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Published six times a year and fully illustrated, "Trolleybus Magazine" is the world's premier journal devoted to trolleybuses. Issues feature descriptions of present-day operations around the world (often with route and wiring maps), new vehicle developments, historical articles, preservation developments, and comprehensive worldwide news. Book and video reviews as well as readers' correspondence are also included.
picture - A Murray	Descriptions of present-day operations overseas New vehicle developments Historical articles Preservation progress Technical treatises Comprehensive worldwide news Route and overhead wiring maps Book and video reviews Events diary Readers' correspondence Normally 24 pages in each issue Fully illustrated (normally over 20 pictures in each issue) Colour cover picture, and now, colour pictures inside
The cover of the latest issue shows Rosario Volvo B58/Marcopolo/Powertronics no.1 operating at the western end of route K; a system not pictured by TM for over a decade. Issue 280 includes the story of the "For all times" MTB82 trolleybus, a review of trolleybus preservation in Russia, news of preservation, reviews of the latest books and videos, and news from around the world.
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The Editor, Carl Isgar, is always pleased to consider articles and photographs for publication, and can be contacted at 24 Heath Farm Road, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 8JW. Email editor.tm@btinternet.com. Photographs for publication should be suitably captioned on the back with the name and address of the photographer. News items [only] can be sent to the News Editor, Peter Haseldine, at 5 Ardmore Lane, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RY or via email trolleybus.news@btopenworld.com.
"Trolleybus Magazine" is only available to members of the National Trolleybus Association. Recent covers have included -

Jihlava 53, a low-floor Škoda 21Tr, leaving the town centre on route C. picture - MJ Russell	Wellington's Designline prototype 301, newly delivered outside Stagecoach's Kilbirnie depot on 10th March 2003. picture - C. Geaboc	Newcastle's 492, turning from Grainger Street into Neville Street, 30th July 1963. picture - D. Pearson
Nancy's guided trolleybus 6, operating without guidance on route T1, approaching the station, 23rd June 2003. picture - P. Haseldine	Val-de-Ruz 31, a 1942 Saurer with Ramseier + Jenzer body, at Les Hauts Geneveys station platform, 24th June 1981. picture - A.G. Murray	Lipetsk 035, a BTZ 5276 on new route 4 at Sokol outer terminus. 28th July 2003. picture - P. Haseldine
Genève 669, a Hess bodied Saurer GT560, on route 19 crossing Place de Bel Air towards Vernier in July 2003. picture - M.A. Box	Genève 721, the double articulated prototype Hess, on route 19 at Quai de la Poste in March 2004. picture - P.Haseldine	South Shields 243, a Roe bodied Karrier W of 1945, at Marsden Grotto in May 1961. picture - D.Smithies
Dayton 515, a 1949 Marmon-Herrington TC-48, repainted in the livery of the City Transit Company, on Lakeside Drive on 25th April 1987 during an enthusiast tour. picture - SJ Morgan	Arnhem 0228, a 2002 Berkhof AT18, turning at Rijkerswoerd under the 'clothes line' on 27th April 2004. picture - P.Haseldine	Shanghai 663-359, seen in 1984 and built by the undertaking which celebrated its 90th anniversary in November 2004. picture - M.J. Russell
Marseille 293, a Vetra-Berliet ELR, one of 82 purchased between 1955 and 1962 and seen entering Quai de Rive Neuve on 5th September 1975. picture - J.Priestley	Roma 8525, an 18m Solaris, on Via Nomentana and crossing the tramway in Viale Regina Margherita on 27th March 2005, 4 days after the return of trolleybus operation after 33 years. picture - G. Mantovani	Boston 4120, one of 28 new Neoplan/Škoda vehicles that are the first low-floor trolleybuses in North America. Seen outbound on route 73 in Trapelo Road on 22nd September 2004. picture - SJ. Morgan
Salzburg 112, built by Gräf & Stift in 1974, appeared on TM's cover to mark the 65th anniversary of the system. Seen after crossing the Salzach river, with Hohensalzburg fortress behind. picture - AG. Murray	Ashgabat 016, a Škoda 14Tr, on May 19th 2005, passing President Niyazov's message to "Let the Turkmen people prosper" on Garassyzlyk, part of the newly equipped trolleybus route 8. picture - P Haseldine	Ostrava 3702, a Solaris Trollino 12AC, on April 20th 2005, passing the town's mining museum on departure from the Michalkovice terminus. picture - P Haseldine
South Lancs 61, a Karrier W utility trolleybus at Four Lane Ends, the limit of the wiring for which Bolton Corporation was responsible. The system closed before the preservation movement got started in the UK. picture - J Batty	Double articulated Geneve 782, one of a batch of 10 Hess 'Lightrams' on 14th February 2006 on a test run at the Airport. picture - D Pearson	Perugia 103, an all-Breda trolleybus delivered in 1949, on 3rd July 1970 at Stazione FS. It was withdrawn the following year. picture - P Haseldine
Gdynia 3374, a Jelcz 120MT trolleybus, part of a large batch delivered between 1994 and 2000. Seen leaving Pustki Cisowskie housing development on 21st May 2006. picture - P Haseldine	Ashton 84 on the 218 service to Piccadilly, circumnavigating the roundabout at Mancunian Way. picture - C Isgar	Bournemouth 279 correctly showing the red "via Bath Road" auxilliary blind display. picture - RTE Box
Arnhem 0212, a Berkhof Premier AT18 with Kiepe electrical equipment and Berkhof body, at Emmersingel on route 1 towards Het Duifje in January 2002. picture - CF Isgar	Athens 9035, an articulated Neoplan N6221 with Kiepe electrical equipment, at Nosokomeio Evangalismos on route 13, 8th June 2006. picture - V Thrun	Salzburg 272, a Van Hool AG 300T, delivered in 2003, at Staatsbrücke on route 4 to Liefering, on 7th April 2007. picture - G Mackinger
Basel 902, a FBW/SWP/FHS/BBC/SAAS consortium trolley, built in 1968, turning right from Bäumlihofstrasse into Rauracherstrasse on 28th July 1992. picture - CF Isgar	Solingen 40, a Henschel/Uerdingen ÜH111s trolley, now liveried as Salzburg 123, beside sister vehicle 59, on 23rd June 2007. picture - G Mackinger	London Q1 class 1812, flanked by L3 class 1521 and K2 class 1201 in September 2007 at the East Anglian Museum - the first time 1812 had run alongside other London trolleybuses since 1974. picture - MJ Russell
Roma Solaris 18T 8505, turning into Viale Rosetta Pampanini, on departure from Largo Labia terminus, on the edge of Roma's built-up area. picture - SJ Morgan	Qingdao (China) D-5-909, a SK 5105 GP trolleybus built by Shanghai Coach in 1997/8, seen operating on route 5 between Qingdao Railway Station and Victory Bridge, in August 2007. picture - M Thrun
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Previous issues include - 191 Mexico City - 1 192 Mexico City - 2, Notts & Derby picture-feature 193* Simferopol-Yalta (the world's longest trolleybus route - 53.75 miles) 194 Soviet production since 1933 195 Newcastle (Slatyford depot) 196* Bournemouth - 1, Moskva Jubilee 197 Bournemouth - 2, Polish trolleybuses for Russia? 198 Buenos Aires, Substations 199 Reading’s power supply system, Chaux-de-Fonds 200* Low-floor trolleybuses, Solonceni 201 Hoyerswerda, Milwaukee 350 (preservation) 202* Farewell to the Double-decker (picture-feature), Ukraine - 1 (Donetsk) 203 Transperience (Bradford), Ukraine - 2 (Makeyevka, Gorlovka, Dzerzhinsk) 204 Brisbane 205* Hanoi 206 Kingston-upon-Hull 207 Singapore (description) 209 Guadalajara - 2 210 Singapore (pre-war) 211* Mexico City picture-feature 212 Singapore (wartime), Boston 213 Nizhni Novgorod 214* Singapore (postwar - 1), Škoda production 1936-1995 215 Singapore (postwar - 2), London trolleybus maps 216 Singapore (postwar - 3), Solingen 218 Essen duobuses - 2, Model Trolleybuses, Huddersfield’s surviving traction standards 219 New systems in wartime Russia 220* København (Copenhagen) (see also TM 227) 221 Odense, South Lancs picture-feature 222 Auckland, Chicago picture-feature 223* Vancouver’s 50-year celebration, Lausanne 224* Glasgow and São Paulo picture-features 225* Athinai and Hastings picture-features 226* Alstom’s first trolleybus order (Athinai), Wellington Jubilee 227* Bradford’s surviving traction standards, More on København (see TM 220), Trolleybus Celebrations in the Czech Republic (Brno, Ústí nad Labem, Plzen) 228* Sarajevo picture feature, São Paulo Jubilee 229* Arnhem, Gdynia picture feature 230* 1990s in Retrospect, Edmonton Jubilee 231* Preservation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Bern picture-feature 232* Nordtroll (Russian manufacturer), German preservation 233* Anshan, Diode section insulators 234* Moskva Exhibition Service, Restoration of Bournemouth 202 235* Romania - 1 236* Romania - 2 237* Georgia - 1 (Batumi, Chiatura, Gori), London proposals 238* Georgia - 2 (Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Poti), Sandtoft 239* Georgia - 3 (Rustavi, Samtredia, Sukhum), Athinai, the new Cristalis trolleybus 240* Georgia - 4 (Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Zestaponi, Zugdidi), Recife 241* Yalta 242* History of Current Collection - 1, Moskva's Ikarus vehicles 243* History of Current Collection - 2, Huddersfield school services 244* North Korea - 1 (introduction) 245* North Korea - 2 (Pyongyang) 246* North Korea - 3 (other systems) 247* 40 Years of the NTA, China in 1983 - a personal reflection, Route changes in Minsk 248* China in 1983 - 2, Lausanne 70th anniversary 249* Ukraine picture-feature - 1 250* Ukraine picture-feature - 2 251* Gdynia - 1 252* Gdynia - 2 253* Gydnia - 3, Landskrona 254* Kyiv - 1, Tula 255* Kyiv - 2 256* Trolleybus depots, Singapore 257* Dayton, Salzburg Obus Conference 258* Napoli CTP, last Alfa-Romeo trolleybuses 259* Biel trolleybuses 260* Trolleybus production in Russia and Belarus, Coimbra 261* Trolleybus production in Russia and Belarus, part 2 262* Trolleybus production in Russia and Belarus, part 3 263* Salzburg 264* Trolleybus production in Russia and Belarus, part 4 265* Tehran, Surviving trolleybus equipment in Huddersfield 266* Cagliari system in Sardinia 267* Bradford Moor route, Boston 268* Toulon in retrospect 269* 1903 article on Schiemann trolleys 270* Closure of the Manchester and Ashton systems 271* Memories of Italy 272* Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan 273* European Trolleybuses 1966-76, part 1 274* European Trolleybuses 1966-76, part 2, Škoda 9Tr trolleybuses in the Ukraine 275* European Trolleybuses 1966-76, part 3 276* European Trolleybuses 1966-76, part 4 277* Wolverhampton 654 278* Genève 279* Basel top