re trolley questions
oracletttco
Sunday, February 24, 2002 7:40 AM
The Crossley front wheels were very flat sided.
I think that Adelaide Worldmasters would be a good example of flat
sided front wheels
We found the BUT brake gear etc more accessible than the Crosley.
As for why they did not use leyland parts from the beginning....is
because they purchased Crossleys in the beginning !!!
The next batch of trolleys were BUT's and were a much better bus in
every respect.
By the way .....the electrics in both types of bus were Metropolitan
Vickers resistance control, housed in cabinets under the left side of
the bus.
Yes , and the power pedal was on the left side of the steering column
(We have been through this before.)
The Crossleys had all the traction circuits running off 24 volt
battery supply, while the BUT's used full traction supply.
It mean that when a Crossley had flat batteries you aint going
nowhere, but the electrics were sloppy and fail prone.
with 500 volts at least you could get a kick out of them.
It would be hard for you to tell the difference in body design.
Tenders called for identical buses, but the BUT's ended up with
Comeng CKD steel framed bodies built in Australia except for the
first one , No 11 which was fully framed up on arrival.
Some of the buses were assembled at Kilbirnie and others at New
Zealand Motor Bodies plant at Petone.
Will look for piccie of BUT
WGB
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I think that Adelaide Worldmasters would be a good example of flat
sided front wheels
We found the BUT brake gear etc more accessible than the Crosley.
As for why they did not use leyland parts from the beginning....is
because they purchased Crossleys in the beginning !!!
The next batch of trolleys were BUT's and were a much better bus in
every respect.
By the way .....the electrics in both types of bus were Metropolitan
Vickers resistance control, housed in cabinets under the left side of
the bus.
Yes , and the power pedal was on the left side of the steering column
(We have been through this before.)
The Crossleys had all the traction circuits running off 24 volt
battery supply, while the BUT's used full traction supply.
It mean that when a Crossley had flat batteries you aint going
nowhere, but the electrics were sloppy and fail prone.
with 500 volts at least you could get a kick out of them.
It would be hard for you to tell the difference in body design.
Tenders called for identical buses, but the BUT's ended up with
Comeng CKD steel framed bodies built in Australia except for the
first one , No 11 which was fully framed up on arrival.
Some of the buses were assembled at Kilbirnie and others at New
Zealand Motor Bodies plant at Petone.
Will look for piccie of BUT
WGB
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