Adelaide Trolleybus Photos

Australia

18 MY 1932 -- 11 AU 1934

5 SE 1937 -- 12 JL 1963

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 Adelaide AEC Double Decker Trolleybus Built by Lawton & Sons 1938 AEC 661T 18 feet 7 inches wheelbase Motors 90 hp MV 201 Length 29 ft 10 inches Width 8 ft 3 3/4 inches height 15 ft 9 inches. 1957. Photos by Ric Francis.

 Adelaide 422 in 1958. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, submitted by Graeme Bennet.

Adelaide 431 in 1953. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, submitted by Graeme Bennet.

A retired Sunbeam resting near Port Augusta, circa 1975. Photo by Graeme Bennet.

Sunbeam trolleybus 626 preserved at the Australian Electric Tramway Museum. AU 2003. Photo by Ric Francis.

The interior of Sunbeam trolleybus 626. AU 2003. Photo by Ric Francis.

Leyland trolleybus 472. This appears to be one of the Canton batch. See Leyland 499 below. Photo by Doug Colquhoun. Date unknown. From the collection of Scott Mitchell.

AEC double-decker trolleybus 406. Photo by Doug Colquhoun. Date unknown.

Leyland trolleybus 488 at St. Kilda Tram Museum. (See following photo). Photographer and date unknown.

Leyland 488 was one of a batch of trolleys built for Canton (Guangzhou) but diverted to Australia during WW 2. Others from this batch went to Hobart and Perth. It is believed that some went to Pontevedra, Spain. It is preserved at the St. Kilda Tram Museum. Photo by Peter Guttridge. 2007? From the collection of Peter Guttridge.

'Also preserved at the St. KildaTram Museum is Adelaide's and Australia's first trolleybus which ran experimentally between Payneham and Paradise. It was converted from one of a fleet of Garford double deck motorbuses which the Municipal Tramway's Trust had taken over from the South Australian Railways.' PG. Photo by Peter Guttridge. 2007? From the collection of Peter Guttridge.

Overhead map of Adelaide

Former Adelaide Routes

Adelaide Fleet