Vintage Trolley Bus/Trackless Trolley Parade

[@JustClaude13]

1:30 I love that old GMC. Beautiful design.

[@General19791]

Those trackless trolleys look like they would be one great ride. It's good to see some history.

[@malikmcclain7869]

Just fascinating with these vintage chariots! I arrived in San Francisco in 1972 and the Muni were running regularly those big green and yellow trolley buses. They were ragged as hell, some had window frames barely in place ,and other aged features. I just loved the history, nostalgia and the motor coaches of the same era, sometimes struggled and sputtered to make it up the hill. If anyone has footage of those vintage boats, please post them. I think everyone would enjoy the historic ride. !

[@gacj2010]

I love these quiet buses

[@arickq]

Trolleybus with a trailer is from Lausanne, Switzerland, model FBW 91U

[@stift18]

The second trolley is a 1950s Pullman Standard... the same as used today in Valparaiso and preserved as Human Legacy by Unesco and are the oldest in-active-service trolleys in the world

[@CroniValpo]

That's right, it's like seeing trolleybus 814 but painted in another color. How exiting!.

[@busrailfan]

WOW! The compressor on the BBC was nice and loud as usual and overpowered the MBTA Flyer E800. Nice vid!

[@jdgator95]

Thank you dearly

[@8v71buses]

Man these trolley buses are hecka dope. I'm lovin this

[@ralphwatzke304]

And Edmonton's Trolleybus 125 is shown in this group, one of only a few of the batch of one hundred to actually be preserved! Regrettably, a batch of 28 of them that were shipped to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ended up being scrapped due to problems at the receiving end...

[@retroolschool]

Wow! Funny how some models are quieter than others eh? Very interesting flashback to an era I wish I had been part of....

[@jeromewysocki8809]

retroolschool , I rode in them all over Chicago's north and northwest sides many years ago. They accelerated fast. I miss them.

[@merccadoosis8847]

great vehicles - thanks for this wonderful video

[@bdrichardson403]

I rode them with my grandmother in Indpls IN. If I remember right...occasionally the boom would disconnect from the overhead wire. I don't recall if there was one boom or two. Anyway, the driver would have to get out, take a long pole off the hooks on the side of the bus and reconnect the boom. As he got close to the wire with the boom the DC current would jump what seemed like almost a foot. It was scary to this little boy but still fun to watch.

[@LEGOSNCFTrainBuilder]

The first bus in this video, shockingly enough, is a Portland trolleybus!!!

[@DrFruikenstein]

I' love electric transit. When I was little, in Chicago, the CTA still ran trolley buses in my neighborhood. About '70/71, our class was going on a field trip to a museum, and a trolley bus showed up outside the school. I asked my teacher how the bus got there, away from the trolley wires, and she just said "They can go a little ways without the wires." I've never quit thinking about that, and I'm 43 now.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

I, too, am from Chicago. I believe the electric busses ran until 1973. I've witnessed on one a short distance with no trolley wires. There was a bad ice storm and the bus was to make a right turn. It skidded too far to reach the wires, so the driver drove the bus a few dozen feet until the trolley would reach. Amazingly, no vehicals were hit during the skid.

[@sclm046]

Looks like they did well in spite of the rough road.

[@neilmansfield8329]

Love these

[@Svetushkanchik]

Хорошие троллейбусы!) Мне особенно понравились этот 1:33 и 1:56 :)

[@Lucenabonde]

lindos trolebus gostaria que no Brasil tivesse interesse de preserva-los , parabens a USA

[@enderlaptopminecrafter390]

1:54 MY FAV i wish i can build a route and etc omgg

[@skovner]

I remember these in the Boston area

[@al15944]

I believe the first trolley is from Johnstown, PA with "Franklin" being the route name to that town (once Bethlehem Steel Plant). Logo on side is JTC - Johnstown Traction Company

[@keithbennett5519]

I miss riding the old Edmonton ETS trolley bus, Before sadly there end in my city

[@luislaplume8261]

The old trackless trolleys from Boston look exactly like the ones from Chicago.

[@VladPandele]

The orange one with the trailer is a Saurer... they used to roam around Bucharest until 10 years ago, from what I know

[@davidpearson5295]

FBW/Eggli/BBC.

[@jdgator95]

@MegaGARFISH It is sad there are no double deckers, but I'd imagine its pretty hard to find and transport a double decker bus overseas, plus, I'm not sure if the catenary there is high enough to run them.

[@jemdude22]

subscribed, faithfully. Please share more great trolley bus videos with us.

[@rafitaramirez2022]

Aún todavía siguen vigentes esos trolebuses

[@jdgator95]

Thanks :)

[@josueuribe213]

Excelentes trolebuses.

[@Shuubaru]

We still having the Pullman Standard in Valparaiso, Chile, working like in their first day!

[@davidpearson5295]

European trolleybus & trailer: trolleybus, FBW/Eggli/BBC, trailer, Moser/Eggli, both built 1963. Trolleybus 713: Brill 40SMT/GE, built 1939. Ex Wilmington 1958.

[@deemuss]

"European Trolley bus with its trailer" - that type of trolleybuses was in operation in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1980's. In this rare case the trailer is a separate car but not an extention of the main car. Unfortunately I can't tell now what's its model and exact years of operation but I guess that information may be googled easily ;)

[@deipara]

These trolley buses were already on the streets in the late 60's

[@busfilmer]

Nice old Bus, i like mutch old Electric Technik. I have also good film from old swiss Trolleybus. Spezial the BUSRAILFAN must see, its also BBC Equitment. I Have the great luck, drive the last 10 jears from this Trolleybustyp Life. Nice wish vor all ferofils from the Swiss

[@DrFruikenstein]

@Chicago10281 I'm not sure. The curbside windshield had an unusual shape. I used to ride them a lot on Lawrence Ave when I was little... So, the clues are Lawrence and funny windshields. Just looked it up after giving myself the windshield clue... The Marmon-Harington looks like what showed up at school.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

I used to frequently ride the Lawrence Ave. trolley busses in Chicago, too. I always wondered about the windshield shape, too. I was told it was designed that way to eliminate glare from the ceiling lights in the bus, when running in the dark evening hours. The reflection of the ceiling lights severely interfered with the bus driver's vision in driving. This shape, and offsetting the window glass at an angle, eliminated this serious glare problem for the driver, greatly adding to safety for the bus, and other vehicles on the road.

[@davidpearson5295]

@@jeromewysocki8809 Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses in Chicago and San Francisco (except TC40, numbers 526-49) had inward opening front doors so the windscreens had to be that shape to make room for the doors when open. Marmon-Herringtons, generally, had outward opening front doors so the two windscreens were symmetrical.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

David Pearson , that makes sense. The ones I especially remember from Chicago ran from 1951 until 1973, when Chicago discontinued all electric trolley bus service. The last two buses they ran are now at the Illinois Railway Museum, in Union, IL. There are some KZbin videos of their operation, and pictures of them can be seen on the museum's web site. I liked riding on them in Chicago. They were lightning fast on acceleration, and could pretty much stop on a dime, with no brake noise at all.

[@LEGOSNCFTrainBuilder]

Bus 713 is from Portland Oregon, USA

[@Bob.Smith6969]

were are you at?

[@rafaelvicenteespanolespano2397]

en bogota colombia prestaron servicio hasta el año 1990 , se le llamaba el bus de tirantas

[@gacj2010]

why don't we have more of these in our cities

[@gacj2010]

***** In cities, electric should be the way with public transit....quiet and clean

[@SteveCarras]

Agreed. But They have electric or hybrid or CNG buses, only without the safety, effeciency, professional drivers, and style of the golden oldies. :)

[@danconlan64]

we still got them in gay ass frisco

[@mlmix9171]

Where is this?

[@Poisson4147]

Advances in power storage may sadly spell the end of trolleybuses (trackless trolleys* ) even in the few cities that still run them. The city where I live has already ordered a small fleet of battery-powered buses and is using them on two routes that formerly ran under wire. It's too early for a final verdict but the experiment seems to be successful. If it all works out the agency will save a lot of money on infrastructure ... but it just won't be the same without the wires and poles. 😥 P.S. "trolleys" rather than "trollies".

[@jeromewysocki8809]

Poisson Volant I'll bet those batteries won't last as long as they think. They are not cheap to replace, either.

[@gargalfargl]

@MegaGARFISH her in Victoria, BC we have double deckers, and we were actually the first city in north america to get a hybrid double decker

[@memonteiro195]

Bus 713 is an ACF Brill...

[@mariagabrielacazeneuve4482]

De qué país es el vídeo?

[@SteveCarras]

Those look exactly like original style, in other words, Old Look GM(C) transits!

[@alexhood9438]

missing detroit diesel motors rip

[@josemessiasrosa8856]

👏🏿👏🏿

[@JBofBrisbane]

Second bus needs rear shocks replaced.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

JBofBrisbane , imagine people riding in the back, with their heads almost bouncing off the ceiling 🙂🙂.

[@arnoldt1982]

european its a Swiss Berna or FBW

[@marvinwatkins8889]

Sorry IRM, looks like Seashore has you beat in the trolley coach department.

[@melodrame1258]

Hello Hello From 1:55 Trolleybus and trailer in their old livery of the city and region of Lausanne in Switzerland, for the data see this Wiki link. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus_de_Lausanne Thank you for this video and interesting to find these vehicles here ...

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[@АлексейПопов-х5м7с]

Ну и транспорт.ужас

[@luisvillagomezhvggdggueii9918]

Oh look at that its the annoying guy who keeps putting ":)" I also disliked it