These beauties with credits to Steve Glover for the photos.
Oily
Suedehead:
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Is that wartime with the odd headlight?
essexpete:
Suedehead:
0Is that wartime with the odd headlight?
Well its defo a pre war 2 ton Bedford, Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
essexpete:
Suedehead:
0Is that wartime with the odd headlight?
Well its defo a pre war 2 ton Bedford, Larry.
Didnât wartime vehicles have white painted highlights around the wings?
Dipster:
Lawrence Dunbar:
essexpete:
Suedehead:
0Is that wartime with the odd headlight?
Well its defo a pre war 2 ton Bedford, Larry.
Didnât wartime vehicles have white painted highlights around the wings?
That is correct, If they were being used during the hours of darkness as far as I can remember, Larry
Thanks to Buzzer, Suedehead and Lawrence Dunbar for the photos 
Oily
Somewhere in France 2012, credit to NoTrucksNoLife for the photo.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
What were they thinking of, doing away with trolley busses? Quiet, non polluting and flexible. Finally they all come to their senses, and what do they do? Bring back, not trollies, but bloody trams. The heart of suburban towns ripped out with streets trenched for years in some cases. And if they breakdown, or have an accident, the road is blocked for the whole fleet, no chance of the conductor nipping off to search for the long pole to get round the obstruction. 
My hero corporation? Limoges, and all its trollies, that never went away as far as I know.
EP petrol lorries. Never saw one, did they catch on, or were they consigned to the dustbin of history after a short life? 
Spardo:
Buzzer:
BuzzerWhat were they thinking of, doing away with trolley busses? Quiet, non polluting and flexible. Finally they all come to their senses, and what do they do? Bring back, not trollies, but bloody trams. The heart of suburban towns ripped out with streets trenched for years in some cases. And if they breakdown, or have an accident, the road is blocked for the whole fleet, no chance of the conductor nipping off to search for the long pole to get round the obstruction.
My hero corporation? Limoges, and all its trollies, that never went away as far as I know.EP petrol lorries. Never saw one, did they catch on, or were they consigned to the dustbin of history after a short life?
Flexible? Only when they donât come off the wires. Non-polluting? I donât think so: they draw a lot of electricity from power stations driven by pollutants! You just move the problem further up the line. I agree about the trams though 
Les Sylphides:
Spardo:
Buzzer:
BuzzerWhat were they thinking of, doing away with trolley busses? Quiet, non polluting and flexible. Finally they all come to their senses, and what do they do? Bring back, not trollies, but bloody trams. The heart of suburban towns ripped out with streets trenched for years in some cases. And if they breakdown, or have an accident, the road is blocked for the whole fleet, no chance of the conductor nipping off to search for the long pole to get round the obstruction.
My hero corporation? Limoges, and all its trollies, that never went away as far as I know.EP petrol lorries. Never saw one, did they catch on, or were they consigned to the dustbin of history after a short life?
Flexible? Only when they donât come off the wires. Non-polluting? I donât think so: they draw a lot of electricity from power stations driven by pollutants! You just move the problem further up the line. I agree about the trams though
Correct me if I am wrong but didnât they have a limited amount of battery power, when unhitched, to get round an obstruction? And when I said non-polluting of course I meant relatively. I would be surprised if they polluted more than a tram. The only advantage for trams that I can see is that they can be connected to several, âtrailersâ, like a train, but modern double deckers could still be competitive.
Spardo:
Les Sylphides:
Spardo:
Buzzer:
BuzzerWhat were they thinking of, doing away with trolley busses? Quiet, non polluting and flexible. Finally they all come to their senses, and what do they do? Bring back, not trollies, but bloody trams. The heart of suburban towns ripped out with streets trenched for years in some cases. And if they breakdown, or have an accident, the road is blocked for the whole fleet, no chance of the conductor nipping off to search for the long pole to get round the obstruction.
My hero corporation? Limoges, and all its trollies, that never went away as far as I know.EP petrol lorries. Never saw one, did they catch on, or were they consigned to the dustbin of history after a short life?
Flexible? Only when they donât come off the wires. Non-polluting? I donât think so: they draw a lot of electricity from power stations driven by pollutants! You just move the problem further up the line. I agree about the trams though
Correct me if I am wrong but didnât they have a limited amount of battery power, when unhitched, to get round an obstruction? And when I said non-polluting of course I meant relatively. I would be surprised if they polluted more than a tram. The only advantage for trams that I can see is that they can be connected to several, âtrailersâ, like a train, but modern double deckers could still be competitive.
Yes, youâre right about the limited battery power (itâs over 60 yrs since I last used them ). You may well be right about the relative thing: it would be interesting to know how much more pollutive a diesel bus is then a power-station driven trolleybus. I didnât compare them with trams and yes, the whole multiple units thing about trams must make them less pollutive all round. To know the real answers weâd need to compare modern motor buses with modern trams and trolleys.
We were the last to use trolley buses 1911 to 1972 , well documented on google