"Boltar" wrote in message
om...

I was thinking more about the fact that like ordinary buses they get stuck
in traffic. But talking about shear speed they may have good acceleration
but most of the the old ones topped out at about 40 or 50mph and would
probably have dewired before they got to that speed anyway.

The Mexborough and Swinton trolleys got up to quite a high speed on their
rural sections. We certainly went over 40 mph on the farewell tour in 1961.
See http://www.btinternet.com/~terry.harper/ms1961.htm for pictures of the
vehicle involved. Stayed on the wires most impressively:-)
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