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Author : Geoffrey Barton
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909976405

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The Tottenham Outrage and Walthamstow Tram Chase by Geoffrey Barton Pdf

Not since the days of highwaymen and footpads had armed robbery been seen in London. Geoffrey Barton explains the political backdrop to the arrival in the UK of armed revolutionaries driven by their own frenzied missions, causing citizens to go in fear. Laws were passed to deal with aliens and terrorism but as the author explains the civil police were ill-equipped to deal with the problem. Although well known to local people, the Tottenham Outrage of 1909 when two Latvian robbers, Jewish refugees, intercepted a payroll has been comparatively hidden to the wider world (unlike the notorious Siege of Sydney Street which took place two years later). Resulting in the most spectacular police pursuit in history it involved a hundred police officers and up to a thousand citizens in running to ground two desperate police killers. The book follows every inch of the six-and-a-half miles and minute of the two-and-a-half hours of the chase. It also pays minute attention to the people and places involved as well as the aftermath. As former Head of Firearms Training Operations for the Metropolitan Police Service, Mike Waldren writes in his Foreword, ‘The officers…did their best relying on guts and determination to see them through an unprecedented incident.’ The first in-depth account of an iconic event - fascinating police, social and local history based on extensive first-hand research.

Author : William Newton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408806722

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The Two Pound Tram by William Newton Pdf

Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure. Then their mother elopes and their already distant father becomes hostile. So the brothers pack their camping equipment and run away from home. They already have a plan. They're going to London to buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement, and it costs two pounds... Lively, funny and charming, The Two Pound Tram is a bittersweet testament to youth, its dreams and its triumph over adversity.

Author : Michael Brein, Ph.D.
Publisher : Michael Brein, Inc.
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781886590144

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Michael Brein's Guide to Amsterdam by the Tram by Michael Brein, Ph.D. Pdf

This is the ‘full’ expanded PDF desktop version of MIchael Brein's Travel Guide to Amsterdam which includes an ultra-large, zoomable official map of Amsterdam’s tram and metro system with embedded links to visitor attractions. This version of the Amsterdam guide is optimized for desktops and tablets. A 'lite' version ($3.99) for mobile devices is also available but without these special features of the 'full' expanded edition. Michael Brein’s Amsterdam Travel Guide helps you get to the city's top 50 visitor attractions easily and cheaply using Amsterdam’s excellent public transit system, including the Tram, the Metro, canal boats, and selected buses. From Centraal Station to the Rijksmuseum with this ultra simple guide you have all you need to discover and get to Amsterdam’s 50 top points of interest or Amsterdam’s top 10 "Must See" attractions if you have limited time. The guide also helps you find the nearest transit stops and which lines to take; see how to exit the stop or station and walk to the attraction; note other nearby points of interest; view the attraction's location on the official Amsterdam Tram map; and get to attractions without needing wireless internet access. Michael Brein’s Amsterdam Travel Guide is compact, concise, and comprehensive and is so simple and convenient to use--it is really all you need on your mobile device to get to all of Amsterdam’s top sights. And since it's based on Michael Brein’s acclaimed travel guide series to sightseeing by public transportation, it's the simplest way to get around the world's big cities. Similar guides to London, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Chicago, Paris, Washington, DC, and other cities are also available, and others are planned.

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631215506

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Rick Steves Tour: Ringstrasse Tram, Vienna by Rick Steves Pdf

Rick Steves' Tours eBooks are straightforward, self-guided tours of some of Europe's most popular museums, ancient buildings, and other points of interest, designed for easy reference on your mobile device or eReader. In Rick Steves' Tour: Ringstrasse Tram, Vienna—for less than the price of a cappuccino—Rick shares his candid advice on how to get the most out of a trip on the Ringstrasse Tram, including when to go, how much it costs, and what to keep an eye out for once you're there. With Rick's knowledgeable, humorous writing in hand, you'll also learn some interesting historical facts about the Ringstrasse along the way. Packed with indispensable tips and recommendations from America's expert on Europe, Rick Steves' Tour: Ringstrasse Tram, Vienna is a tour guide in your pocket—and on your smartphone. Rick Steves' Tours and Walks are available for must-see locations throughout London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Amsterdam, Vienna, Budapest, Athens, and Istanbul.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Woodcock
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Trams of Prague by Anonim Pdf

Author : Randall Wilson,Dale Budd
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781742247083

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The Melbourne Tram Book by Randall Wilson,Dale Budd Pdf

Melbourne’s trams are more than a mode of transport. They are a symbol of the city. This fully updated new edition of The Melbourne Tram Book is a colourful and compact tribute to Melbourne’s famous trams, one of the city’s most enduring symbols. More than 200 photographs and illustrations show trams in the streetscapes of today and yesterday, with detailed commentary from tram experts Randall Wilson and Dale Budd.

Author : Van Der Gragt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1968-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004614697

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Europe's Greatest Tramway Network by Van Der Gragt Pdf

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445641713

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Trams in West Bromwich by David Harvey Pdf

A fascinating collection of photographs giving a picture of life of what the West Bromwich Trams were like from the late nineteenth century until 1939.

Author : Lori Lansens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476786506

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The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens Pdf

Abandoning his life to honor his best friend's death, Wolf is stranded with three strangers in the mountain wilderness above Palm Springs and confronts a terrible choice in order to survive. By the author of Rush Home Road.

Author : Danny Tandela
Publisher : Penerbit LeutikaPrio
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9786023713158

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Energy Optimalization on Tramway Network by Danny Tandela Pdf

Urbanization and growing population always concerns on economic, health, environmental, education and transportation issues. These topics are key role in sustainable development. Transportation as one of the key stone in sustainable development attracts many researchers to find the best way to reduce the energy consumption. There are two lines directions serving the Tours agglomeration:1. Lycee Vaucanson – Lycee Jean Monnet2. Lycee Jean Monnet – Lycee Vaucanson The tramway line has 14,982 m in length and serves the Tours agglomeration with more than 14.5 millions of passengers in 2014 alone. Filbleu serves the commuter with the ticket and smart card, the commuters has to validate the single way ticket or smart card once they get into the tram. The controller will do the ticket checking randomly at any station. The problem faced in the subway system is the operational cost that cause by the energy consumption need to be reduce. The reducing of energy consumption also leads to the “green transportation” and stakeholders (major of the city) could use the budget for the transportation to another field like education, rural area development, etc. This research is started from evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness in engineering terms means “do the right things” that related to the service quality. Efficiency in engineering terms means “do the things right” that related to the energy consumption. The typical inter-station run out, a train accelerates from a station to maximum speed and maintains the train speed as much as possible until it is necessary to brake to a halt for the next station. Usually, the running time is the shortest and the energy consumption is the highest as the train is running close to the maximum permissible speed throughout the trip. The traction motors are allowed to turn off once the train accelerates above a certain speed if coasting is allowed. With the application of coasting, the momentum of the train carries it through and the brake is still needed to bring the train to stop at the next station. Inter-station run time is longer but the energy saving can be achieved because the train spends less time on motoring. The researcher is then building the algorithm using the MatLab with a Toaster system developed by Prof. Mindjid to carry out the algorithm.

Author : Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941920053

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Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila Pdf

Two friends, one a budding writer home from Europe, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the only nightclub, the Tram 83, in a war-torn city-state in secession, surrounded by profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the modern African gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colorfully exotic, using jazz rhythms to weave a tale of human relationships in a world that has become a global village. Fiston Mwanza Mujila (b. 1981, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo) is a poet, dramatist, and scholar. Tram 83 is his award-winning and raved-about debut novel that caused a literary sensation when published in France in August 2014.

Author : Henry Hirst
Publisher : Character-19
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Golden Age of Buses & Trams by Henry Hirst Pdf

Public transport has now been around for over 150 years in one shape or another and this book takes a nostalgic look at the heritage and story of Buses and Trams. Tramways when operated in the 19th century and beyond formed a large part of the community in towns and cities, helping to get people around in style using steam and electric technology. Trams over time were however up against the might of the internal combustion engine, in the shape of the emerging petrol and diesel powered buses. These newfangled vehicles didn’t require rails or overhead cables and could go just about anywhere. There was also of course the electric trolleybus that sat somewhere between a bus and tram. The tram has thankfully made comebacks over the years and buses have evolved with the times, so join us looking through the early years to more recent times. This book is full of facts, information about the manufacturers, insight about the classic buses and includes some superb archive pictures.

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781784422493

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Trams and Trolleybuses by Oliver Green Pdf

From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.

Author : Walter Burt
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445634722

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Dundee's Trams and Buses by Walter Burt Pdf

This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into Dundee's Trams and Buses.

Author : Richard Buckley
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783037179

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Trams and Trolleybuses in Doncaster by Richard Buckley Pdf

Trams and Trolleybuses in Doncaster' is the first book in the new series 'Transport Through The Ages', brought to you by Wharncliffe Books. This delightful book traces the nostalgic journey of the trams, as a centenary history.In Doncaster, on June 2nd 1902, two major events took place; the peace agreement marking the end of the Boer War was celebrated and the town's electric tramways were opened. Richard Buckley's focus is obviously at the local level and how this astounding advent of mechanised urban transport was of great significance to the local residents of Doncaster. This authorative text tells the story of trams and trolleybuses and with 135 pictures that have never before been published this is a truly unique history. The fascinating pictures give you an impression of just how the people and places of that time have changed.Take yourself on a nostalgic journey, and see how the transitions have taken place through Doncaster, as you read 'Trams and Trolley Buses in Doncaster'.