Information comes mainly from the sources quoted below, plus much useful information sent in by users and other web-writers. Thanks for the help: it is appreciated.
Code | Source |
BS# | BusSpotter, with photo reference number. |
CB | Classic Bus magazine, with volume number and page. |
Bus | Buses magazine, with volume number and page. |
BusX | Buses Extra magazine, with volume number and page. |
LBM | London Bus Magazine, with volume number and page. |
LBR | London Bus Review (LOTS), with year and page |
LTB | London Transport Buses (Capital Transport), with year and page. |
PrB | Preserved Bus magazine, with volume number and page. |
TLB | The London Bus (LOTS), with volume number and page. |
TBX | TLB Extra (LOTS), with year and page. |
Code | Title | Author | Publisher | Year |
ABC80 | ABC London Buses 1980 | Ian Allan | 1980 | |
AECiC | AEC Buses in Camera | Robin Hannay | Ian Allan | 1982 |
AEC_Q | Best of British Buses 2, the AEC Q | Alan Townsin | Transport Editions | 1981 |
AIHLB | An Illustrated History of London Buses | Kevin Lane | Ian Allan | 1997 |
ALOLBW | A Lifetime of London Bus Work | Bob Scanlan | Transport Publishing | 1979 |
BBB1 | Best of British Buses 1: Titans | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1981 |
BBB3 | Best of British Buses 3: Tigers | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1981 |
BBB6 | Best of British Buses 6: Regals | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1982 |
BBB7 | Best of British Buses 7: Regents | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1982 |
BBB8 | Best of British Buses 8: Utilities | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1983 |
BMB | The British Motor Bus | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1986 |
BM3RM | Bus Monograph 3: Routemaster | Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 1984 |
BPRM | Bus Profile: Routemaster | Alan Townsin | Ian Allan | 1990 |
BSCLB | Bus Scene in Colour: London Buses | Stephen Morris | Ian Allan | 1998 |
Bus60 | London Buses in the 1960s | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1998 |
BYB92 | Buses Yearbook 1992 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 1991 |
BYB93 | Buses Yearbook 1993 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 1992 |
BYB99 | Buses Yearbook 1999 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 1998 |
BYB00 | Buses Yearbook 2000 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 1999 |
BYB01 | Buses Yearbook 2001 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2000 |
BYB02 | Buses Yearbook 2002 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2001 |
BYB03 | Buses Yearbook 2003 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2002 |
BYB04 | Buses Yearbook 2004 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2003 |
BYB05 | Buses Yearbook 2005 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2004 |
BYB06 | Buses Yearbook 2006 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2005 |
BYB07 | Buses Yearbook 2007 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2006 |
BYB08 | Buses Yearbook 2008 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2007 |
BYB09 | Buses Yearbook 2009 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2008 |
BYB10 | Buses Yearbook 2010 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2009 |
BYB11 | Buses Yearbook 2011 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2010 |
BYB12 | Buses Yearbook 2012 | ed. Stewart Brown | Ian Allan | 2011 |
CBLA | Country Buses vol 1 | Laurie Akehurst | Capital Transport | 2012 |
CBLA2 | Country Buses vol 2 | Laurie Akehurst | Capital Transport | 2014 |
CBLA3 | Country Buses vol 3 | Laurie Akehurst | Capital Transport | 2016 |
CBY95 | Classic Bus Yearbook 1995 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1995 |
CBY_2 | Classic Bus Yearbook-2 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1996 |
CBY_3 | Classic Bus Yearbook-3 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1997 |
CBY_4 | Classic Bus Yearbook-4 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1998 |
CBY_5 | Classic Bus Yearbook-5 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 1999 |
CBY_6 | Classic Bus Yearbook-6 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2000 |
CBY_7 | Classic Bus Yearbook-7 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2001 |
CBY_8 | Classic Bus Yearbook-8 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2002 |
CBY_9 | Classic Bus Yearbook-9 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2003 |
CBY_10 | Classic Bus Yearbook-10 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2004 |
CBY_11 | Classic Bus Yearbook-11 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2005 |
CBY_12 | Classic Bus Yearbook-12 | Gavin Booth | Ian Allan | 2006 |
ClLey1 | Classic Leylands 1 | John Banks | Ian Allan | 1999 |
Croydon | Croydon's Transport | ed: John Gent | CNHSS | 2001 |
ECW | ECW 1965-1987 | M.G.Doggett & A.A.Townsin | Venture Publications | 1994 |
ECWL | Eastern Coach Works of Lowestoft | D.Roberts & J.Senior | Venture Publications | 1995 |
Exile | London Transport in Exile, 1950s and 1960s | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 2004 |
FRT | The First RTs | Alan Townsin and Tony Beard | Venture Publications | 2001 |
FYGL | Fifty Years of Green Line | Kenneth Warren | Ian Allan | 1980 |
Gas | London's Wartime Gas Buses | A.G.Newman | Capital Transport | 1997 |
GDGL | Glory Days: Green Line | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 2000 |
GDRF | Glory Days: RF | Steve Fennell | Ian Allan | 2001 |
GDRT | Glory Days: RT | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 1998 |
GD50s | Glory Days: London Transport in the 1950s | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2000 |
GRover | Green Rover | Jim Blake & J. James | Platform Ten | 1987 |
GLine | Green Line | A.McCall | Cavendish Books | 1980 |
GL3080 | Green Line 1930-1980 | D.W.K.Jones & B.J.Davis | London Country | 1980 |
GS | GS | P.Aves, A Charman | Capital Transort | 2019 |
H3945 | LT Buses & Coaches 1939-45 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1992 |
H46 | LT Buses & Coaches 1946 | John AS Hambley | Images | 1995 |
H47 | LT Buses & Coaches 1947 | John AS Hambley | Harold, Martin, Redman | 1997 |
H48 | LT Buses & Coaches 1948 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1993 |
H49 | LT Buses & Coaches 1949 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1991 |
H50 | LT Buses & Coaches 1950 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1991 |
H51 | LT Buses & Coaches 1951 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1992 |
H52 | LT Buses & Coaches 1952 | John AS Hambley | Images | 1993 |
H53 | LT Buses & Coaches 1953 | John AS Hambley | Images | 1994 |
H54 | LT Buses & Coaches 1954 | John AS Hambley | Images | 1994 |
H55 | LT Buses & Coaches 1955 | John AS Hambley | Images | 1995 |
H56 | LT Buses & Coaches 1956 | John AS Hambley | Harold, Martin, Redman | 1997 |
H57 | LT Buses & Coaches 1957 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1999 |
H58 | LT Buses & Coaches 1958 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1999 |
H61 | LT Buses & Coaches 1961 | John AS Hambley | Harold, Martin, Redman | 1997 |
H62 | LT Buses & Coaches 1962 | John AS Hambley | JASH | 1998 |
HeyLB | Heyday of London Buses | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 1992 |
HeyLB2 | Heyday of London Buses 2 | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 1995 |
HeyLB3 | Heyday of London Buses 3 | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 1996 |
HeyRM | Heyday of the Routemaster | Geoff Rixon | Ian Allan | 1997 |
HeyRT | Heyday of the RT | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 1997 |
HeyRM | Heyday of the Routemaster | Geoff Rixon | Ian Allan | 1997 |
Kent | London Buses around Kent | Roy Hobbs | Ian Allan | 2006 |
LB2939 | London Buses 1929-39 | Gavin Martin | Ian Allan | 1992 |
LB50 | London Buses in the 1950s | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1989 |
LB60 | London Buses in the 1960s | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1998 |
LB8595 | London Buses 1985-1995 | Tom McLachlan | Venture Publications | 1996 |
VHD | London Bus & Tram Album (1 edn) | "V.H.Darling" | Venture Publications | 1996 |
LB&TA | London Bus & Tram Album (2 edn) | Michael Dryhurst | Ian Allan | 1979 |
LBBW | London Buses Before The War | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1995 |
LBF339S | London Bus File 1933-39 (single-deckers) | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 2000 |
LBF339D | London Bus File 1933-39 (double-deckers) | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 2001 |
LBF405 | London Bus File 1940-45 | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1999 |
LBF469 | London Bus File 1946-49 | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1998 |
LBF504 | London Bus File 1950-54 | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1999 |
LBF562 | London Bus File 1955-62 | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1999 |
LBH86 | London Bus Handbook (1986) | Lawrie Bowles | Capital Transport | 1998 |
LBH2_87 | London Bus Handbook Part2 (Independents)(1987) | Nicholas King | Capital Transport | 1987 |
LBH2_89 | London Bus Handbook Part2 (Independents)(1989/90) | Nicholas King | Capital Transport | 1989 |
LBH2_90 | London Bus Handbook Part2 (Independents)(1990) | Nicholas King | Capital Transport | 1990 |
LBH2_92 | London Bus Handbook Part2 (Independents)(1992/3) | Nicholas King | Capital Transport | 1992 |
LBiC | London Buses in Camera | John Gray | Ian Allan | 1971 |
LBiC60 | London Buses in Colour 1960s | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 2000 |
LBP&P | London Buses Past & Present | John Reed | Capital Transport | 1986 |
LBR88 | London Bus Review 1988 | ed J.Bowden-Green | LOTS | 1989 |
LBT&N | London Buses Then & Now | Ian Cowley | Ian Allan | 1994 |
LBV1 | London's Buses Volume 1 | Blacker, Lunn, Westgate | H.J.Publications | 1977 |
LBWW2 | London Buses and the Second World War (2 edn) | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1991 |
LB2000 | Bus Scene in Colour: London Buses 2000 | Geoff Rixon | Ian Allan | 2000 |
LC2 | London Country, 2nd edn | Laurie Akehurst & David Stewart | Capital Transport | 2001 |
LCB | London's Classic Buses | John A Gray | Capital Transport | 1999 |
LCBH98 | London Country Bus Handbook | Nicholas King | Capital Transport | 1998 |
LCBBW | London's Classic Buses in Black & White | John A Gray | Capital Transport | 2001 |
LCBCP | London's Country Buses: a Colour Portfolio | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2000 |
LCJG | London Country | John Glover | Ian Allan | 2006 |
LCtryB | London's Country Buses | John Gray | Ian Allan | 1980 |
LCityB | London's City Buses | John Gray | Ian Allan | 1979 |
LCBiC | London Country Buses in Colour | Michael Baker | Ian Allan | 1998 |
Ledgd | Ledgard Way | Keith A.Jenkinson | Autobus Review Publications | 1981 |
LSubB | London's Suburban Buses | John Gray | Ian Allan | 1976 |
LT30s | London Transport in the 1930s | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2007 |
LT3362 | London Transport 1933-1962 | Michael Baker | Ian Allan | 1996 |
LT40s | London Transport in the 1940s | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2003 |
LT60s | London Transport in the 1960s | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2005 |
LT6395 | London Transport Since 1963 | Michael Baker | Ian Allan | 1997 |
LT70s | London Transport in the 1970s | Michael H.C.Baker | Ian Allan | 2006 |
LTBG | London Transport Bus Garages | John Aldridge | Ian Allan | 2001 |
LTG | London Transport Garages | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 2006 |
LTGL | London Transport Green Line | Laurie Akehurst | Capital Transport | 2005 |
LUB | London's Utility Buses | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 1997 |
LYG | Last Years of the General | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1995 |
Merlin | The London Merlin | Ken Russell | Capital Transport | 1985 |
Metro | Metrobus: First Ten Years | Andrew Boag | Capital Transport | 1994 |
MinCL | The Motorbus in Central London | Kenneth Warren | Ian Allan | 1986 |
MinLC | The Motorbus in London Country | Kenneth Warren | Ian Allan | 1984 |
PRV2 | Park Royal Vehicles 1942-1980 | Alan Townsin | Transport Publishing | 1980 |
RLB | Reshaping London's Buses | B.Arnold & M. Harris | Capital Transport | 1982 |
RF | RF | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 1991 |
RLHRem | The London RLH Remembered | Peter Gascoigne | Roadmaster Publishing | 1995 |
RM | Routemaster, Volume One | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 1991 |
RM_2 | Routemaster, Volume Two | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 1992 |
RMB | The Routemaster Bus | Colin Curtis | Midas Books | 1981 |
RMD | Routemaster Dispersal | Keith A Jenkinson | Autobus Review | 1995 |
RMiC | Routemasters in Colour | Geoff Rixon | Ian Allan | 1999 |
RRL | Roads & Rails of London | C.F.Klapper | Ian Allan | 1976 |
RT | RT: The Story of a London Bus | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 1980 |
RTCam | The London RT Bus in Camera | P.J.Lynch | Bradford Barton | 1978 |
RTLWA | RTL, RTW After London | J.A.S.Hambley | J.A.S.H | 1998 |
RTLWG | RTL, RTW Garage Locations | Stuart Robbs | Stuart Robbs | 2014 |
RTGarAM | RT Family Garage Locations 4: Central A-M | Stuart Robbs | Stuart Robbs | 2013 |
RTGarMX | RT Family Garage Locations 4: Central M-X | Stuart Robbs | Stuart Robbs | 2014 |
RTGarC | RT Family Garage Locations: Country | Stuart Robbs | Stuart Robbs | 2012 |
RTJub | RT Jubilee | John Reed | Silver Link/LT Museum | 1989 |
RtoR | Routes to Recovery | Ken Glazier | Capital Transport | 2001 |
smallr | London's Prewar smaller classes | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 2022 |
ST | ST | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 2012 |
STL | The STLs | Ken Blacker | Capital Transport | 1984 |
StoL | Streets of London | Kevin McCormack | Ian Allan | 2001 |
Surrey | London Buses around Surrey | Roy Hobbs | Ian Allan | 2004 |
Swift | The London Swifts | Ken Russell | Capital Transport | 1985 |
SYA1 | Sixty Years of A1 Service | George Heaney | Bus Enthusiast | 1991 |
Titan | The London Titan | Matthew Wharmby | Capital Transport | 2008 |
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