TRAMS from The Shed Bookshop

Publisher: NB Traction Group, 1993 Used - Very Good. As new copy. Paperback. 96 pages.

Hardcover, ISBN 9781874422327 Publisher: Adam Gordon, 2001 Used - Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Hardcover. 112 pages.

The location of Sheffield between numerous fast flowing rivers; the Don, the Loxley, the Porter, the Rivelin and the Sheaf, made it inevitable that it should develop significant industry during the early industrial revolution. By 1911 it had become the fifth largest city in England. Industry demands transport, both for goods and workers and the first local public transport in… Saber más sobre este artículo

There is much new research in this book mined from previously unavailable primary sources to tell the development of Perth's public road transport from the time of horse-drawn stage-coaches to the subsequent buses horse-trams electric trams then motor buses ending up with the 'red bus' operations.

This is the latest book, in a series that covers the history of Britain's post war tram systems, this volume covers the networks in Wales,the Isle of Man and Ireland. Peter Waller, has looked at each system and found new material, that has not been published before, in any previous publication. All the networks covered in this book, managed to survive the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Today pollution-free transport is high on the political agenda, yet it is sometimes forgotten that electric vehicles ran on the streets of London from the early 1900s until 1962. This book tells the story of that period and describes both the vehicles themselves and the effect they had on the development of the suburbs. Local historian David Berguer has endeavored… Saber más sobre este artículo

This book provides an evocative look at Glas gow tramways since 1950, depicting not only the city centre, but also outlying services such as those to Airdrie and Pai sley. The photographs illustrate not just the trams but also the city itself. '