THE TROLLEYBUSES OF VALPARAISO
IN PLACILLA
CHILE

Photographed 9 and 17 September 2006 by
Pablo Serra

 

[These are the new shops and yard for the Valparaíso system, where trolleybuses are restored and repaired. The fleet of 22+ vehicles that currently run in Valparaíso can be seen on the following pages: American, Chinese, French and Swiss Trolleybuses in Chile and The Pullman Trolleybuses of Valparaíso.]

801 ex-Santiago (Pullman-Standard, 1946)

 

 

 

801 ex-Santiago (Pullman-Standard, 1946)

 

 

 

602 ex-Genève (Berna, 1965)

 

 

 

109 ex-Santiago 822 (Pullman-Standard, 1947)

 

 

 

107 ex-729 (Pullman-Standard, 1952), 110 ex-Santiago 842 (Pullman-Standard, 1948)

 

 

 

602 ex-Genève (Berna, 1965)

 

 

 

605 ex-Genève (Berna, 1965), 502 ex-Zürich 109 (FBW, 1959), 602 ex-Genève (Berna, 1965)

 

 

 

103 ex-Schaffhausen (Berna, 1966), 604 ex-Genève (Berna, 1965), 644 ex-Genève (FBW, 1975)

 

 

 

73 ex-Zürich (FBW, 1974)

 

 

 

Interior of a Genève 600 series (Berna, 1965)

 

 

 

603 ex-Santiago (Shenfeng, 1991)

 

 

 

146 ex-Sankt Gallen (Saurer, 1971)

 

 

 

The Ford truck that tows the trolleybuses back and forth between Valparaíso and Placilla

 

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Page by
Allen Morrison

Also see my directory of
ELECTRIC TRANSPORT IN LATIN AMERICA