Trolley Spotting
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An abandoned shopping trolley in the backstreets of Thebarton, making wavy shadow lines on the corrugated iron wall.
CSX's Gauley Trolley rumbles across a churning Loop Creek, running on trackage rights over the Kanawha River Railroad. In a few minutes, after lining the switch, this train will shove down the Vaco Branch to the right, completing its run to Alloy through a couple remote miles of neat railroad.
A bunch of green plastic Woolworth Supermarket trolley huddling in a random corner, hiding from the Trolley Collector, who is coming to herd them back to the trolley bay.
A digital painting of a trolley from my tour to Jim Thorpe, PA last summer. (Best in large) HSS!
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Seems to be a mix of trolley car designs in Budapest, even along the Jane Haining Rakpart--along the Pest riverfront downstream of the Chain Bridge. It reminds me of the streetcars in New Orleans.
Tel Sisyphe poussant son rocher jusqu'au sommet avant de recommencer, ce livreur pousse son chariot de colis (pluri)quotidien avant de certainement recommencer demain...
Mais s'agit-il de bonheur ?
Car si Sisyphe est heureux de pousser son rocher, l'aliénation par le travail dans le contexte de nos sociétés ternit souvent l'amour du travail bien fait...
Quand on discute de tout et de rien on peut croire que tout va bien, que rien ne pourrait mal tourner.
Et généralement... C'est vrai ! Les gens ont autre chose à faire que se chamailler.
Pourtant... Le diable (aha) est dans les détails ! :o)
La vettura 502 di ATTS fa bella mostra di sé presso la facciata del Palazzo della Prefettura in Piazza Castello, durante la manifestazione del Trolley Festival.
One-century-old ATTS tramcar type 502 showoff in Piazza Castello, Turin, during Trolleys Festival tram exhibition.
Jolley Trolley passengers bask in the glow,
Sunlight streams through windows in a golden flow,
Laughter and chatter on this ride so bright,
Daytime journeys gleam with pure delight.
Some Coles supermarket trolleys out in the rain at a shopping centre in Brisbane. I was there for a week in October-November and the rain stopped after the second day and the weather was great after that.
A restored and running Los Angeles Railway "Yellow Car" from the 1940s at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA.
On the train from Tangier to Fes, refreshments were served by a man who walked up and down the corridor with a trolley. But for most of the time he lurked at the end of the car with his mobile phone and sold snacks to passing passengers.
Another large Italian 6 day tour. Eventful to say the least.
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A shot for two shopping trolley's, resting on their side in the river Medway. Taken this morning on my New Years Day walk to let the new year in. Shot on Leica X, and processed in Lightroom.
Revisit of an image taken 50 years that's benefitted from a tweak in the virtual darkroom.
Class 86 electric 86012 is captured making friends with the platform trolleys at Liverpool Lime St station, while it waits on departure time with a service to London.
The TOPS numbering system was being introduced at the time and the BR fleet was in the process of receiving a number based upon the 2-digit class, followed by a 3-digit individual unit number. My notes state that the pre-TOPS number of this one was E3122.
Interestingly enough my notes also state that this was a Pullman working, although I haven't yet been able to find other evidence that this was the case. Maybe what I read as a 1A38 headcode provides a clue? Judging by the shadows, the shot was taken mid-morning.
I was traveling on a week-long London Midland Region Rover at the time, but lack of funds meant film usage was limited to a couple of transparency reels for the whole week. A shame in retrospect given the richness of the railway scene back then.
Update: Further research shows that, at the time, the 'Liverpool Pullman' had a scheduled departure from London Euston at 7.45am, with a 10.24am arrival in Lime St. The Pullman coaches sound plausible then, with 86012 attached after arrival to possibly work the empty coaching stock to Allerton for storage until the evening 6.00pm Pullman departure back to London. It seems the train never really caught the imagination of the travelling public however and the service was stopped later in the 1970s to be replaced by one with the usual Mk2 AC coaching stock.
Kodak Ektachrome64
20th August 1974
Baggage trolleys at the entrance of the Kewsick Train Station, with their shadows from the low evening sun.
Artwork by Abigail Fallis. Sponsored by a large supermarket chain the work represents the DNA double helix structure. Part of 'The Line' series of sculptures, roughly following the route of the Greenwich Meridian between The Olympic Park in Stratford to the O2 Arena on the Greenwich Peninsula.
My Father in Law, waiting for us to meet him and go for a train ride at the National Capital Trolley Museum in Colesville, MD.. I think some people though he was a museum prop, he looks like he is the train conductor. I love the way he is dressed .. : )
I’ve never posted much light rail, trolleys, or street cars, mostly because I don’t pay much attention to that form of steel wheels on rails even though I live in an area that has had light rail transit for over 100 years.
This is the Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit car #1713, nicknamed the ‘Terrible Trolley’. Some recent conversations about the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, PA restoring the car triggered me to dig out the pictures taken on a charter in 1986. Our Railroad Enthusiasts club in Cleveland had a few traction fans and they convinced the group to charter this car for a tour around the south side system on Saturday April 16, 1986. It was a lot of fun and glad I went. One of the current club members is involved with the restoration and was excited to see pictures of it in service.
This PCC car has had an interesting history since joining the large fleet of PCC cars in 1949. It toiled inconspicuously until it was chosen for a special paint scheme in 1980. A young girl had written the mayor suggesting that the city should have a Steeler-inspired black and yellow ‘Terrible Trolley’ to honor the championship teams of the 70’s. Steeler fans have a tradition of waving a yellow rally ‘Terrible Towel’ at critical times during their football games. The girl’s idea was accepted immediately and within a week, they were actively getting the trolley ready for it’s new paint. It ran in this paint for most of the 1980’s and was retired for good in 1998. It was bought by a private collector in Ohio and stored inside for 25 years. The museum was able to buy it and has the goal to restore it to service.
Our charter was on a Saturday on a route that didn’t have weekend service. We took full advantage of being able to stop the car anywhere to jump off for a picture. On this section where the transit climbs Mt Washington on Arlington Avenue we stopped taking the time to stop and deboard for a shot and just walked up the hill waving to signal the driver when it was time to stop for a photo. The pointed building in the background is PPG Place down in the triangle formed by the three rivers. It is the headquarters for PPG Industries (formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass). It may be ironic for a group of Cleveland railfans to charter a rival Steeler themed trolley but some things are bigger than football.