roly
master brummie
Interestingly the Washwood Heath trams had bow collectors. This meant that it was impossible to install an earth return overhead wire (the tram would short itself out) that the Nechells trolleybuses needed to return to the depot! Instead trolleybuses running to and from Washwood Heath depot would make an earth return by trailing a skate slotted into the tram track! Needless to say that the resulting blue flashes effectively brought and end to the Nechells 7 in the blackouts of 1940.
The Nechells trolleybuses were the first double deckers with covered tops (ie roof) in Great Britain - They had the distinction of being the first Tram to trolleybus conversion in the world! and sadly they were the first to be replaced by motorbuses (I'm pretty sure this is right but I'm sure Lloyd will correct me if I'm Wrong)
The Nechells trolleybuses were the first double deckers with covered tops (ie roof) in Great Britain - They had the distinction of being the first Tram to trolleybus conversion in the world! and sadly they were the first to be replaced by motorbuses (I'm pretty sure this is right but I'm sure Lloyd will correct me if I'm Wrong)