SUNBEAM / Weymann - Walsall Corporation 166

For a brief shining moment, trolleybuses graced the streets of Glasgow. They were handsome, sleek and powerful machines, capable of rapid acceleration, yet virtually free from noise or vibration. And they had a good safety record. At one time it was thought that they would be the natural successors to the trams. Like the trams,

This set contains London trolleybuses real and in model form and also service vehicles that worked on the LT trolleybus system.Also included are other items connected to the LT trolleybus service.

June 1979. At Granville Bridge.

Rotherham, Mexbrough & Swinton Trolleybuses

TROLLEYBUSES IN CHILE

By 1928, Notts & Derby was given power to operate a trolleybus system in the area. The first part of the system opened between Bridge Street, Cotmanhay and Hallam Fields, Ilkeston on 7 January 1932....

Trams and Trolleybuses Page

Walsall Trolleybuses 869 and 877 in Bloxwich High Street during the last weeks before WMPTE took over bus operations in the town. The Walsall trolleybus system lasted just one year under the PTE. September 1969.

Britain had 50 operators between 1911 and 1972 running in many large towns and London suburbs. By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems

I've added a smaller gallery on the trolleybuses of these two operators, the majority of the material relates to the last months of operation and features the final tour. The gallery is at http://davidbeilby.zenfolio.com/f480400271

Trams and Trolleybuses of Brazil

STCP Depot Porto - 30/4/1982

Boston, Massachusetts at one time had the third largest trolleybus systems in the USA and the current situation there presents an interesting illustration of the dilemmas facing transit managements across the country in relation to diesel hybrid buses, battery buses and, where present, trolleybuses. The trolleybus system in Boston opened in 1936 and over the […]

Trolleybuses and Buses serving Tottenham

The trolleybuses of old Pontypridd - Wales Online