Dave Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember about 40 years ago it was
common on the downhill part of the route from Whiston into Saint Helens
that the Trolley Buses used to take the wide bend too near the curb & the
trolley came off the wires.
I cannot remember if the trolleybus could use gravity to get back on route or
if it needed towing!
Dave Croft
Warrington
One of the most exciting things to happen when travelling on a trolley bus
was for the pick-up arm to come off of the overhead wire either accidentally or
so one trolley bus could overtake another. The spring loaded arm would point
heavenwards & the poor conductor, amongst a chorus of jeering from eager
schoolboys, would have to unship a long pole, that was the length of the bus &
made a barge pole look like a toothpick, from a tube slung under the bus
bodywork. The end with the hook had to capture the pick-up arm @ the business
end &, by careful manipulation, pull the arm down & engage the groove back on
the wire. If you were lucky it slipped off again to rousing cheers & the
pick-up arm shot skywards once again threatening to rip the whole assembly off
of the roof!
Happy Days
Barry
Nb youcan'tbeatnostalgia
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