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BIRMINGHAM'S BLUE AND CREAM BUSES

by Malcolm Keeley

Published by Capital Transport. 1st. 2016

Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A thorough description of Birmingham City Transport's buses and trolleybuses. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos throughout. 176 pages.

A lovely copy. Cream pictorial dustwrapper has light creasing to top & tail of spine and is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 9781854144065
Stock no. 1828788

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Contents

  • Stepping Stones
  • The Petrol AEC Regents
  • 1932 trolleybuses: 1-16
  • The Morris era
  • The first preselector buses: 554-563
  • Trolleybus network expanded: 17-66
  • Other lines of thought
  • 1934-7 Daimler COG5s: 94, 564-963, 969-1033, 1039-1139
  • Daimler COG5 single-deckers: 32-76
  • Leylands: 964-968
  • AEC Regents: 1034-1038
  • 1938-9 Daimler COG5s: 102-200, 1140,1269
  • Leylands: 211-295, 1270-1319
  • More trolleybuses: 67-90
  • World War Two buses: 1320-1331
  • World War Two austerity buses: 1332-1480
  • AEC rebodies - Wartime standards?
  • Dual control afterlife
  • The post-war prototype
  • The 1945 contracts: 1481-1655
  • The 1946 contracts: 1656-1930 plus 296
  • The 1947 contracts: Double-deck buses 1931-2230
  • New single-deck fleet: 2231-2265
  • The 1948 contracts: 2266-2625 (plus 2031-2130)
  • The 1949 contract: 2626-2775
  • The 1950 & 1951 contracts: 2776-3000, 3003-3227
  • Saving fuel: 3001-3002, 3103
  • Sold on
  • Overhauling the fleet 1954-1963
  • Search for a new standard
  • Wider trial for rear engines: 3231-3250
  • The Fleetline era begins: 3251-3450, 3475-3574
  • Single-deck Fleetlines: 3451-3474
  • Single-deck experiments: 3651-3680
  • 1966-8 Fleetline double-deckers: 3575-3650, 3681-3880
  • End of Birmngham City Transport: 3881-3979
  • Summary of Bus Deliveries

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