A bicycle rides point on Gillig
diesel 3548 passing Dawson Street on its way to Rainier Beach. AMG 956, the
guinea pig for the electrical equipment to be used on the new - "rebuilt"
- trolleys, is behind schedule as it approaches the turnaround at the current
end of wire. Photo by Don Galt.
Heading back downtown without pause,
956 is shown here
waiting to cross Columbian Way. Not a great shot, but you
can sort of make out the Kiepe retrievers. Photo by Don Galt.
956's trolleybase cannot really
be seen here, but you can
make out the very hefty poles, white instead of black. Photo by Don Galt.
...stringing wire from dual drums...
Photo by Don Galt.
Cincinnati spacing, maybe? Certainly
not 24 inches, as the loosely hung wire awaits proper attachment and tightening.
Photo by Don Galt.
The wire truck moves forward slowly...
Photo by Don Galt.
...until the line crew following
it comes to the next crossbar and hangers, whereupon both vehicles stop to allow
the worker to make a quick attachment before proceeding onward. Photo by Don
Galt.
Seattle very rarely uses traction
poles for support. Even the new turnaround at Othello Street is supported mainly
by wiring stretched from existing utility poles. Photo by Don Galt.
Coincident with the Othello Street
extension was a wholesale replacement of utility poles along this stretch of
Beacon Avenue. Here, looking north from the new terminus, we see the standard
method of supporting trolley overhead in Seattle. Photo by Don Galt.
Vancouver Flyer E800 2639 and Seattle PCF-Brill 798 side by side
at jefferson Garage in Seattle. 197-. BCTransit loanded 2639 to Metro Transit
for testing and observation in the early seventies for several weeks. The replacement
trolleys came in the form of AMGeneral trolleys, currently being retired as
the new Gilligs come into service. Photo by Peter Cox.
The first Gillig trolleybus:
4100. Place and photographer unknown.
Gillig trolleybus 4101 on first
day of service. Photo by Keegan Hatman: "Here is a not very good photo
of 4101 on rt 3/4 at North Q A terminal. I should have brought my longer lense.
Note that the coach, while starting on route 4, is destined for Madrona 34th,
therefore the coach is signed as a route 3, a the sign "4 Madrona 34th
Via Downtown" is not programmed in (although it was common on 900s)."
