1954 Canadian-Car Brill T-48 Trolleybus 

Remember riding on buses like this one in Vancouver in the early 60's. Used to pass my time on the ride reading a little booklet they had in little holders. The little flyer was called the BUZZER. Anybody else remember?

How does seeing this trolleybus remind me of the now extinct trolleybuses that circulated in Mexico City and I really liked listening to its engine noise when starting and accelerating, how I miss trolleybuses

I don t ride busses, but this is really cool. Reminds me of my youth, riding up and down Victoria drive in the 60's and 70's

It's a long time since I've ridden a Brill. Thank you.

This really brings back memories of riding up 4th Avenue every morning to Blanca Loop on my way to classes at UBC. They were old rattletraps, but much more comfortable than any modern bus. I really liked riding on the seat behind the rear wheel for the legroom, and if you got the seat on the left there was a heating vent which was great on the cold mornings. Good times!

The desire was to cram more customers into a given space than before, thus seats came out, more standing, more profit. These were nice vehicles, their replacements and the replacements for those what we have today, hope you like to stand.

Beautiful trolleybus.

Wonderful video of a vintage 1950's trolleybus. Reminds me of the Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) use to run up until 1973.

I remember riding in those trolley buses in Calgary til 1975 when they took them out of service. They had lots of power going up steep hills that the diesels never had.

that is too cool!!! That is a nice Bus!

Very cool! Vintage pollution free transit!

Great old bus! Some of Calgary's old ones can be seen at Sanden ghost town in B.C. Being restored!

Estos trolebuses cubrían la ruta del metro san Lázaro hasta la Nueva Atzacoalco

How fast is this? Sounds awsome!

I remember the brill's as a kid. Sweet buses. You had to get through the switches becuase they had no auxillary power.

When was this video taken? I see the run number box was set to 60 - was it for the 60th anniversary of the trolleybus system that year? I was on the August 16 evening fan trip - on which Murphy's Law played havoc with a lot of things. First, 2805's compressor started acting up, forcing almost all the experienced help on 2416 to cut over to 2805. Then at Metrotown the loop under the parking deck was dead; 6 or 8 of us pushed 2416 around the loop, with 2805 following on batteries. About 10 minutes later, we did a manual turn from Kingsway WB to Joyce NB, after which we looped around through Joyce-Collingwood Station and headed back toward VTC via Joyce, 41st, and Oak. Soon after looping around, word came that 2805's compressor was critical; we had to scrub the planned break and head back to VTC. Most people on 2416, though disappointed, understood why.

Son los de la Marmon Herrington que pasaban en la CDMX en la década de los años 60's hasta mediados de los 80's

Mithycal!!!! :-) thanks for this video! from Modena - Italy

Sounds like old russian ZiU from my childhood!

wow the rarest bus i've ever seen! i thought they were removed from the bus list. I saw some of those when the new trolleys are under repairing i think. Are those on 17?

Look for this bus in the Summer of 2015

I rode similar ACF Brill trolley buses in Chicago.

Can I ride the 1954 brill T48 trolleybus Newflyer3000? I wonder if it's still running

Most of Calgary's Brill trolleys were bought by Vancouver...they are only recently up for scrapping

The acceleration rate is over 5.0km/h per second, I believe.

You must have a good stablizer in your camera. I took some video also on that bus and it is shaky.

I put a lot of miles on 2416 myself. Fred Bradley 18984

Lo malo es que las ventanas vibraban cuando el chofer aceleraba y se sentía que el cuerpo se estremecía cuando se agarraba uno del pasamanos

wow this is old

Today's Low Floor NFI buses aren't much better.. They can hit bumps prettu hard on those front ends.

cardinal rule : don't power through the special work !

Вот откуда скопировали советские троллейбусы. А я то думалююю