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CALEDONIAN AND BEYOND

by Garry Ward

Published by Autobus Review Publications. 1st. 1993

Nearly fine condition. The Story of Caledonian Omnibus Company and is successor, Wester SMT, in the Dumfries and Golloway Region. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos.

Corners lightly rubbed, contents fine.

ISBN: 0907834302
Stock no. 809330

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • In the beginning
  • Expansion, co-operation... and conflict
  • Reviewing the competition
  • Haulage and parcels
  • The late 'thirties
  • Wartime and many challenges
  • Preparing for peace
  • The post-war boom
  • The takeover
  • The early 'fifties
  • Modernising the fleet - the late 'fifties and early 'sixties
  • The late 'sixties
  • The 'seventies - and mounting passenger losses
  • The 'eighties - and more routes go
  • Into the 'nineties - picking up the pieces
  • Fleet list
  • Timetables
  • Tickets
  • General Managers
  • Survivors

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