Grumman Allied Industries acquired Howe Fire Apparatus in 1976. The Grumman Emergency Products division built on the foundation laid by the legendary Howe and Oren names and soon became one...
Pierre Thibault Ltd. was Canada's largest and best known manufacturer of fire engines. Throughout its history, Thibault built every type of fire apparatus imaginable - engines, ladders, platforms, rescues, and...
In 1934, at the depths of the Great Depression, the American-LaFrance-Foamite Corporation of Elmira, New York, designed and placed into production an uncommonly handsome new big-city fire engine. Powered by...
Circus & Carnival Tractors: 1930-2001 Photo Book Action photos of construction and farm tractors put to use by circuses and carnivals. Tractors were adapted by traveling shows to drive and...
From the first experimental Holt crawler tractor to the mighty Cat D9G, this book offers the most extensive review of Caterpillar tractors available. You will be thrilled by the photos...
Tanker trucks, also known as tenders, are used by more than 65 percent of all fire departments across America. Shown are tankers by all the major and minor fire apparatus...
Euclid Earthmoving Equipment, 1924 to 1968, examines the company?s equipment origins, starting with the Euclid Crane & Hoist Company, and The Euclid Road Machinery Company, right on through the years...
The name Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway conjures images of bright red and silver Warbonnet diesels pulling gleaming stainless-steel passenger trains across the plains of Kansas and the pine-covered...
The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors explores the range of iconic “green tractors” with which Illinois-based John Deere has become one of the world’s most recognizable brands.Part of Motorbooks’...
Bringing Americans together by bus for 100 years, Greyhound is one of the top iconic names of the Twentieth Century with their so-familiar running dog logo. It all started with...
The production of coal, iron, copper, and other minerals has always presented a need for blasting and associated blast holes. Likewise, the blossoming of housing in America has demanded a...
While fully custom rigs have traditionally been the pin-ups of fire apparatus, the backbone of the American fire service has always been trucks built on commercially available chassis. Although there...
Whether you've never been in a limo, or even if a limo takes you to work each day, you will be fascinated by this comprehensive history. High-quality photos of American...
T. A. Peterman needed a better truck to haul logs in the northwest, so after experimenting and then acquiring Fageol Motors, he came up with a formula to create rugged,...
Weller Brothers was one of no fewer than four independent hearse and ambulance conversion businesses that flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike most other coachbuilders, Weller designed and fabricated...
White Trucks Of The 1960S At Work White Motor Company was a major producer of American trucks between 1919 and 1980 with its primary manufacturing facilities in Cleveland, Ohio. The...
The progression of American fire apparatus since the romantic horse-drawn era has truly been amazing. The elementary steam engines and wagons of yesteryear have evolved into a multitude of technologically...
Two books for the price of one! Covering the early and classic time period of ambulances and funeral vehicles, two out-of-print yet in demand Iconografix books have now been combined...
The Twentieth Century was a milestone in itself for transportation history, and buses played a major role in the transformation of America. The Museum of Bus Transportation presents this special...
Beginning with the 1928 Big Band buses, actually the first stretch limos, this book shows the development of the stretch limo through its various configurations up to the present day....
Of all the companies that built motor fire apparatus in America in the 20th century, none has acquired the cult-like devotion accorded the unique products of the Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine...
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway was one of the Upper Midwest’s foremost freight and passenger lines, eventually merged into the Chicago and Northwesters. A collection of photos...
Known in the fire apparatus industry for innovation and high quality craftsmanship, Saulsbury Fire and Rescue Apparatus is a true American success story. Founded in 1956 as a small, local...
Here is your chance to see some of the world's most secret fire apparatus. Corporations do not welcome photographers so these rigs are rarely seen and publicity concerning the rigs...
