{"product_id":"belfast-trolleybuses-9781848684669","title":"Belfast Trolleybuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book examines the development, expansion and eventual decline of the Belfast trolleybus system, which was the only one to be built in Ireland. The Belfast trolleybuses lasted for just 30 years and eventually operated 37 1\/2 miles and a total of 246 trolleybuses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis volume attempts to show every one of Belfast's trolleybuses from 1 to 246 and by doing so, show a wide variety of locations, both in the City Centre and in the suburbs of Belfast. Unfortunately, not all of Belfast's trolleybuses were photographed and there are some that appear to have been photographed only once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fleet was mainly composed of large 68-seat six-wheelers, which provided a very efficient mode of transport over most of Belfast's arterial roads. Had the Second World War not intervened, the trolleybus system would have been even more impressive, but the final tram conversions were to motorbuses and from 1958 the writing was on the wall for the Belfast system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 17x24cm, 192 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amberley","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (246)","offer_id":58117479596415,"sku":"9781848684669","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781848684669.jpg?v=1785960300","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/belfast-trolleybuses-9781848684669","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}