A trolley bus operating at a museum could turn or reverse using the in-built
traction batteries. Trolley buses would be able to operate on the streets
on battery power similarly to any diesel road vehicle.

Such a facility could add a further attraction to a museum. Stabling of a
trolley bus could thus be arranged at a convenient location within a
reasonable distance from the museum, where additional battery charging was
available.

Noel Reed.

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Sent: Sunday, 27 September 2015 3:44 PM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
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PhotosfromNSWLibrariesMuseums - Manly Ferry Wharf at Circular Quay circa
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Wouldn't turning a TB around within the confines of the Museum grounds be
difficult, even with the benefits of wireless traction?

From:TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Sunday, 27 September 2015 3:32 PM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Subject: Re: Exhibits at Tramway Museums. [was RE: [TramsDownUnder]
PhotosfromNSWLibrariesMuseums - Manly Ferry Wharf at Circular Quay circa
1946.jpg} also [ TramsDownUnder - was 3 continents in OO scale].

An alternative to the expense of adding another wire (the LPTB found that
this was very expensive as the existing tramway poles were
designed just to support a single wire, and had to replace many of the
poles) is to tow a two wheeled trailer connected to the
negative side of the in-bus circuits. Hopefully only the positive pole would
ever be put up! In the UK and possibly other places,
the TBs dragged a skate along the grooved rail, but this may not be suitable
at STM.

Regards

Dudley Horscroft
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Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:36 PM
Subject: Exhibits at Tramway Museums. [was RE: [TramsDownUnder]
PhotosfromNSWLibrariesMuseums - Manly Ferry Wharf at Circular Quay
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>

> 2. Trolley buses are a part of several British transport museums. The

> 'other' STM in the USA has many 'streetcars', 'interurbans', 'subway cars'

> and also several 'trackless trolleys' which operate at their museum site.

> The STM at Loftus has one former trolley bus from the Kogarah area in

Sydney
> and there is one of the original single deck Sydney trolley buses in

storage
> at a Powerhouse Museum facility.

>

> One or two trolley buses could form an interesting addition to the tram

> fleet at Loftus. Extra negative trolley wires would allow trolley bus

> operation within the museum grounds. The auxiliary battery which is used

in
> modern trolley buses would allow short journeys 'beyond the wires'.

> Overnight stabling of trolley buses could be arranged at local facilities

> rather than at the tramway museum which is at its maximum occupancy by

> trams. An alternative to a trolley bus auxiliary battery could be a

trailer
> mounted diesel generator set. A generator set could also prove useful for

> operation of work trams 'beyond the wires'.

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