Trolleybuses

Crossley Empire TDD 42/2 trolleybus: photographed at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester

Imagine a noisy busy city, heavy traffic pounding the worn out potholed roads, people darting in and out between parked cars to get across the road. Then WHOOSH! - it seems that from out of nowhere, this silent lump of metal is suddenly upon you! As in most cases the trolleybus driver is alert and has managed to toot his squeaky horn a split second before your blood would have messed up the trolleybus’s shiny new paintwork. In Glasgow we called them The Silent Killers .

Crossley Dominion TDD 64/1 trolleybus.photographed at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester
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Glasgow Corporation Burlingham bodied B.U.T. RETB1 trolleybus: photographed at the Riverside Museum Glasgow
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photographed at the Riverside Museum Glasgow
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Glasgow Corporation Burlingham bodied B.U.T. RETB1 trolleybus: photographed at the Riverside Museum Glasgow
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Glasgow Corporation Burlingham bodied B.U.T. RETB1 trolleybus: photographed at the Riverside Museum Glasgow
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