Trolleybus driver training...

[oldsyphilitic]

A charming film with a charming soundtrack. Thanks very much for posting.

[Butchuk2007]

Take a look at this video taken in 1990 of No.1 in action at a museum>> watch?v=3nqHefTeK_0

[andredeaquino2008]

Muito bom este vídeo.

Não me conformo com esta realidade. Ja exportaram trolebus para o Brasil, pais onde eu moro, e hoje não tem mais trolebus no país.

[malo66]

Much as I like "On the Buses", this is far superior! Many thanks for posting.

[wongo93]

I'm sure I've seen the indecisive driver at 1:27 recently: he drives a Nissan Micra now, of course...

[bistdubeimir228]

Excellent film and the 1930's music was so apt!

[soundnicetome]

People of a certain age will remember these fantastic buses,fast clean and very comfortable.Such a short sighted decision to rid our streets of these icons of the road.Thanks for showing us the vid,not sure about the music though?

[modelearth]

how ironic it is that we are now looking to use electric buses again - in london anyway. i am not sure why an earth they were scrapped!! madness

[Ben31337l]

@modelearth Yeah, london had trams, they were scrapped because they ran on set routes, it is complete madness.

[JollyRodders]

@Ben31337l The trolleybus you see in this video was set to replace the trams because the tracks as well as the trams which were coming up to 30 years old, were starting to wear out and needed replacing en-masse. It was alot cheaper to abandon the tracks and replace the trams with trolleybuses. As you can see in the video LUT also had a modern tram built as well.

[Ben31337l]

@JollyRodders so, why did trollybusses end? the overhead lines expensive to maintain?

[JollyRodders]

@Ben31337l Trolleybuses came to an end because they were not considered to be flexible like a diesel powered bus, which could go anywhere it wanted. They didn't need the external infrastructure to provide the power to the bus, such as a power station and substations, overhead wires poles etc and the associated costs of maintaing that infrastructure...So simply put...yes.

[Ben31337l]

@JollyRodders That's ironic, because they have bus routes, which tell the busses where to go, and the busses stick to the route.

But fair enough.

[Butchuk2007]

@Ben31337l Yes today we have a different outlook, but back in the 1950s & 1960s it was thought more economical to replace fixed routes with the more flexible motor buses. Other parts of the world thought differently hence you have good tramways modernised over the years and also trolleybus routes still in operation. The U.K was starting to re-introduce trams until a certain Alistair Darling was lobbied by WorstGroup. He then cancelled all tramway projects at the time....back in 2003.

[Ben31337l]

@Butchuk2007 Ohh... it would have been awesome for london to get trams again.

It's a shame that london is stuck with motor busses.

[citytransportinfo]

@JollyRodders in those days the harmful effects of diesel engine exhuast fumes were not understood.

Big mistake... which has helped to cost people their health, even their lives.

[drigin1234]

Marvellous Thankyou so much!

[arsecrabs55]

Is that Blakey getting into the driving seat at the end? From the posture I reckon its him. ;)

[MrSignalbelle]

Remember as a child getting on a trolleybus, there acceleration could never be beaten by a bus even today. Nearly had my arm ripped off when holding on to the platform pole when the starting bell had been given.

[dipstickplucker]

I doubt he past his test. Double overtake ulling out out from that junction..... Tut! Tut!

[crossleydd42]

There was no test at that time!

The thing is that the trolleybus would have vastly out-accelerated anything on the roads then, and probably even so today! And they could go, too. I recall enjoying a 60mph ride on one across Mitcham Common when courting! Later model, though.

[Ikaruszaki]

Strongly reminds me of On The Buses :D