The History of the Reading Transport Society (RTS) 1961 – 1971 and the early years of the British Trolleybus Society

The history of the Reading Transport Society, which subsequently became the British Trolleybus Society, from 1961 to 1971, 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