Still alive
The Škoda 14Tr trolleybusses have been roaming the streets of Vilnius since the early 1980s, and (somehow) are still very much alive. Their ends seems neigh though, as this year the deliveries of the 32Tr trolleybusses have started. The 32Tr series is a cooperation of Škoda, which provided the electronics, and SOR, which was the provider of the general shell of the trolleybusses. The new trolleybusses are already so numerous, that they seem to have completely pushed out the old 14Tr trolleybusses outisde of workdays.
I was very sad to see how few of the 14Tr are still active and I had real trouble getting in some intresting shots. One of the ones I'm really happy with is here.
Škoda 14Tr13/6 numbered #1630 is one of the newer trolleybusses, as it comes from 1997. Here it is seen on a December's late evening, as it's stopping at Šv. Petro ir Povilo bažnyčia (Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, seen in the background), while running line 17 from Žirmūnai to Naujininkai.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Still alive
The Škoda 14Tr trolleybusses have been roaming the streets of Vilnius since the early 1980s, and (somehow) are still very much alive. Their ends seems neigh though, as this year the deliveries of the 32Tr trolleybusses have started. The 32Tr series is a cooperation of Škoda, which provided the electronics, and SOR, which was the provider of the general shell of the trolleybusses. The new trolleybusses are already so numerous, that they seem to have completely pushed out the old 14Tr trolleybusses outisde of workdays.
I was very sad to see how few of the 14Tr are still active and I had real trouble getting in some intresting shots. One of the ones I'm really happy with is here.
Škoda 14Tr13/6 numbered #1630 is one of the newer trolleybusses, as it comes from 1997. Here it is seen on a December's late evening, as it's stopping at Šv. Petro ir Povilo bažnyčia (Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, seen in the background), while running line 17 from Žirmūnai to Naujininkai.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus