fleets were just a few of those that served seaside towns, and will remind readers of holidays they spent in the 1950s and '60s.Sadly, the years covered by this book are the final years of the BET group, which was taken over by the nationalised Transport Holding Company in late 1967, as a prelude to the creation of the National Bus Company, under which the distinctive liveries of the BET group fleets, and even some of the operators themselves, would disappear.The 1960s also saw the demise of many traditional types of bus that these fleets operated, owing to the introduction of rear-engined double-deckers, such as the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline, as well as the spread of one-man operation. Many of the photographs featured in this book show the older types in their final days pure nostalgia for the transport enthusiast!Transport World
Passenger Transport
Built in 1963 , these vehicles , which have Alexander bodywork , are among 253
buses based on a proprietary chassis among the current fleet of approximately 1 ,
850 vehicles . MIDLAND RED 1904 – 1964 Britain ' s largest company - owned ...
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ISBN: STANFORD:36105128592289
Category: Buses
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British Buses Since 1945
... be observed carrying Duple coachwork . B . M . M . O . D9 Midland Red double
decker . WOLVERHAMPION NAPRINCES ENO 5350 MIDLAND RED 6350 - A
BRISTOL Rristol passenger vehicles before the Second DWorld War included.
Author: John Creighton
Publisher: Blandford
ISBN: UOM:39015013830891
Category: Buses
Page: 144
View: 414
NBC
T . W . Moore Right : BMMO ' s standard mid - 1950s double - decker was the D7 .
Between 1953 and 1957 a total of 350 was built , all bodied by Metro - Cammell .
All postwar Midland Red double - deckers had concealed radiators . The D7 ...
Author: Stewart Jay Brown
Publisher: Allan
ISBN: UVA:X000865645
Category: Bus industry
Page: 128
View: 341
Transport Management
The Rolling Road
This number included enlarged single - deckers , six - cylinder doubledeckers ,
and , after 1933 , compression ... owned by the British Electric Traction Company
, it was eventually agreed that Midland Red should operate buses in their place .
Author: Leonard Alfred George Strong
Publisher:
ISBN: UCAL:$B97259
Category: Bus lines
Page: 248
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Walsall Corporation Buses
Walsall’s bus fleet was always idiosyncratic. Here, David Harvey showcases it's lavishly illustrated history.
Author: David Harvey
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781445670638
Category: Transportation
Page: 128
View: 808
Walsall’s bus fleet was always idiosyncratic. Here, David Harvey showcases it's lavishly illustrated history.Motor Transport
The Modern Tramway
Paper back : BRITISH BUS FLEET HISTORIES : 1 Devon General BRITISH
DOUBLE DECKER BUSES SINCE 1942 BUS ... Birmingham City 4 : East Anglia
15 : Midland Red East Midlands 16 : Ribble Lancashire 17 : North Western Area (
58 . ) ...
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ISBN: STANFORD:36105210166513
Category: Street-railroads
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Edgar Allen News
The Company did not last long , but seating arrangements which were similar to
that of the the district benefited by the competition caused Midland “ Red ” double
deckers of to - day . The among private operators and a better service of ' buses ...
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ISBN: UOM:39015073151618
Category: Machinery industry
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Problems of Urban Passenger Transport
The most obvious inefficiency resulting from the present division of the service to
Oadby between two undertakings is the unused bus seat capacity on the Midland
Red buses on the inwards journey inside the City undertaking's area . Table 34 ...
Author: Clifford Henry Sharp
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: NWU:35556031437189
Category: Bus lines
Page: 118
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HRIS Abstracts
... ( IRRD 239281 ) , Australian Road Research Board 53 303433 MIDLAND
RED'S BUSES - STILL AHEAD OF THEIR TIME ? A bus fleet that runs a fleet of
double - deckers , single - deckers and coaches with a common single - source
power ...
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Information Service
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ISBN: UOM:39015048728771
Category: Highway engineering
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Transportation Research News
Midland Red ' s Buses - Still Ahead of Their Time . ... Abus company that runs a
fleet of double - deckers , single deckers , and coaches with a common single -
source power unit , disc - braking , and almost maintenance - free suspension is ...
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ISBN: UVA:X001769576
Category: Transportation
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