Vintage Trolley Bus/Trackless Trolley Parade 

That's right, it's like seeing trolleybus 814 but painted in another color. How exiting!.

I, too, am from Chicago. I believe the electric busses ran until 1973. I've witnessed on one a short distance with no trolley wires. There was a bad ice storm and the bus was to make a right turn. It skidded too far to reach the wires, so the driver drove the bus a few dozen feet until the trolley would reach. Amazingly, no vehicals were hit during the skid.

retroolschool , I rode in them all over Chicago's north and northwest sides many years ago. They accelerated fast. I miss them.

FBW/Eggli/BBC.

These trolley buses were already on the streets in the late 60's

Poisson Volant I'll bet those batteries won't last as long as they think. They are not cheap to replace, either.

I used to frequently ride the Lawrence Ave. trolley busses in Chicago, too. I always wondered about the windshield shape, too. I was told it was designed that way to eliminate glare from the ceiling lights in the bus, when running in the dark evening hours. The reflection of the ceiling lights severely interfered with the bus driver's vision in driving. This shape, and offsetting the window glass at an angle, eliminated this serious glare problem for the driver, greatly adding to safety for the bus, and other vehicles on the road.

@@jeromewysocki8809 Marmon-Herrington trolleybuses in Chicago and San Francisco (except TC40, numbers 526-49) had inward opening front doors so the windscreens had to be that shape to make room for the doors when open. Marmon-Herringtons, generally, had outward opening front doors so the two windscreens were symmetrical.

David Pearson , that makes sense. The ones I especially remember from Chicago ran from 1951 until 1973, when Chicago discontinued all electric trolley bus service. The last two buses they ran are now at the Illinois Railway Museum, in Union, IL. There are some RU-vid videos of their operation, and pictures of them can be seen on the museum's web site. I liked riding on them in Chicago. They were lightning fast on acceleration, and could pretty much stop on a dime, with no brake noise at all.

***** In cities, electric should be the way with public transit....quiet and clean

Agreed. But They have electric or hybrid or CNG buses, only without the safety, effeciency, professional drivers, and style of the golden oldies. :)

we still got them in gay ass frisco

JBofBrisbane , imagine people riding in the back, with their heads almost bouncing off the ceiling 🙂🙂.