JMG - Re Brain Teaser et al
John Gilmour
Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:54 AM
good,
got the cerebral juices rolling.
It's actually a pre war Alfa-Romeo diesel-electric that ran in Rome.
Rome in fact had a very large system that lasted til 1972 and there is
talk of a reintroduction.
In anticipation of your question, Murph, I have no idea how the diesel
and the electric interacted but when I found the piccy I knew it would
grab your attention.
Hugh McAulay, you are right that a number of early UK TBs had dummy half
cabs. To add to the list the London Diddlers, the first TBs in the
capital were half cab ( the motor was actually under the bonnet 'cos I
looked!!). Also the two AEC demonstrators that trialled in Bournemouth
in 1933 were half cabs. These were ultimately converted to motor buses.
BUT (British United Traction) as the Bennett mentioned earlier was
formed by Leyland and AEC merging their trolleybus manufacturing
interests after the war. AEC designs were used and developed for double
deckers and Leyland provided single deck expertise. Their last models
were built in 1964 for Wellington I believe.
PBruce, unlikely to make GW that night, I was aware of the event per
your phone call but maybe next time.
John Gilmour
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got the cerebral juices rolling.
It's actually a pre war Alfa-Romeo diesel-electric that ran in Rome.
Rome in fact had a very large system that lasted til 1972 and there is
talk of a reintroduction.
In anticipation of your question, Murph, I have no idea how the diesel
and the electric interacted but when I found the piccy I knew it would
grab your attention.
Hugh McAulay, you are right that a number of early UK TBs had dummy half
cabs. To add to the list the London Diddlers, the first TBs in the
capital were half cab ( the motor was actually under the bonnet 'cos I
looked!!). Also the two AEC demonstrators that trialled in Bournemouth
in 1933 were half cabs. These were ultimately converted to motor buses.
BUT (British United Traction) as the Bennett mentioned earlier was
formed by Leyland and AEC merging their trolleybus manufacturing
interests after the war. AEC designs were used and developed for double
deckers and Leyland provided single deck expertise. Their last models
were built in 1964 for Wellington I believe.
PBruce, unlikely to make GW that night, I was aware of the event per
your phone call but maybe next time.
John Gilmour
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