Trolley Buses Of Tasmania
Transportation History Australian History Local History Antiquarian & Collectible Engineering & Technology Public Transport Trams & Trolleybuses
Trolley Buses of Tasmania is a scarce 1980 first-edition paperback that preserves the forgotten chapter of Australia’s public-transport history when quiet, rubber-tyred electric buses glided through Hobart and Launceston streets. In just 88 pages, author Ian Cooper—writing for the Australian Electric Traction Association—delivers everything collectors and historians want: production rosters, technical diagrams, route maps and a treasury of crisp black-and-white photographs that show the trolley buses at work, inside depots and on the day the last wires came down. The book’s staple-bound format is still tight and rust-free, making it an ideal reference copy for modellers, railfans and anyone documenting Tasmanian streetscapes of the 1950s-70s.
What makes this copy especially appealing is its clean, unmarked interior: no ex-library stamps, no inscriptions, no dog-eared pages, only minor cover scuffs that testify to four decades of careful shelf life. Because the title was never reprinted, first-edition examples in this condition are now hunted by transport antiquarians well beyond Australia. The fold-out system map and photo plates remain pristine, so you can frame or scan them without the shadows and tears common in other survivors.
For transport modellers, heritage groups or anyone curating a collection of Australiana, Trolley Buses of Tasmania is both a technical handbook and a nostalgic time capsule. It pairs perfectly with tram books yet stands alone as the only dedicated English-language study of this short-lived electric fleet. Secure this vintage 1980 release now before remaining copies retreat into private archives and online prices climb higher.
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