The birth of the Corgi Road Collectables Road Transport range dates back to 1985 with the introduction of the Thornycroft and Renault Box Vans. Hauliers of Renown is the flagship of the range and four models are included in the Anniversary range. Each model is accompanied by a keyring featuring both the Corgi 50th and haulier's logo.

The Scottish representative is John Mitchell from Grangemouth, a company that is also celebrating its' 50th anniversary in 2006.The superb brand new Mercede-benz Actros has been specially commissioned and named Grange Corgi.

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In the 1950's and 60's the Robson's of Carlisle fleet was dominated by Fodens and Thames Traders, together with a handful of Albions.The Foden artics and 8 wheel rigids handled the heavy work whilst the Traders coped with the lighter traffic.As with the Fodens, the Trader was used in both artic and rigid forms. The rigids were mainly a mixture of 4 wheel platform and dropsides but a number of box vans were also to be found.However this is believed to be the only Thames Trader fitted with a Luton Van body.

In 1946 Jerry Harris and Sam Miners formed the haulage company Harris & Miners.Sam Miners unfortunately died in 1958 and in 1965, Brian Harris came off the road and became the Companies Transport Manager.In May 1978 Jerry Harris passed away and in July of that year Brian gained control having previously bought out the Miners family. With the local council putting draconian measures on the Company, Brian announced the closure of the business and at 5pm on the March 30th 2001 the business came to an end

Whether it's paving slabs or an architecturally and technically sophisticated construction project.Lafarge has the right cement for all applications.

Tracing its roots back to 1927 this company has a long history, mainly with regard to the transport of livestock but also for its fleet of milk tankers. Additionally their vehicles - fridge trailers, curtain siders and flats are a familiar sight around the country. In the 50's - 60's they became pioneers in the transport of livestock halting the monopoly the railways had.

TTX, based in Oldham was founded by Malcom Taylor in 1975.David Taylor has now taken over the reins and brings his personal commitment to outstanding customer care.Operating from their own secure compound with over 120,000 sq.ft.of secure dry warehousing TTX has modern fleet of tractor units, 45' trailers, 27' rigids, 7.5 tonners and Luton vans and maintenance and servicing is carried out in their own dedicated onsite workshop allowing tight control over vehicle safety and serviceability

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P.G & M.K Osborne Transport was founded in 1980, when Pete and his wife Melanie decided to embark upon what would turn out to be a successful business venture. Pete sold almost everything to purchase their first truck which stared of their transport business.By driving day and night, through years of hard work Pete and Mel attracted several high profile customers.

Stiller Group is one of the UK's leading privately owned logistics service providers offering a wide range of warehousing and distriubution services.Established in 1954 as a local haulage company operating in Teeside, the business has grown into a multi-million pound turnover company.Employing over 1000 people.

In 1973 beginning with a Volvo F86, Peter Hinchcliffe formed his own haulage company. The company today is still a family concern operating 23 Scanias, 5 Volvos and 1 Daf solely on bulk haulage.Painted in red and white pearlescent, its unique paintwork depicts Peters first Volvo F86.

Van der Kwaak is a family company that was established in 1922.They are located in Hillegom, and the loco shows the famous duck.The fleet has 35 drawbar units, 20 tractor-trailer combinations. All of which have air conditioning and cargo elevators.Van der Kwaak specialise in transporting complete loads of plants, flowers or flower bulbs to all parts of Europe.

In 1993,Frank Buckley and Steve Cooper took over the company R.Atkinson and the remnants of its all Cummins fleet to form Cooper Buckley Ltd. The Company has an all Volvo fleet of approx 30 vehicles involved in the food industry, using around 20 bulkers to shift produce to processing plants and 40 curtainsiders to move food products to regional distribution centres run by supermarket chains and high street retailers.

Bartletts Haulage is a family owned business based in Coventry, West Midlands.Bartletts have been in business for over 35 years doing mainly tipper work, although recent years have seen the company expand into general haulage and European bulk haulage.The fleet consists of 28 vehicles and 40 trailers the latest edition being a Bullnose Scania Topline T124 470.Coupled to a Fruehauf tipping trailer.

Bulmers started many years ago as a family partnership.The main bulk of the work was that of a working farm along with a small amount of farm haulage.The Company diversified introducing bulk liquid deliveries in the ealy 90's and also started bulk container work.The group runs approx 135 trucks and a variable trailer fleet.

Back in 1987, George Smith set up in business as an owner driver with a second hand Volvo F10.Over the years the business steadily increased along with a number of wagons , now nineteen years on, based outside Felton in Northumberland.George owns and runs G.A.Smith t/a Smith Bulk Haulage.The fleet consists of seventeen artics with a mix of walking floor, chipliner and bulk tipping trailers.Cereals, animal feed, coal, bark and woodchips are just a few of the products carried

model length 305mm,

Due Week Commencing 6/10/08

Limited production 1,100 worldwide

Pentons Haulage was formed in 1975 by the late Mr. Roy Penton and based at Ruyton in Shropshire. Pentons is a privately owned family run business now based at Owestry, Shropshire. Starting with a single vehicle the business out grew its home base and in early 1991 moved to the company's main site at Maes-Y-Clawdd Industrial Estate, Owestry. Pentons currently operate a mixed fleet of 70 units and has 100 chilled trailers available for the fleet.

Trevor Pye Transport is a small family run haulage business.It was started in 1984 with one Volvo F7 lorry.They now have a fleet of 19 lorries, which includes Volvo, Daf and Scania painted in company colours od red, white and blue. The vehicles all have personalised number plates for example A13 PYE, M22 PYE, W8 PYE . The Company transports various goods including temperature controlled distribution, liquid fertiliser and steel on flat trailers.

Founded in 1972 by Paul Archer with an 8 wheel Foden tipper moving aggregates in the West Midlands from his base in Tamworth. The fleet gradually increased to 30 Foden tippers moving aggregates, sugar beet and coal. During the 1980's the Company began to diversift into forklift transport.Which corresponded with growth in the logistics sector.The fleet changed and Archers grew into low loaders transporting forklifts nationwide and buying Kerbaide trailers enabling low loader manufacture

Sight and sound Pollock Scotrans Ltd.Realistic visual effects combine with authentic sounds bringing the model to life before your eyes.

Edward Gilder established Edward Gilder & Co.Ltd in 1955. Today Edward Gilder & Co Ltd run a mixed fleet of livestock & temperature controlled vehicles all of which are top of the range Scania's specialising in meat and livestock to Europe. Malta, Cyprus, Africa & Russia

 Sandy Anderson started his own business in his home village of Dalmellington in 1974 with a second hand AEC six wheeler, initially all his work was for Scottish Agricultural Industries delivering fertilliser to farm in the south west of Scotland.The company moved to refrigerated trailers in 1992, when the new regulations on transporting fish in these vans came into force and the international business started in 1985/86 with trips to Holand and Belgium

Scania Topline Curtainside - Ian Hayes Transport, Cookstown, Co.Tyrone,

Enter into a world of 'sight and sound' models,  realistic engine noises, warning horn, pneumatic brake sound, trailer lights, driving lights, indicators are some of the many features of this new concept in model trucks

Norman Oliver and his wife Lynn, hence N&L who are now senior directors of the Limited Company formed in 1988, founded Olivers Transport in August 1972 as N & Oliver at Kirk Yethom near Kelso.Olivers Transport Ltd. originally operated from a small base in Kirk Yethon with one vehicle, later moving to rented space on an industrial estate in Kelso, by this time operating six vehicles and employing 5 drivers until 1982 when they moved to their current 5 acre site at Eccles.The Company currently operates ovewr 25 vehicles and employ more than 30 people, their operations include livestock haulage, storage and general haulage

Model length 345mm.

Andrew Wishart & Sons Ltd. of Kirkaldy, Fife, established in 1913 operating a fleet of horse and carts progressed into a strong fleet of over 30 vehicles and 80 trailers operating throughout the UK and Europe. A vehicle replacement policy of every 4 years ensure the fleet is modern and highly efficient to make customer deliveries on time every time.The Company is still owned by the Wishart family now operated by the third generation.

McCulla (Ireland) Ltd. was originally formed as David McCulla & Sons approximately 35 years ago with the founder operating with one truck and refrigerated trailers on a cross channel service. The Company were the first to move refrigerated loads from Ireland to Europe.The Company diversified into cold storage and became McCulla (Ireland) Ltd. and by 1995 the fleet carried a new corporate livery and now operate around 20 artics all on refrigerated trailers and some smaller 18 ton rigids.

J.Long & Sons Ltd. is a true family businessformed in the 1920's and now in its fourth generation. The Company services a wide range of customers ,specialising in printed goods and major forest products, since 1988 they have been members of the Pall-Ex overnight pallet service.The fleet comprises of 90 rigid and artic vehicles.

The De Rijke Group was founded in 1945 by Mr, Cees de Rijke Snr. who bought his first truck for the transport of milk and cattle from the American Army.Since those early days De Rijke has grown from a transport company to a complete logistics services provider.Now the Rijke Group is located in eight European countries and has approx 1400 employees and is still an independent family concern.

Over the past 75 years Visbeen has grown into one of the largest carriers of fresh produce to the United Kingdom.Each day Visbeen supplies supermarket chains and wholesale markets with fresh produce.All goods are delivered to the customer within 10-24 hours .Freshness guaranteed!.Early in 2001 Visbeen took over International Transport Company Gebrs.

Our Local Hauliers!!!   Scale replica of the XF Space Cab comes as Limited Edition featuring all the detail you'd expect from the new generation of Road Transport models, including realistic air lines, fine detail wipers and separately applied rear view mirrors. The striking red and white livery of the Gloucester based haulier is meticulously reproduced, and the model comes in customised display packaging.

The Devon Company with a National Reputation - The history of Parsons Nationwide DistributionLtd. can be traced back to 1929 when the Company was founded by Robert John Parsons. The modern fleet of over 100 vehicles and trailers offer a comprehensive nationwide service.

Founded in 1954 in Haslington, Crewe by Gerald & Rachel Chamberlin, Chamberlin Transport Ltd. has grown both in size and reputation from its humble beginnings, operating two vehicles into the Company you see today.The Company operates in excess of 30 vehicles ranging from 44mt artics to 3.5mt vans and employing over 40 staff. In 2004 Chamberlin Transport celebrated its 50th Anniversary.

Robert Walker purchased his first truck in the mid 1930's to haul produce from his own and neighbouring market gardens to market.At the end of the Second World War, he diversified into general haulage and the business grew rapidly.Low loaders were added to the fleet in the during the 60's and 70's undertaking many unusual loads one of which was the ill fated 'Bluebird' boat on a countrywide exhibition during 1965.Today the Company is controlled by the third generation of the family and operates a fleet of specialised vehicles.

John G Russell (Transport) Ltd is a family owned business founded in 1969, initially in general haulage, diversified into containerisation offering storage, repair and transportation services throughout Scotland

Marshalls is the UK's leading manufacturer of superior innovative hard landscaping products including paving, walling, block paving and watermanagement products, supplying the construction, home improvement and landscape markets.Marshalls own and operate a fleet of 110 articulated vehicles, which distribute their products around the UK to builders merchants and direct -to-site.

In 1945, Joseph Cyril Bamford created the very first JCB product - a tipping trailer.Today JCB is one of the world's largest manufactures of earthmoving, agricultural and materials handling equipment.The company that began as a 'one man band' now employs over 6,000 people and produces over 250 different models on 4 continents - with bases in the UK, USA, India and South America.Each machine is a product of hard work and attention to detail.This dedication along with world-class innovation and customer care, results in JCB being market leader in many of the 150 countries where its machines are sold

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Kinlochbervie Fishselling Co.Ltd. was established in 1972 when the John Wood Group of Aberdeen took over the established business operated by Pulford Scotland Ltd.They run two artics pulling Gray & Adams refrigerated trailers a Mercedes Benz Actros and a DAF which are used to transport fish to Aberdeen the Humber, France and Ireland

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Peter Wood is a family man and time served mechanic who set up in business as an owner driver over forty years ago on 1st April 1966.He has worked in various fields including tippers carrying aggregate for roads, tankers carrying chemicals and edible oils, and flat work which involved roping and sheeting.He has used containers for household property and foodstuffs, delivering them to markets and ports for export, travelling throughout Europe, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.Peter wood has owned an articulated vehicle for the last twenty years and this DAF XF was purchased 5 years ago and carries a spectacular livery of red, blue and yellow

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Husband and wife team, Donald and Catriona Macritchie, previously operated Skye Expres, which specialised in providing a daily service to and from the Isle of Skye.Folowing demand from manufacturing outlets in the Inverness area, increasing emphasis was placed on volumes to and from the Scottish Central Belt.As a result of this,MacRitchie Highland Distribution was formed in October 2002.The Company now operates regular trunking services between Inverness and Glasgow and provides a daily network throughout the North of Scotland.Dedicated services to Belgium and France are another feature of the Company's operations.The curent fleet of 12 vehicles comprises DAF's and Volvos, with a variety of specialised curtainsided trailers, all in the Company's distinctive and eye catching livery

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Since its formation 30 years ago, Saints Transport has concentrated on serving the Aviation industry.Saints has one of the most up to date fleets consisting of varying makes and models ranging from specialist Articulated Airfreight vehicles to small courier vans.The fleet is currently in excess of 200 vehicles which are based between their headquarters at Heathrow and their outer offices at Manchester, Gloasgow and Cardiff.This allows the Company to provide an unrivalled inter-airport network for all types of Air cargo and related materials.

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Detailed diecast model of the ERF ECT with curtainside trailer in the blue livery of Richard Read Transport, based in the village of Longhope, Gloucestershire.

John Mitchell started the business in 1956 with one vehicle operating from Grangemouth in central Scotland.The business expanded over the years and in 1973 moved to a purpose built 3 acre haulage depot.Continued growth saw the aquisition of Thornbridge depot - a 26 acre site with 150,000sqft of covered warehousing and storage capacity for over 1000 freight containers.

Innovate Logistics is one of the UK's leading providers of temperature controlled storage and distribution adopting a fresh approach to supply chain solutions.It has a large fleet of vehicles .With nine distribution centres strategically located across the UK, its services include the distribution of goods, packing, case picking, stock management, road and rail freight services.

Hanbury Davies Ltd was started in 1999 by former owner of  Russell Davies Ltd. Glyn Davies and colleagues Ian Wilson and Philip West.The head office is based in Felixstowe and Hanbury Davies runs a mixed marque fleet of MAN, Volvo, Mercedes and Scania.In the second half of 2004 the fleet was rebranded to make it more modern and top really catch attention.Gradually the Company are replacing all 450 vehicles in the fleet with the new livery.

This striking MAN TGA Curtainside is one of a 25 strong general haulage fleet run by the Highlands and Islands operator Woody's Express, Woody's Express Parcels is an established haulage and courier company with permanent depots in Stornaway (head office) on the Isle of Lewis and in Inverness.Parcels are delivered on a daily basis throughout the Outer Hebrides, Inverness areas, Aberdeen and Glasgow 

Sloan Transport was formed in July 1969 and is based near Dromore in Co.Down.The Company is family owned and currently run a fleet of around sixteen vehicles and over 70 trailers.The tractor units are a mix of Scania, Volvo, DAF and MAN and trailers include flats, curtainsiders, euroliners, coil carriers and walking floors

In 1863 Mr.Sigismund Pollitzer and Mr John Beck established a general carrier and warehousing partnership at Upper Thames Street in London.Beck and Pollitzer is now one of Europe's leading services contractors specialising in the installation and relocation of industrial plant and machinery, with 15 locations throughout the UK and Europe. In 2005 the Mayor of London awarded Beck and Pollitzer the contract to transport the Christmas tree from the port of Immingham to Trafalger Square and to carry out the off loading and erection.

R.T.Keedwell was born when Ray Keedwell began operating with just one vehicle.Steady growth continued until the early 1990's when the loss of an imported contract caused the business to downsize back to just 12 vehicles. This blip served only to make all involved more determined and in a relatively short time since, R.T.Keedwell has expanded his reach rapidly across the UK.Today the Company still operates from its traditional base in Somerset, but also has further sites in Glasgow, Carlisle, York and Manchester

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With over 35 years of experience, this family owned and run business, Evans Transport Ltd. brings you efficiency, reliability and competitive rates.Offering a nationwide service from three depots ,Birmingham, Exeter and the head office in Barnstaple,North Devon, all year round. With a versatile modern fleet of 120 vehicles, Evans Transport Ltd. has the ability to meet most of your needs in a proffesional manner.The main activities of the Company are road haulage, distribution, storage and commercial vehicle repairs.The Company also provides stevedore facilities at Bideford Port

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Gault Haulage began in 1988 as a family firm based in County Down,N.Ireland.From the outset the byword of the company was quality of service coupled with the personal/family touch.Pride in the fleet has always been displayed throughout the high level of maintainance invested in the tractor units and trailers displayed in the stylish company livery.The Company currently runs a fleet of 12 units and is a well established and highly respected member of  N.Ireland road haulage community and undertakes haulage to all corners of the UK

models length 345mm,

Due Week Commencing 6/10/08

Limited production 1,000 worldwide

Stephen Sanderson Transport Ltd. was founded by Stephen Sanderson with one vehicle and a loan of two hundred pounds from his grandfather. Mr. George Lee.The business started by making deliveries for local engineering companies around Leicestershire. In 2001 the fleet had grown to 45 heavy commercial vehicles and 50 trailers engaged in transport throughout the UK and Europe. In March 2002 the company joined Palletline who are the largest pallet distribution networlk in the UK.

James Irlam Logistics is a widely respected independently owned business with many years experience within the fast moving UK supply chain. The Fleet consists entirely of high specification DAF units, each operating for a maximum of 3 years and a comprehensive maintenance programme ensures driver safety and guards against breakdowns