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DickyC said:
Or trolley bus racing. The techical issues were insurmountable though. Shame really.
I thought trolleybuses were killed off by the financial pressures of re-investment and lower diesel running costs before oil price rocketed. Seems very short-sighted now.Many other countries kept their systems:
Trolleybuses Galore said:
There are still 340-350 trolleybus systems around the world, despite significant numbers of closures during the late twentieth century. In particular the UK became completely trolleyless (except for museums) in 1972, unfortunately just before the energy crises of the 1970's and the upsurge of Green awareness which may have saved them. It may surprise many people from the western world how many systems there are, and that during the 1990's, for example, more systems opened (37) than closed (29).
http://trolleybus.org.uk/worldwide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_s...
http://trolleybus.org.uk/worldwide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_s...
bigothunter said:
Dapster said:
Dresden DDR
Never seen so many oily 2-strokes in one photo before. Just imagine that lot idling together at the car park exit 
Anyway, the Trabis are carry DDR plates so with the large amount (relatively) of Western stuff, I'm going to say this is 1990+ but before reunification. There would be no Western stuff in the East prior to the fall of the wall. Or none you'd notice.
bigothunter said:
DickyC said:
Or trolley bus racing. The techical issues were insurmountable though. Shame really.
I thought trolleybuses were killed off by the financial pressures of re-investment and lower diesel running costs before oil price rocketed. Seems very short-sighted now.And some countries/cities have even re-introduced them in recent, or even not so recent years, San Francisco being one such city, which introduced them about 20 years ago.
Tyre Smoke said:
bigothunter said:
Dapster said:
Dresden DDR
Never seen so many oily 2-strokes in one photo before. Just imagine that lot idling together at the car park exit Anyway, the Trabis are carry DDR plates so with the large amount (relatively) of Western stuff, I'm going to say this is 1990+ but before reunification. There would be no Western stuff in the East prior to the fall of the wall. Or none you'd notice.
aeropilot said:
bigothunter said:
DickyC said:
Or trolley bus racing. The techical issues were insurmountable though. Shame really.
I thought trolleybuses were killed off by the financial pressures of re-investment and lower diesel running costs before oil price rocketed. Seems very short-sighted now.And some countries/cities have even re-introduced them in recent, or even not so recent years, San Francisco being one such city, which introduced them about 20 years ago.
aeropilot said:
bigothunter said:
DickyC said:
Or trolley bus racing. The techical issues were insurmountable though. Shame really.
I thought trolleybuses were killed off by the financial pressures of re-investment and lower diesel running costs before oil price rocketed. Seems very short-sighted now.And some countries/cities have even re-introduced them in recent, or even not so recent years, San Francisco being one such city, which introduced them about 20 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_San_...
This popped up on the Newcastle Upon Tyne Chronicle page today- Self explanatory title c/o Mirror pix.
I grew up in the North East and remember well the Skinheads and Greasers. Hoardes of gangs used to travel down to Whitley Bay at the weekend and many a fight ensued along the way. Station Road and Marine Avenue were jammed packed from the beach all the way back to the railway station. The police used to patrol in Hillman Imps and carried tasers....no ...correct that...alstation dogs which were far more effective.
Was that really over 50yrs ago? Grey matter stirs...Levi Stay Press, two tone obviously with a pair of shiny brogues...
We used to call the Police Van the Meat Wagon. H&S would have a field day seeing those lads in the back of the (Imp) Commer Van
I grew up in the North East and remember well the Skinheads and Greasers. Hoardes of gangs used to travel down to Whitley Bay at the weekend and many a fight ensued along the way. Station Road and Marine Avenue were jammed packed from the beach all the way back to the railway station. The police used to patrol in Hillman Imps and carried tasers....no ...correct that...alstation dogs which were far more effective.
Was that really over 50yrs ago? Grey matter stirs...Levi Stay Press, two tone obviously with a pair of shiny brogues...
We used to call the Police Van the Meat Wagon. H&S would have a field day seeing those lads in the back of the (Imp) Commer Van
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