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Downed trolleybus overhead in Foxton, October 2000
The Foxton trolleybus museum's Bedford tower truck being used in the restoration of a section of overhead of the museum system's spur line that ran to a reversing wye in Purcell St. after a pole that was used as a traction pole for the overhead was struck by lightening in early October 2000, completely shattering the pole, and the 1977 Bedford tower truck - which had only been sourced from Nelson earlier that year - was being put to good use in this work.
This spur line has now been consigned to history with the overhead being dismantled in December 2010 and all the traction poles removed in May 2013.
It followed an incident when a vehicle crashed into one of the power poles being also used as a traction pole for the spur line overhead – bringing down the pole and a section of the overhead - and it was decided to completely remove the spur line altogether rather than undertaking the major job of repairing it.
A short section of about 50 metres still remains however but is not used by trolleybuses.
Downed trolleybus overhead in Foxton, October 2000
The Foxton trolleybus museum's Bedford tower truck being used in the restoration of a section of overhead of the museum system's spur line that ran to a reversing wye in Purcell St. after a pole that was used as a traction pole for the overhead was struck by lightening in early October 2000, completely shattering the pole, and the 1977 Bedford tower truck - which had only been sourced from Nelson earlier that year - was being put to good use in this work.
This spur line has now been consigned to history with the overhead being dismantled in December 2010 and all the traction poles removed in May 2013.
It followed an incident when a vehicle crashed into one of the power poles being also used as a traction pole for the spur line overhead – bringing down the pole and a section of the overhead - and it was decided to completely remove the spur line altogether rather than undertaking the major job of repairing it.
A short section of about 50 metres still remains however but is not used by trolleybuses.