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The History of the Reading Transport Society (RTS) and the
British Trolleybus Society 1961 - 2011
The full history of the Reading Transport Society, which subsequently became the British Trolleybus Society, from 1961 to 2011, is presented as a set of PDF files to download, extracted from the Trolleybus magazine in which they were published.
The Reading Transport Society
- Chapter 1 - - Setting the Scene
- Chapter 2 - - The Growth of the RTS
- Chapter 3 - - The Preservation Movement Gathers Pace
- Chapter 4 - - The Search for a Permanent Home
- Chapter 5 - - Trials & Tribulations!
- Chapter 6 - - The Fight to Save The Reading Trolleybus System
- Chapter 7 - - The Lull Before the Storm
- Chapter 8 - - The Trolleybus Preservation Movement Begins to Move Forward
- Chapter 9 - - Towards the First Operational Trolleybus Museum
- Chapter 10 - Planning the Finalé of the Reading Trolleybus System
- Chapter 11 - 1968 - A Bittersweet Year
- Chapter 12 - The Dream Becomes Reality
- Chapter 13 - A Busy Period
- Chapter 14 - The End of the Beginning