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In the heat of the 1930s Syrian Desert, the world's largest bus blasts through the sand. The unique vehicles of the Nairn Transport Company once ruled the desert, forging a path where no vehicles had gone before. Founded by two Kiwis, by the 1930s Nairn Transport had developed some of the most advanced and luxurious overland transport found anywhere in the world. But how did it work? What happened to them and where, perhaps, are they now?

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Sources:

"Nairn Bus to Baghdad" by JS Tullet
UK: https://amzn.to/3X7PBqb
US: https://amzn.to/3VpSbqt

"The Nairn Way" by John M Munro:
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US: https://amzn.to/3X5gLxY

Radio Interview with Norman Nairn:
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-u...

Fun Article with some interesting illustrations!
https://www.mashallahnews.com/the-des...

Good Aramcoworld article on the service:
https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue...

Those lovely posters:
https://sites.northwestern.edu/northw...

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00:00 - Intro
02:17 - Thanks Odoo!
04:14 - The Motor Car Comes to the Middle East
04:42 - The Nairns
05:13 - Expedition Across the Desert
06:51 - Baghdad to New York in 15 Days?
07:44 - "The Nairn Way" Grows
08:47 - Norman Nairn Speaks
10:07 - The Largest Bus in the World!
15:38 - WWII Service
17:03 - The Ultimate Desert Bus
21:56 - What Happened to the Desert Buses?
25:40 - Waffling on a Bit