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Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a drawbar trailer.
On 07/10/2025 20:33, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) >> you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a
drawbar trailer.
Many moons ago I had a ride on one from Lausanne to Vevey, the leading vehicle was a trollybus.
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they
were replaced
Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> posted:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) >> you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a
drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind
diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also
school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers
formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they
were replaced
See also special operation in the East,
driving-van type, IICR discontinued since: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3-9_%D0%B2_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg
Regards, ULF
Ulf Kutzner <user2991@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> posted:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >>> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) >>> you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a >>> drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind
diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also >>> school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers >>> formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they >>> were replaced
See also special operation in the East,
driving-van type, IICR discontinued since:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3-9_%D0%B2_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg
Regards, ULF
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front
and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear bus.
Or were there still two drivers and it was just a method to save road
space.
Ulf Kutzner <user2991@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> posted:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IrCOve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany)
you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a >> drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind
diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also >> school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers >> formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they >> were replaced
See also special operation in the East,
driving-van type, IICR discontinued since: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3-9_%D0%B2_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front
and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear bus.
Or were there still two drivers
and it was just a method to save road
space.
About 55+ years for me , School trip to Switzerland . One of the masters
was a transport enthusiast
Ulf Kutzner <user2991@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> posted:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
IAve found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >>> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany) >>> you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a >>> drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind
diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also >>> school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers >>> formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they >>> were replaced
See also special operation in the East,
driving-van type, IICR discontinued since:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3-9_%D0%B2_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg
Regards, ULF
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front
and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be >interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear >bus.
Or were there still two drivers and it was just a method to save road
space.
On 8 Oct 2025 08:42:22 GMT, Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk>
wrote:
Looking at the following photograph, I suspect they simply locked the steering on the second bus and changed the tyres a lot more often.
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front
and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be >> interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear
bus.
Or were there still two drivers and it was just a method to save road
space.
On 08/10/2025 18:00, Charles Ellson wrote:
On 8 Oct 2025 08:42:22 GMT, Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk>
wrote:
Looking at the following photograph, I suspect they simply locked the
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front >>> and that both can be separated and operated independently as required
.-a Be
interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the
rear
bus.
Or were there still two drivers-a and it was just a method to save road
space.
steering on the second bus and changed the tyres a lot more often.
https://atlas.tramway.ru/about/trolltrains_eng.html
especially page 44 'Kyiv Doubled'
On 8 Oct 2025 08:42:22 GMT, Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk>
wrote:
Ulf Kutzner <user2991@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:Looking at the following photograph, I suspect they simply locked the steering on the second bus and changed the tyres a lot more often.
Anna Noyd-Dryver <anna@noyd-dryver.com> posted:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
The first Articulated buses I saw were these at Heathrow.
<https://flic.kr/p/bscqxA>
I-Ave found a more spectacular example of that layout:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62767888@N00/7868440844
You can still ride on an articulated (in that ^ style, as per an
articulated lorry) bus in Europe - and it's the cutest bus ever!
The Weggis LidoBus was built in 1959 and has run the same route ever since >>>> <https://www.weggis-vitznau.ch/en/package/lidobus>
Elsewhere in Switzerland (and I think at a handful of locations in Germany)
you can ride non-articulated buses which are bendy - a normal bus with a >>>> drawbar trailer. In Switzerland the trailers now operate behind
diesel-engined postbuses between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg, and also >>>> school-time only trips on one route in the Appenzell region; the trailers >>>> formerly operated behind trolleybuses in Lausanne and Luzern, where they >>>> were replaced
See also special operation in the East,
driving-van type, IICR discontinued since:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%95_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3-9_%D0%B2_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg
Regards, ULF
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front
and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be >> interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear
bus.
Or were there still two drivers and it was just a method to save road
space.
On 08/10/2025 18:00, Charles Ellson wrote:
On 8 Oct 2025 08:42:22 GMT, Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk>
wrote:
Looking at the following photograph, I suspect they simply locked the
Now that is different to anything I have seen before, I take it both
vehicles were powered with jumper cables from the rear unit to the front >>> and that both can be separated and operated independently as required . Be >>> interesting to find out how the steering mechanism was worked on the rear >>> bus.
Or were there still two drivers and it was just a method to save road
space.
steering on the second bus and changed the tyres a lot more often.
https://atlas.tramway.ru/about/trolltrains_eng.html
especially page 44 'Kyiv Doubled'
