A trolleybus having troubles and slipping due to wet snow mud on a light grade. But this is quite unexpected behavior for usual trolleybus because there are many buses with automatic transmission, as well as ones with manual gearbox, including articulated with mid or tail driving axle, all of them climbing the same grade without such hard wheelslip. Hence, the road surface isn't really so slippery to completely prevent climbing. The only reason should be that this specific type of trolleybus has a feature always to start very roughly and couldn't do it in a more soft manner :)
Wheelslip
At Theebine a train has come up the grade off the disused Kingaroy Branch. Unfortunately the grass was long and dry. The train was long. The locos with lots of sand on the rails and a driver in the cab of each 1720 class loco eventually struggled and inched their way through until free. Here's a few of minutes of this that must have taken over an hour
Tram derailment recovery 24 Mar 2011, Moscow
Tram car #4308, working at the moment on 35 route, going northbound direction, derailed in Moscow, at the end of Dubininskaya street, about 13..14 h 24 Mar 2011. Only the first (front) bogie derailed. Trams of both directions were blocked (as the derailed car obstructed opposite track clearance by its back), a general traffic jam formed.
Около 13..14 часов 24 марта 2011 года в Москве, в конце Дубининской улицы, произошёл сход трамвайного вагона 4308, работавшего на 35 маршруте, и двигавшегося в северном направлении. Вагон сошёл только передней тележкой. Было прервано движение в обоих направлениях, поскольку сошедший вагон нарушил габарит встречного пути своей задней частью.
Slipping Cars on Marldon Road, Paignton
This was the scene at 10:30 this morning (Friday 6th February 2009) as cars and a bus tried to negociate Marldon road, Paignton
How not to do a burnout
My first real attempt at a manual trans burnout. 1st gear, totally choking going for 2nd gear.
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Antwerpen tram 1/2
View from a car of Antwerpen tram, surface and under surface sections of track /
Вид из трамвайного вагона в Антверпене - наземные и подземные участки
Stuck Bus
Beeline bus gets himself stuck on Tuckahoe Road during the snow storm on 12/19. Conditions were pretty bad for a while. After spinning em til they smoked, the driver gets help from a sander, and then finally some chains.
Isleworth trolleybus depot
Isleworth trolleybus depot.
The song "Runaway" by Del Shannon would have been heard on the radio during this time period.
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Twickenham to Teddington by trolleybus.
Twickenham to Teddington by trolleybus on the first day of operation May 16th 1931.
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There are chunks of the journey missing but I have put what film clips there are into the right order.
Note the trams still in service. The driver had to drive these trams from a position completely open to the elements.
Along with the trolleybus a new tram was also entering service with a completely enclosed cab..This was the "Feltham" type tram.
The half cab trolleybus design, seen in the video, was soon to be superseded by the well known flat fronted design. The half cab trolleybuses known as "Diddlers" were retired in 1948. The last London trolleybus ran in May 1962 along the route shown in the video. Today the London bus route 281 follows the same route.
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How to do a Burnout. Step by Step
This is tutorial on how to do a burnout. Step by step instructions given by our professional test driver Scot Chapman. Check it out.
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Antwerpen tram 2/2
Under surface (Metro) and surface sections of Antwerpen tram /
На подземных и наземных участках трамвая Антверпена