{"product_id":"trolleybuses-and-trams-of-the-1950s-9780711011816","title":"Trolleybuses and Trams of the 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe decade of the 1950s saw the final flourishing of trolleybus and tram operations in the United Kingdom. Lack of maintenance during World War 2, a lack of capital resources after the end of the war and increasing compe- tition from suburban rail networks and the motorbus saw the gradual decline of electric- powered road transport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 1950s trolleybus and tramway systems were cut back and many major centres saw the disappearance of this much-loved method of transport London's trams had gone by mid-1952 and Birming- ham's went the next year. Southend saw its last trolleybus in 1954 and by the end of the decade only a few final reminders of the once multitudinous systems remained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Trolleybuses and Trams of the 1950s Julian Thompson provides a personal view of these declining years. To many the present day is poorer for the absence of electric-powered road transport and this album of over 200 well-captioned photographs will provide a nostalgic reminder of better days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 18x24cm, 112 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Allan","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (246)","offer_id":41597189816429,"sku":"9780711011816","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780711011816.jpg?v=1718103273","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/trolleybuses-and-trams-of-the-1950s-9780711011816","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}