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Chevrolet Astro III

America’s answer to the Reliant Robin... or futuristic ‘moonshot’ of the automotive world using turbine technology that was never to be? Either way, Richard Heseltine thinks Chevy’s Astro III was truly out of this world…

Beginner's Luck

This beautiful boattailed 1972 Buick Riviera was acquired last year by American car rookie, Adam Pearce. Was it all plain sailing or choppy waters for this first-time American car owner? Editor Ben Klemenzson finds out…

A little bit tangy

Paul does another European trip, when the UK was still in the EU, but Covid had arrived too

Back to ERF

This ERF EC11 Olympic was fully rebuilt from the ground up and has been working hard every night trunking for the last three years, with some low loader work too!

Orange Blossom Special

Here’s the latest addition to a superb new livestock fleet from Wales, featuring Scania’s new 540 engine

Feeding the nation

They may not be glamourous but they’re one of the biggest and most important sectors of our transport industry. So let’s shine the spotlight on some unsung heroes

Secret Seven

Way down in the south east of Ireland, you’ll find a fleet with a whole lot of horsepower supplied by no less than seven Volvo FH16s!

TRUE BLUE

Owner-driver Dan Lote’s first new truck is a stunner – but then this all-blue Daf XF 530 had to be something special to replace his much-loved first truck

Swede summer sun!

Stefan Bloeman and his friends took their old school Volvos on a tour of Europe last summer and he wrote to tell us all about it

Staying A float

After a busy 2019 shifting boats all over Europe, Ashley Peden had his world turned upside down when coronavirus struck, but he got going again with a trip to Norway which ended with some wonderful news from home

Sitting on the fence

Nick Oates and his family have built several successful businesses in the past decade within their KN Group, and his striking Renault Range T-High Low is the best advert for it – as well as paying tribute to his late wife

Hit for Six!

Scania’s new 540hp six-pot is proving the perfect match for AAD Transport, who recently took in some of the first in Scotland. We spoke to boss Alan Davie about them

Hybrid chicken

BSA Bantams come in many forms, and the ability to interchange parts between different models permits an almost endless number of variants.

Green WITH ENVY

Life aboard a 1950s 350cc British single is perhaps as good and as uncomplicated as it can get.

Worth the wait

Captivated by sight of one as a small boy, finally our man has the chance to try an NSU Max.And a ‘Spezial’ one at that…

The Motorcycle: DESIGN, ART AND DESIRE

The concluding part of a two-part feature, in which the history of motorcycle evolution is examined and a new book’s author interviewed.

Cream rises

There were several ‘star performers’ at Bonhams’ winter sale, as the choice machines achieved huge sums.

The Giant of Provence

With so few events to report from, it’s time to look back over a spectacular French event and look forward to its hopeful resumption.

Store cupboard special

A big box of presents? Must be Christmas! More deliveries keep the project on track.

By 1929, CJP Dodson was a bona fide top level road racer, pretty much unbeatable on the sand, too.

The diminutive Charlie Dodson was the last man to win a TT, the 1928 Senior, on a ‘flat-tank’ machine, then the next year became the first (and only) winner of a TT on a saddle tank Sunbeam, as well as recording the last ever success in the Island for the Marston maker.

Cassandra the Canadian Commando

After landing a new job and with time on his hands, a young man in Vancouver decided to restore a British motorcycle considerably older than him.

A brief chat with... Paul Goff

Interviewing for these ‘chat’ features has revealed a regular theme – the subject has become involved in fettling old motorcycles because of a personal experience.

Woodhead's first electric

The first of what was to become British Rail’s Class 76 fleet emerged 80 years ago this month in the midst of the Second World War.

Powerscene

Our authoritative class-by-class review of newsworthy locomotive workings.

LSL Mk.3 fleet in focus

David Russell profiles the Mk.3 coaches belonging to Locomotive Services.

‘2024 Stock' design due soon

Cab and body mock-ups of the Piccadilly Line’s new train fleet should be released by Siemens in March.

Letting the train take the strain

Car-carrying Motorail services were an everyday feature of British Railways’ timetables from the 1950s, but were eventually killed off by the growing motorway network.

End for Harrogate line token working

Semaphores remain but, as David Russell reports, a switch to tokenless signalling on the York to Harrogate line should make it more efficient for operations.

EMR retires its final VP185-powered HSTs

The final Paxman-engined Class 43s are removed from passenger service on the Midland Main Line, but happily 11 still remain active with other operators.

Belmond Grand Hibernian quits Ireland

Owner of luxury train has new plans in store for it.