8 Jun 2015

New Zealand Retro: Trolleybuses

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 8 June 2015

Retro climbs on board the trolley bus, once a common mode of transport in all our main cities. They were quiet and quick off the mark, but those poles kept coming adrift from the overhead lines! Our guests: Transport historian Graham Stewart, of Wellington Former Auckland trolleybus driver, Gary Froggatt Former Christchurch passenger Ted Harrall Former Dunedin passenger Tony Fricker and former New Plymouth passenger/driver John Shanks

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