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To: Jerrold Annett who wrote (3255)11/7/1998 3:25:00 AM
From: Sleeperz  Read Replies (1) of 5827
 
1) From the Usenet newsgroup Vancouver.general

2) Has anyone access to the November issue of "Tramways & Urban Transit" (UK)

Newsgroups: misc.transport.urban-transit,van.general
Subject: Re: Vancouver Trolleybuses Reprieved?
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 17:23:03 -0800
Organization: Donner Party Catering
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In article <364107E3.4962@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>, David McLoughin
<davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote:

> Has BC Transit really decided to retain the trolleybus system in
> Vancouver (Canada) ?
>
> I've just received the November issue of "Tramways & Urban Transit" (UK)
> which has a small item in its world news section which reads as follows:
>
> "The unreliability of the Ballard fuel cell buses here and in Chicago has
> caused BC Transit to reverse its decision to phase out trolleybuses, and
> the purchase of new trolleybuses is being considered to relieve
> overcrowding, which is evident as late as 2200hrs."
>
> The item is credited to C J Lietwiler.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand

Interesting.

There have long been rumours of the demise of our trolleybus fleet,
despite some expansion of the overhead to Burnaby and UBC in the 80s.

Saw a Ballard bus on 1st Avenue this week. I wondered what the huge cloud of "smoke" was from, turned out to be a Ballard.

> Vidi, vici, veni . – Bill Clinton.

Heh, that was our floor motto at Totem Park in the early 80s (at the
terminus of the #10 UBC bus, prior to the erection of wires to the campus, FWIW (AIAM))
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