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- Metro-Cammell. 150 Years of Craftsmanship.
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Publication date:
- November 1999
Publisher:
- Runpast Publishing, 10 Kingscote Grove, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6JX.
Place of publication:
- Cheltenham.
ISBN:
- 1870754468
Extent:
- 112
Summary etc:
- An illustrated history of Metro-Cammell, train and bus manufacturer.
List of Some Company Patents, Innovations and Original Developments.
Introduction (brief history of Metro-Cammell's early years 1830s-1845, scope of the book). Acknowledgements.
Joseph Wright and Sons 1845-1862. Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd 1863-1901. Amalgamation 1902 (amalgamation with several other rolling stock manufacturers to form the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co Ltd). Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd 1903-1918. Metropolitan Carriage Wagon and Finance Company Ltd 1919-1928.
The Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company Ltd (Metro-Cammell) 1929-1939. Metro-Cammell at War 1939-1945 (manufacture of tanks). The Post-War Years 1946-1962. Metro-Cammell 1963-1995 and Beyond.
Buses and Trolleybuses - A Brief History (manufacture of bus and trolleybus bodies by Metro-Cammell). Metro-Cammell Family Tree.
Appendices: DMUs etc 1946-1968. Vehicle Output 1945-1978. Leeds Forge Co. Works Plates.
Bibliography.
Includes RT-type buses, page 89.
Metro-Cammell have manufactured rolling stock for LT.
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Shelf reference:
- G413
Locations:
- Library Mezzanine