Nowadays light rail tramway systems are all the rage but no one talks about bringing back the trolleybuses.
Of course in hindsight losing such a network (and the tram networks) was a mistake the latter though is slowly being rectified via various costly new tram schemes. You have to wonder sometimes why trolleybuses are not given a go, they can use the existing roads so the start-up costs must be much less though they would suffer from the same road congestion problems as motorbuses of course and more importantly arn't as sexy as light rail...
I haven't seen a working trolleybus in the UK (i have seen one as a boy abroad but i can't remember where!) but i have seen a number of preserved examples including one of the Walsall trolleybuses which used to be in the AMRTM collection (is it still there?)
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| A Walsall trolleybus with 2 motorbuses at the AMRTM |
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| A London trolleybus at the LT Museum Depot, Acton |
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| Trolleypoles seen here were used to collect the current from overhead wires |
