MOVE GOING SAFE WITH FAIL-SAFE BRAKING ERF were first in the field with the fail-safe spring-actuated emergency/parking...

ATKINSON • FODEN • E. R. F. • SCAMMELI O NLY TEN MONTHS since Rolls-Royce entered the automotii arena with a blaze of...

Rolls-Royce company is, as ve come to expect, making aner contribution to Britain's export ee with its diesel engines for the...

T HE NEWS that four truck manufacturers now include the RollsRoyce Eagle range in their engine options might have caused a bare...

T HE EAGLE made by RollsRoyce, which is now being offered as an option by four of Britain's leading manufacturers of heavy...

ORMAN PARRY, Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Oil Engine Division, in reply to a question on the research facilities of the...

N o , political or sectional opinions should cloud the earnest wish of everyone in this country to see an end to a depressed,...

From our political correspondent A NOTHER massive financial rescue act for the railways is being prepared by the Transport...

FIVE hours after the White Paper was issued—with many Tory complaints about its lateness—the Commons began debating transport....

report, Mrs. C. tells BRS staff MRS. CASTLE has turned down an appeal by the TGWU to allow the recently negotiated pay rise...

T HE Ministry of Transport has announced that the date by which goods vehicles registered before 1968 require to meet 50 per...

BY USING a new delta shape in the construction of a flour tanker for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.,...

H ARD on the heels of last week's summary of how hauliers' profits were declining, given in evidence to the Prices and Incomes...

A LATTERDAY Daniel in the Lioness's den-that was how Mr. J. P. Wells saw himself likened when he spoke at the annual dinner of...

EMPHASIS on easy access and egress: that is a prime feature of the layout of new vans (below) designed for British Railways'...

T HE FINAL DAY of the National Association of Warehouse Keepers' annual conference at Buxton last week was devoted to examining...

THE haulage shop stewards' campaign against the Minister of Transport's proposals to reduce the working week gained momentum...

F r i HE one thing which is quite certain with transport in this country at 1 the present tune is that no Minister of Transport...

From a special correspondent APPROVAL in principal for the Leber plan to switch heavy road traffic to rail was given last week...

T rTHERE was argument in 1. Newcastle this week about what represents normal user. RAH Transporters Ltd. applied at an...

TWO applications made in 1965 to the East Midland Licensing Authority were called to public inquiry on Friday at Oxford. They...

T HE Metropolitan LA, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, on Tuesday granted an application by Bulk Storage Ltd., of Walthamstow, to add seven...

THE Transport Tribunal last week upheld the Scottish deputy LA's decision when it rejected an appeal by J. S. Lyon of Banchory,...

THE FIRM had lost approximately f9,000 worth of business because chemicals increasingly were being delivered in bulk, claimed...

MR. C. R. HODGSON, Chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, described the granting of an application by Manchester...

Municipal trouble spreads rTHE ban on voluntary overtime and standing passengers by the bus crews of many municipalities...

Pictured on Monday in the Lake District valley of Martindale is the North's first mail bus —which follows the establishment of...

FIVE reasons why PTA proposals will be greeted with "universal hostility" were stated on Tuesday night by Mr. Michael...

EASTBOURNE Corporation transport committee reports that contracts for the supply of three Leyland Atlanteans with East...

By Carolyn Hyams NCESSIONARY-FARES champion Mr. Robert Brown, Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West, hopes that the Minister...

THE Scottish Bus Group has underestimated its net revenue income on five occasions when making application for a fares...

2 AN ORDER worth £2-fm has been placed with Leyland Motors by Istanbul Municipality for a fleet of chassisless...

ALTHOUGH two months have now passed since 12-metre (39ft 44in.) buses and coaches were legalized for operation in this country...

WILLIAM D. INNES, who was born in Aberdeen in 1921, is becoming executive vice-president, Ford US, on the retirement of...

M W BRAKING SYSTEMS, fresh models and other changes covering oth Commer and Dodge ranges are announced today by Rootes. In the...

A SKELETAL BTC tandem-axle semi-trailer for 28-32 tons gross operation has been introduced for container work by the British...

NOISE-LOVERS? By Eric Willoughby THE Consumer Council believes the law concerning vehicle noise will be virtually...

E NOUGH has now been said regarding the value and wisdom of Preventive maintenance in road transport, although, of course,...

D ETAILED improvements have been made to the Cummins NHK in-line engine range and it has been extended to include two new...

A new step forward in semi-automatic transmission. Leyland, pioneers in 2-pedal trucking, announce a new development in...

Portable welding set THE ADAMP, a portable welding set with a current range of 10 to 400 amp is now made by Bowthorpe Line...

D ELAY in implementation of increased-weight-limit proposals which date back to 1964 seems to have created a certain amount of...

continued from page 112 naturally aspirated form output is 90 bhp less. The Roots-type blower is driven through a fluid...

r. H A NGE in this country, and I refer for the moment to Great la Britain, is always viewed with something akin to suspicion....

promise We led you to expect great things from Kelly Giant Radials. Such as the ability to run up to 100' cooler, a 30%...

THE development of group transport has for the moment been halted due, no doubt, to the Government's pending legislation. But...

and William McMillan THE OLD IMAGE of the tough haulage I boss, perhaps a representative figure but no means a universal...

TO GLASGOW Pictures D ick E bringing into the UK of a V olvo FB88 42-ton-gross tractive unit last week was an obvious...

continued from page 131 transport manager at St. Helens, Lanes, and in 1945 was appointed to Reading. He returned to his home...

continued from page 131 industry at large should have absolutely free choice to employ the most economical form of carriage....

Our trucks must be reliable "There were lots of very good reasons for choosing Ford. We deliver highly perishable goods over a...

the 'hot potato system' — By John Darker AMBIM A THREE-DAY international conference in London this week has provided a forum...

Albion heavy duty trucks and buses are built on Clydeside by Scottish engineers, men proud of their heritage, jealous of their...

THE rather oddly named Panda beat car system, introduced by Lancashire Constabulary in 1966, must be giving its sponsors...

UNKIND people used to say that good fresh air was the only free thing to be found at the average seaside resort. In these days...

THOSE who remember earlier days, when fresh uses were often found for worn-out machines and scrap of all kinds, inevitably look...

IN CASE the gentleness of the 1966-67 winter has made anyone complacent Mr. W. E. Weisflog's Recent Developments in Snow...

rOMPREHENSIVENESS—that is the keynote to operations in VI Perthshire's McLennan organization. It is both a passenger and a car...

All the transport maintenance, including body overhauls, takes place at Spittalfield but actual bodybuilding goes to A. and C....

more gears, better brakes I N many ways the Scottish Motor Show this year is an engineers' show. But to the extent that many...

Stand 104—Albion Motors Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow. ALBION'S newest range is the Chieftain 51 which includes four four-wheeler...

improved Dmfort. There is a shaped, fully adjustble seat for the driver and interior trim to car standard. Material used to...

THOSE who know where to look for I replacement parts and accessories or special tools during the coming road transport era will...

It's protection against rate cutting YOUR correspondent's letter ("I agree about private objectors", CM October 20) shows a...

T HIS EARLY in the era of containerized shipping traffic I have I often heard it said that there are too many container ships...

View BY THE HAWK Talking Turkey I SEE that the enterprising Michael Woodman is threatening to take his company, Asian...

E VEN THE HAULIERS who have made the recent approach to the National Board for Prices and Incomes may not be altogether clear...

Midland Red have been running buses since horsepower wore blinkers and a bag on its face. They have also been making their own...

hunt" to stop outsize artics being used for split loads even in one direction. We have been operating in this manner for seven...

A Two such devices are the Hope and the Adrolic stabilizer. The Hope device comprises a multi-disc friction unit controlled...

disc brakes ever likely to be used on heavy commercial vehicles? A Which type of brake is the more efficient depends upon the...

Leyland 5-ton tipper? came across one such advertisement recently when looking through an old copy of COMMERCIAL MOTOR. A The...

fitted with a petrol engine having a compression ratio of 6.8 to 1. What is the lowest octane fuel rating acceptable for the...

A Electric drive has been used experimentally in some countries for military vehicles but no details are available....

DOTE IN COMMERCIAL MOTOR and at special meetings and conferences this year the details and possible effects of legislation on...

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS dealing with road haulage in the next annual May/June examination round-up for the various awards are...