{"product_id":"londons-trams-and-trolleybuses-9780853290827","title":"Londons Trams and Trolleybuses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn 23 March, 1861, London streets first echoed to the rumble and squeal of the latest means of transport in the city - the two-horse tram introduced by George Francis Train. This very complete and well-illustrated history tells the story of the London tram from horse days until the last vehicle was withdrawn, in an explosion of nostalgia, on 5 July, 1952.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, also, is the story of the London Trolleybus a vehicle so clearly the successor to the tram in London when it first appeared in 1931. The trolleybus had flexibility to reach the kerb, very fast acceleration, and passenger capa-city, yet was to survive barely ten years longer than the tram.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis account, by John R Day, has been illustrated by a wealth of rare photographs which show an interesting glimpse of Victorian and Edwardian London, as well as those of later days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a special section on Tram and Trolleybus Tickets, by AW McCall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 18x23cm, 113 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"London Transport","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (246)","offer_id":58117480055167,"sku":"9780853290827","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780853290827.jpg?v=1786198369","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/londons-trams-and-trolleybuses-9780853290827","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}