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| Author: | John Smatlak [ Wed Feb 28, 2001 12:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Home needed for Vancouver Trackless Trolleys |
Wrightway Charter Co. of Vancouver has issued an urgent appeal to find immediate homes for a number of Brill trackless trolleys retired by BC Electric in 1984. According to their recent mailing, there are a dozen T48 and T48A units which are to be cut up unless homes can be found. They are vintage 1949-1954 units built by CCF (Canadian Car and Foundry) Brill in Fort William, Ontario. Contact Hal Wright of Wrightway Charter at: wrightwaycharter@netidea.com Railway Preservation Resources jsmatlak@earthlink.net |
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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Wed Feb 28, 2001 12:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Home needed for Vancouver Trackless Trolleys |
What condition are the trolley buses in? Do all, or at least some, of them operate? When were they taken out of service? Have they been vandalized? It sounds fairly interesting, but I think that whether or not these buses are junk would be a deciding factor in anyone's decision of whether or not to save one of them. > Wrightway Charter Co. of Vancouver has > issued an urgent appeal to find immediate > homes for a number of Brill trackless > trolleys retired by BC Electric in 1984. > According to their recent mailing, there are > a dozen T48 and T48A units which are to be > cut up unless homes can be found. They are > vintage 1949-1954 units built by CCF > (Canadian Car and Foundry) Brill in Fort > William, Ontario. |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Feb 28, 2001 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Home needed for Vancouver Trackless Trolleys |
Recently, there has been a TV commercial (can't remember what for) showing a bunch of trolley busses in a junkyard. Would this be them? ryarger1@nycap.rr.com |
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| Author: | Dave [ Thu Mar 01, 2001 6:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Home needed for Vancouver Trackless Trolleys |
It strikes me some trolley operators might be able to use air compressors or other parts of any that aren't preserved intact. How can we keep track of the disposition and availability? Dave lathro19@idt.net |
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| Author: | O. Anderson [ Thu Mar 01, 2001 12:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Home needed for Vancouver Trackless Trolleys |
How about Gomaco? If they are cheap, it would be worth to move the bunch of them. Maybe they could develop a new product line, restoring a few and fitting oldlook GM buses with the hardware. It could be a popular attraction in some town still with double wire. |
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