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4 Only . . We Gave Roads Priority
AGE of the train? Even in 1912 the railways were losing out to the crudest, most legislated against road vehicle of all — the steam tractor, says Chris Park in Heavy Truck......
Itatistics
FIE 1980 EDITION of Statistics f Trade Through United ingdom Ports is now available, rice £15, from the Bill of Entry nit, HM Customs and Excise, tatistical Office, Room 603,......
Touteplanner
HE Ordnance Survey has just ublished the 1983 Edition of its °pular route planning map at :625 000 scale (6.25 kilometres D l centimetre or 10 miles to 1 lch). This map provides......
From Team Room To The Ml
THE FIRST MOTORWAY in Britain was opened in 1958 by Premier Harold Macmillan; The Times reported that a new era in road travel had Commenced. Within a year the completion of......
Pla Handbook
THE 1983 Port of London Handbook lists the wide range of services and facilities available throughout the port, operated both by the PLA, private wharfingers and port related......
Unresolved Mysteries
IN 1926, AEC — "the builder of London's buses" — produced an experimental Tri Tractor. If you are a tractor buff, you will like to know this, and will learn about it if you buy......