benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Ian,...........walked back from Melton once,.............after a good hiding from a jealous boyfriend,never forget Caol,and she was worth it..........lol. just to keep it in thread,.........wish there had been trolley buses.............. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 One for benjamin. I feel a song coming on...........To all the Girls I've Loved Before. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 AWE good old Julio....................ive held the best...............lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Or the Hollies.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 #21. Benjamin, you obviously didn't know the short cut down Woodthorpe ROAD (nearly opposite the top of Porchester Road) if you walked down there, bearing right at the bottom, you reached a cinder track which joined Woodthorpe Drive halfway down - nearly opposite the house where I grew up! It was a very lonely way to walk as the brickyards were on both sides at that time and there were no lights on the cinder track but you wouldn't have been scared, would you? Ian, my Paul cycled from Asfordby to Woodthorpe to propose to me one evening and when he got to our house I wasn't there - I'd gone to visit a boy down the road who was a friend I'd known since I was a toddler. My mum told him the address and he went to find me there... But he didn't propose till we got back to my house. Of course I said yes, but then he had to cycle back to Asfordby after midnight and he was working the next day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 No not if i'd known i ws in your vicinity Margie...................lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve7martin 8 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Back to the thread.........anyone know why the trolley bus had 6 wheels? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 It was a road traffic regulation - buses over a certain length had to have 3 axles. Shorter trolleybuses had 2 axles, just like most buses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve7martin 8 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Thanks, notty ash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Also could then carry more passengers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 As the 39 seems to be especially remembered by many, this is one at the Carlton end of the route. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,534 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 At least 507 retains its dent in the front of the roof! I thought the three axles were to do with axle load (weight) rather than vehicle length. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 I can't find much online but 3 axles allowed bodies up to 30’ long at one time, just pre-WW2 - shorter for 2-axle bodies. The regulations applied to single and double deckers. If it were due to weight then I would have thought single deckers could be much longer than double deckers before they required 3 axles. Regulations for PSVs were very restrictive until the 1950s, with strict limits on width as well as length. Things are much different nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Where's Bilbraborn!! As I've said on here before, we were both very much involved in the trolleybus preservation team and much so during those last rights, I can't believe it was 50 years ago that all that was happening. Look up what we've both published on here before. I think I mentioned it before as well, I do have the original starting handle from trolley 506, a great lump of rubberized brass that lived down near the driver's left foot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WAB 1 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Many years ago my girlfriend used to live on Charlbury Rd and when we had been out and I had taken her home i used to get the last trolleybus from Middleton blvd back into town. This went into town enroute to Parliament st depot. I got off at the news theatre (this stop was known as the turkish baths) I llived at the time off Woodborough rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 On my other thread on stopping buses & running away, some of the buses were trolley buses, some were the brown Bridgford buses. The conductors & drivers looked so mad I think they'd have connected me across the wires if they'd caught me, well Catfan would. That would have come as a shock to me, lol.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 How they moved it away from the Square........ The thing doing the pulling is impressive in its own right. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,534 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 One thing I did notice while it was parked in Market Square, the poles were secured into their hook with a cable tie on each just in case they decided to flip up. It amused me a bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 That wagon is overkill Cliff Ton ! A Transit van would pull that Trolleybus ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 It's not pulling that's the problem it's stopping Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 And I don't think a transit van would pull the bus up Market Street, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Talking of brakes: Did they have regenerative braking systems like the modern trams that stuff electric back into the wires when slowing down, or just common or garden air brakes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,534 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Motor buses of that age didn't have air brakes, they had vacuum brakes. The handbrake would have been mechanical. Even the 1967 Leyland PD2 I did my PSV in still had vacuum brakes as late as that. Now I want to know what brakes trolleybuses had. Did they have an electric system to produce vacuum? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 I don't know if this link has been posted previously - but is pure nostalgia - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/themes/Old-Bus-Photos/galleries/nottingham_trolleybuses_the_last_years/nottingham_trolleybuses_the_last_years.php Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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