Category: Articles
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Preface
Preface Prior to 1876 there existed no provision for regular public transport within the town of Kingston upon Hull, such transport as was available being in the form of horse-drawn wagonettes. For longer distances there was, of course, the stage coach serving local townships and other towns and cities further afield, however these were declining…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Contents
Keith Easton Preface Chapter One – Anlaby Road Chapter Two – Beverley Road Chapter Three – Dansom Lane Chapter Four – Hedon Road Chapter Five – Hessle Road Chapter Six – Holderness Road Chapter Seven – Prince’s Avenue and Newland Avenue Chapter Eight – Spring Bank West Chapter Nine – Stoneferry Road Chapter Ten – …
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Old Bus Sounds – Comments
AEC Renown (Leicester City Transport) 17/02/12 – 13:29 Just been watching the above. The bus in question is stated to have a 4-speed syncro gearbox, but to my ears (and also where possible watching the driver change gear), I have to say that it is a Monocontrol gearbox. The confusing bit is that Bus…
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Old Bus Sounds
Thanks to Richard Fieldhouse for the idea to have a “Bus sounds reference library” where favourite sound clips or videos of bus sounds, engines, gearboxes or any other bus related sounds can be listed.There used to be a video player embedded into the page but Yahoo withdrew the service unfortunately, but if you click on…
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The Ugly Bus Page
This page is exactly for what the heading states, it does not matter if you do not have a picture of your particular “Ugly Bus” somebody may be kind enough to contribute one for us all to view. 31/01/17 A Red and Silver Ugly Bus Again, no idea of copyright – what is this then?Over…
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Dennis Gearbox Drawings
Ian Thompson Here are eight attachments to accompany my comment in response to Mike Norris’s question. Eight may seem too many (!) but they’re all necessary in order to get an idea of the very wide choice of gearbox that Dennis offered. My thanks to Alexander Dennis Limited for their permission to reproduce part of…
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One door or two?
Nigel Frampton This article was originally published on the “Omnibuses Blogspot” site in 2008. That site disappeared a few years later (although some pages can still be seen on the “Wayback Machine“), and although the site principally covered current affairs in the bus industry, this article included an historical perspective. The sixty years mentioned in…
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Yorkshire Woollen District Tigers and Arabs
Dr Gordon Brooke When new, the Willowbrook bodied PS2s (697-725) and OPD2s (728-733) of Yorkshire Woollen District were painted in the old livery of maroon with cream bands above and below the windows. (The maroon was not quite the standard shade). They were unusual in that they were fully lined out with black edging to…