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

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Crawley, John (1925- ), Steam wagons in focus (Turvey, Bedfordshire: [author], 1984). 128 p., illustrations, 26 cm, ISBN: 0950804622.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: On cover: "Over 260 photographs of steam wagons taken during their working days".

Hilditch, Geoffrey, Steel wheels and rubber tyres (Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Oakwood Press, 2003-2004). [Reminiscences]. 2 vols, illustrations, 15 x 21 cm, ISBN: 0853616140 (vol. 1, sc) + 0853616167 (vol.2, sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "Transport around Oldham in the 1930s, Locoss at Gorton in the 1940s and Leeds trams in the 1950s", 168 p., 135 illustrations.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "A general manager's journey: Manchester, Plymouth, Great Yarmouth, Halifax", 184 p., 120 illustrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (vol. 1): Foreword; In the beginning; The youthful scene; Uncle George; Hobson's choice; The top office; The tank; Locomotives unlimited; Basic operations; Footplate days; Goodbye Gorton; New horizons; Municipal employment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (vol. 2): Introduction to volume two; Daimler days; Technical times; Assistant engineer, Halifax; Change at the top; Deputy general manager, Plymouth; Top job: general manager, Great Yarmouth; Association and federation; A rover's return: GM Halifax; Expansion: the Hebble take-over; Wider horizons: Todmorden merger; The ultimate, and extinction; The bit at the end; The bigger bit at the end; Epilogue; The Halifax bus test results; Albion 'Nimbus' engine life; The Halifax fleet at 3lst March, 1974; Acknowledgements.

Korán, František (1963- ) & Jan Moštek, Steyr 1500A in detail: the best 1,5 ton truck of the Third Reich in Private Collections (Praha: Wings and Wheels Publications (WWP), 1999). [Special museum line; 9]. 60 p., illustrations, 23 x 24 cm, ISBN: 8090267742 (sc).
Blacker, Ken C., STLs (The) (Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing, 1984). 200 p., illustrations (bw), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 0904711617 (hc).
Spencer, Horace A., Stockton fire engines through the years and the fire service in San Joaquin County (Stockton, CA: F. A. Wentworth, 1992). 114 p., illustrations, 22 x 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 113-114.
Foster, Patrick R., Story of Jeep (The) (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1998). 256 p., illustrations (330, bw/c), 22 x 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 251, ISBN: 0873415647 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from World War II to the 1990s. Includes early prototypes, military versions and technical details.
John, Malcolm (comp.), Story of Pilchers coaches: Chatham (The) (Chatham, Kent: Rochester Press, 1983). 64 p., illustrations, 15 x 21cm, ISBN: 094637092.
Day, John Robert, Story of the London bus: London and its buses from the horse bus to the present day (The) (London: London Transport Executive, 1973). vii, 148 p., illustrations (bw/c, maps, portraits), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 139, index, ISBN: 0853290377 (hc, dj).
Warwick, Roger M., Story of York Bros. (Northampton) Ltd (The) (Northampton, Northamptonshire: [author], 1993). 2 vols, illustrations (maps, portraits), 21 x 30 cm, ISBN: 0951084763 (vol. 1) + 0951084771 (vol. 2).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "The Easy Motor Coach Company, 1924-1939", 36 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "The war and classic coaching years, 1939-1963", 76 p.

Telfer, Robert L., Stratford Blue: a history of Stratford-on-Avon's local buses (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing, 2003). 264 p., illustrations, 17 x 24 cm, ISBN: 075242792X (sc).

Stratford connection: a fleet history of Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Ltd, Leamington and Warwick Transport Company Ltd, Guide Friday Ltd (The) (London: PSV Circle, 1998). [Fleet history; PD22]. 88 p., illustrations (12 p.), 21 cm (sc).
Harvey, David Robert (1948- ), Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motor Services remembered (Nuneaton: Allan T. Condie Publications, 1998). 104 p., illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, ISBN: 1856380351.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the company, Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motor Services, as one of public transport in Great Britain. Includes history of buses of the Stratford, Leamington Spa and Warwick areas operated between 1935 and 1971.

Kennedy, Mark, Streets of Belfast (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2003). 80 p., illustrations, 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0711029598 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of public transport, including trolleybuses, from 1938 up to 1968.

Bishop, John & Glyn Kraemer-Johnson, Streets of Brighton (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2004). 80 p., illustrations (85, c, maps), 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0711030073 (hc).
Davies, Roger, Streets of Cardiff (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006). 80 p., illustrations (95, c), 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0711030987 (hc).

Booth, Gavin, Streets of Edinburgh (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002). 80 p., illustrations (90, c), 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0711028664 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of public transport in Edinburgh (Scotland) with material on trolleybuses and buses. Covers from 1945 to 1975. Includes photographs of street action.

Millar, Alan, Streets of Glasgow (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2004). 80 p., illustrations (c), 18 x 24 cm, index, ISBN: 0711029946 (hc).

McCormack, Kevin, Streets of London (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002). 80 p., illustrations (75, c), 18 x 24 cm, index, ISBN: 0711027749 (hc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction; Colour Plates; Index: Abbey Wood, Aldgate, Anerley, Brakingside, Blackfriars, Barnet, Bloomsbury, Brixton, Bushy Park, Chadwell Heath, Chiswick, Clapham, Croydon, Ealing, Elephant & Castle, Eltham, Eltham Common, Enfield, Epsom Downs, Esher, Fulwell, Greenwich, Hampton Court, Hampton Wick, Heathrow, Holborn, Hounslow West, Hyde Park, Ilford, Kingston, Mill Hill, North Finchley, Passingford Bridge, Piccadilly, Poplar, Raynes Park, Richmond, Romford, Sanderstead, Southwark (Bridge), Stamford Hill, Strand, Surbiton, Tower Brodge, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Victoris Embankment, Waterloo, Westminster, Whipps Cross, Whitehall, Woolwich, Worcester Park.

Bishop, John & Glyn Kraemer-Johnson, Streets of Sussex (Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2005). 80 p., illustrations (85, c), 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0711031355 (hc).

Daniels, N. P., Stroud's buses: a century of motorised public transport in the Stroud valleys (Ruthin: Llyfrau Hiraethog, 2003). xii, 278 p., illustrations (130), 15 x 24 cm, ISBN: 0954516605 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Tackles such topics such as competition within the industry and with the personal motor vehicle, privatisation, wartime economy, etc. Covers large and small operators, including Red & White, Great Western Railway, Bristol, and Western National.

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