tramcars & Trolleybuses
London Trams ceased operation in 1951.
Trams now being considered old fashioned, noisy and obsolete; and not at all what the traveling public want. The public when asked were not so dogmatic
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The Demise of the Edinburgh Tram
A look at the first generation electric tram system in Edinburgh.
Modern video of old trams and trolleybuses taken at the East Anglian Transport Museum and the National Tramway Museum, Crich.
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The elephant will never forget 1952
A nostalgic look back at London's last tram.
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A clean, quiet mode of transport with a bit more maneuverability than the rail bound tram
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No 72 was the last Trolley Bus to operate in Maidstone, Kent. It was introduced into service in 1947 and withdrawn in April 1967.
This clip was filmed at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum ijn North Lincolnshire where it has been restored and is in regular use. Oct 2009. The Maidstone trolleybus system once served Maidstone, the county town of Kent, England. Opened on 1 May 1928, it gradually replaced the Maidstone tramway network.
By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Maidstone system was a small one, with just two routes, and a maximum fleet of only 24 trolleybuses. It was closed on 15 April 1967. Three of the former Maidstone trolleybuses are now preserved, two of them at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, and the other at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, Suffolk. |