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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by O
Chapter 3: Other vehicles: buses, fire engines, pickups, suvs, trolleybuses, trucks, etc.

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Blake, James (comp.), Odd men out: an illustrated listing of type substitutions and scheduled operation of mixed types of London Transport central buses, 1959-1981 (Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 1981). 2nd ed. 56 p., illustrations, 30 cm, ISBN: 0904711331 (hc).
Holmes, Peter J., Odiham Motor Services: the Nancy Bus (Little Sandhurst: [author], 1990). 40 p., illustrations (map, portraits), 21cm, ISBN: 0951680307 (sc).
OK Motor Services Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 1998). 2nd ed., [Fleet history; PA20]. n. p., illustrations, 21 cm (sc).
Kaye, David (1929- ), Old buses (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 2006). 32 p., illustrations (50), 15 x 21 cm, ISBN: 0747806500.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Includes steam, electric and petrol-fueled buses. Covers from the horse-drawn era to the early 1950s.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1982, [Shire album; 94], ISBN: 085263613X.
Baldwin, Nick, Old delivery vans (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1987). [Shire album; 187]. 32 p., illustrations, 15 x 21 cm.
Woodhams, John, Old lorries (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1985). [Shire album; 138]. 32 p., illustrations (45, bw), 15 x 21 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 31, ISBN: 0852637322 (sc).
Kaye, David, Old trolleybuses (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1997). [Shire album; 215]. 32 p., illustrations (50), 15 x 21 cm, ISBN: 0852639228 (sc).
Wild, J. M., Oldham bus scene 1945-1969 (The) (s. l.: [author], 1970). 72 p., illustrations (bw).
Wayman, David, Oldham Corporation buses (Croydon, Surrey: DTS Publishing, 1997). 109 p., illustrations (bw/c, maps, portraits), 29 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 108, ISBN: 1900515059.
Hendry, R. Powell, Omnibus, 1940-1980 (The) (Rugby: Hillside Publishing, 1981). 136 p., illustrations (bw, drawings), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 0950593338 (hc, dj).
Hibbs, John (1925- ) (ed.), Omnibus: readings in the history of road passenger transport (The) (Newton Abbot, Devon + North Pomfret, VT: David and Charles, 1971). 215 p., illustrations, 23 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 205-208, ISBN: 0715351109.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the vehicles and of the services provided including touring activities. Includes experimental vehicles and early omnibus services. Covers Bristol, London, Edinburgh and Doncaster, UK.
Trustum, Helen M., On the cream run (Lismore, New South Wales: [author], 1995). v, 177 p., illustrations (portraits), 22 cm, ISBN: 0958984115.
Dreesbach, Anne, On the move for 90 years: MAN nutzfahrzeuge and its history from 1915 to 2005 (Haar: Garnies, 2005). 149 p., illustrations, 20 cm, ISBN: 3926163372. Original German title, "Seit 90 jahren auf Achse: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge und ihre geschichte 1915 bis 2005".

Otfinoski, Steven, On the road: trucks then and now (Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, 1997). [Here we go !]. 32 p., illustrations, 24 x 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0761406069 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Partly historical.

Fife, Frank, On the track: 100 years with Garrity Brothers (s. l.: Garrity Brothers, 1993). 68 p., illustrations (bw).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: About commercial transport. Covers from 1893 to 1993.

Plucknett, Colin, One and two halves to the clock: growing up with United's buses in the 1960s (Glossop, Derbyshire: Venture Publications, 2002). 1st ed. 32 p., illustrations (bw), 10 x 15 cm, ISBN: 1898432848 (sc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Beginnings; Goning to town; To the clock and beyond; Sunken treasure: the Bristol K; Highs and lows: the Bristol KSW; The hole truth: the Bristol LD; Elusive quarry: the Britsol FS; A real character: the Bristol L; Here, there and everywhere: the Bristol LS; Solid services: the Bristol MW; Up hill and down dale; Heavy metal; A day at the races; Fast forward: the Bristol FSF; The view from the box room; Long story: the Bristol RE; Saving the best for last: the Bristol FLF; Turning back the clock; Endings.
One hundred years of public transport in Jersey (Gloucester: British Publishing Company, [1970]). 42 p., illustrations, ISBN: 0714004995.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: "The Jersey Railway", by Noel Reginald Pirell Bonsor (1901- ); "The buses", by Michael Ginns.
Long, Philip David & P. F. Clark, One town, two operators: the story of the rise and fall of municipal bus services in Lowestoft (Bromley Common, Kent: Omnibus Society, 1978). 20 p., illustrations (maps), 27 cm, ISBN: 0901307297 (sc).
Bartels, Eckhart, Opel military vehicles, 1906-1956 (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997). 176 p., illustrations (250, bw), 18 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0764302671 (hc). Original German title, "Opel militärfahrzeuge, 1906-1956".
Optare Ltd (London: PSV Circle, 1998). [Manufacturers' monograph; 3]. 80 p., illustrations (8 p.), 21 cm (sc).

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