From turn-of-the-century depot hacks to mode rn Greyhound and Trailways models, this giant scrapbook of p eriod and contemporary photographs reveals the evolution of a wide range of buses. '
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This review is from: American Buses: City, School Yard and Highway (Crestline Series) (Paperback)
Greatly recommended. Good nostalgia book for anyone who travelled extensively by bus or for anyone who works in the bus industry. Over 300 black & white photos of every conceivable type of bus. It would have been nicer if the later pictures had been in color. I think it would have add zip to the book. Each decade has 2 to 3 pages of text, giving the highlights of the industry at that time, followed by pictures of each type of bus in use at the time. Interesting tidbits and little known facts are also given. I learned that the official color of school buses is "national school bus chrome". The quality of the books is good. The pictures are nice and sharp. Every bus aficionado should have this book.
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Start your bus library here.,
This review is from: American Buses: City, School Yard and Highway (Crestline Series) (Paperback)
A reasonable book for bus fans to start with. It covers makes from 1900 to 1989 and author Donald Wood has done his research and crams in plenty of facts for the introductions to each decade. This is primarily a photo guidebook though and as another reviewer has commented, it is a pity some of the photos are not in color.The three hundred black and white photos are mostly good quality. To bulk out the pages the definition of a bus is stretched, for example, on page 76 a photo of some Chrysler limos and on page 80 a Mack truck that just happens to have seats added. There is an index and bibliography. I was disappointed by the dull layout (why is it that these fan orientated titles always look so bland?) because most of the photos are to predetermined widths there are plenty of large empty spaces and it is a shame that the publishers did not care to put a bit more creative effort into the layout. Still, this book will be good start to your bus library.
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Oh S**** ! There Goes The Charabanc,
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This review is from: American Buses: City, School Yard and Highway (Crestline Series) (Paperback)
A recent inclusion to my bus and coach book collection. Author Donald F. Wood has painted his subject matter with a very broad brush, to the extent that for most bus folks, the inclusion of some of the vehicles such as limos etc is a bit of a stretch (pun intended). Wood justifies this in the introduction by citing obscure government regulations that define a bus as any vehicle carrying ten or more passengers. The non-bus buses are a minor distraction though in this otherwise deftly researched book. The photographs are all black and white, but they offer a facinating retrospective to the material in conjunction with the well written text. Not all the buses are American, though all discussed operate or did operate in the USA. All in all good value for money and well worth adding to the shelf.
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bus body builders, local transit buses, school bus body, bus builders, school bus fleet, school bus bodies, intercity coaches, bus chassis, bus industry, hotel buses, intercity buses, bus operations, transit agencies, billion passengers, bus operators, truck chassis, motor bus, private coach Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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bus body builders, local transit buses, school bus body, bus builders, school bus fleet, school bus bodies, intercity coaches, bus chassis, bus industry, hotel buses, intercity buses, bus operations, transit agencies, billion passengers, bus operators, truck chassis, motor bus, private coach Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Crown Coach Corp, San Francisco, Detroit Public Library, Gillig Corp, National Automotive History Collection, Blue Bird, The William, Harrah Automobile Foundation, Silver Book, Smithsonian Institution, General Motors, Sheller Globe Corporation, Superior Coach Division, Bay Rapid Transit, American Automobile Manufacturers Assn, North Carolina, Columbia Body, Free Library of Philadelphia, Greyhound Silversides, North American Bus Industries, Twin Coaches, Baker Library New!
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- Interstate Commerce by R. Fellmeth on page 104, and Back Matter
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles by Albert Mroz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Southwestern Indian Detours: The Story of the Fred Harvey/Santa Fe Railway Experiment in 'Detourism' by Diane H. Thomas on page 29, and Back Matter
- North Carolina (His The new enchantment of America) by John Allan Carpenter on page 87, and page 103
- New Jersey (Enchantment Amer) by John Allan Carpenter in Front Matter
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- American Woodys (Crestline Series) by Donald Wood in Back Matter
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