VBL (Luzern) 151 - 12 Nov 1987

Thursday 12 November 1987 – It was unusual to see a Verkhersbetriebe der Stadt Luzern (VBL) trolleybus without a seated driver in the city centre. Operating cross town services the trolleybuses normally rolled up, set down and picked up and zoomed off again to prevent holding up those following. For some reason the driver was appearing to walk away from his vehicle but he was instantly back in his seat as there was already another trolleybus behind. 151, an Emmelmann bodied Büssing, carried a gold badge claiming it was a ‘Kilometer millionar’. Not sure how old it now was but the type was the oldest of Luzern’s trolleybuses at the time. Rather than having a level horizontal profile these articulated models had an unusual ‘broken back’ look with the towed section drooping below the line of the leading section. The four passenger doors each had a retractable step which folded up when the door closed.