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Description: | Concept: civilian morale, civilian personnel, children, cityscape, architecture, transport, flag / banner / standard, motor vehicles Description: whole: the three main images are positioned in the upper four-fifths, with a smaller image placed in the lower left, held within a blue circular inset. The title and text are separate and positioned in the upper left and lower fifth, in black. All set against a white background and held within a yellow border. image: the images depict various trams and trolleybuses driving through the streets of London. The smaller image is a Union Flag. text: Passengers boarding a trolleybus at the kerb. London trams on the Victoria Embankment alongside the Thames. LONDON'S TRANSPORT. No. 4 TRAMS AND TROLLEYBUSES Trams still carry an important part of London's transport load, but they are being superseded by trolleybuses. The advantage of trams and trolleybuses is that they run on electricity which is produced by burning coal, of which, in normal times, Britain has plenty. The advantage of trolleybuses compared to trams is that the former can move over to the kerb to pick up and discharge passengers, and are capable of greater speed with greater comfort. Apart from the fact that they leave behind no exhaust fumes to pollute the air, trolleybuses have this advantage over ordinary buses: they reduce engine noise and vibration to a minimum. The war interrupted a plan for converting 306 miles of tram routes to trolleybuses, but the plan will be completed when the war is over. The big picture above shows a typical London trolleybus. FOR VICTORY G.P.D. 365/13/28 Object: tram, bus | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5169... | Go to resource |
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