Post by Retrovision on Aug 10, 2007 18:08:42 GMT -8
No, the '34 Hastings Express' hasn't been revived - as some of us wish it would be, using trolleys - but I did catch a rare sight today on film of two trolleys side by side, one passing the other on the express wires, a relatively rare sight, as a training vehicle...
(The timing isn't the greatest, but in a way it does point out what's hard to see, that the two trolleys are running on separate tracks)
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p43982328.html
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p43982327.html
There is some history of the unprecedented nature of this former trolley route of ours here:
www.tinyurl.com/2uv4hz
...And photographs can be found of when there were actually 5 sets of trolley wires in a row, near Playland's historic wooden coaster and the site of the former Empire Stadium from when the 5th set was for layover trolleys waiting for the crowds to burst from Empire Stadium after an event.
(The timing isn't the greatest, but in a way it does point out what's hard to see, that the two trolleys are running on separate tracks)
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p43982328.html
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p43982327.html
There is some history of the unprecedented nature of this former trolley route of ours here:
www.tinyurl.com/2uv4hz
1983
Goodbye trolley express
In April, the #34-Hastings Express is converted to diesel-bus operation, marking the end of the only express trolley service in Canada.
Goodbye trolley express
In April, the #34-Hastings Express is converted to diesel-bus operation, marking the end of the only express trolley service in Canada.
...And photographs can be found of when there were actually 5 sets of trolley wires in a row, near Playland's historic wooden coaster and the site of the former Empire Stadium from when the 5th set was for layover trolleys waiting for the crowds to burst from Empire Stadium after an event.
