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  • Eastern Coach Works

    A Pictorial Tribute

    by Peter Horrex ...
    Eastern Coach Works, known as ECW, was based in Lowestoft in Suffolk. The history of ECW goes back several decades, though in this book we pay tribute to buses and coaches bodied during the sixties, seventies and eighties. Originally formed by United Automobile Services, the Lowestoft operation was passed on to the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in 1931. By 1969 ECW was jointly owned by the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The English Bus Scene Since 1990

    by Peter Horrex ...
    With photos taken in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the West Country, London and beyond, Peter Horrex takes the reader on an illuminating tour around England’s modern bus scene, covering a period of almost thirty years. During this time there has not only been a fascinating selection of vehicles but also a dizzying variety of operators and liveries that have come and gone in the wake of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Leyland National

    by Peter Horrex, Robert Appleton ...
    The Leyland National was conceived as a joint venture between British Leyland and the National Bus Company to replace all the rear-engined single-deckers in the British Leyland Group – the AEC Swift, Leyland Panther, Daimler Roadliner, single-deck Daimler Fleetline, and Bristol RE. The Leyland National was built at a new factory at Lillyhall in Cumbria and had several novel features, including ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Eastern Counties

    A National Bus Company

    by Peter Horrex, Tim Moore ...
    The Eastern Counties Omnibus Company came about by the amalgamation of four companies – the Peterborough Electric Traction Company, Ortona Motor Company Limited, the eastern operating area of United Automobile Services and the Eastern Counties Road Car Company of Ipswich. Registered on 14 July 1931, Eastern Counties was part of the Tilling Group until the Transport Act of 1968, which announced the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works

    by Nigel R B Furness ...
    The Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works outlines the history of Bristol Commercial Vehicles and Eastern Coach Works (ECW), two manufacturers that together developed some of the most familiar buses and coaches of the twentieth century. The book covers the full production histories and specifications for the standard range of models produced from 1936 to 1983. The variety of engines ... Read more

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  • Cambridge Commuter

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  • A-Z of British Bus Bodies

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  • How To Be A School Bus Driver

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  • History of the Leyland Bus

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