| | British Trolleybus Database CD - newly updated!
By Ashley Bruce
Not a book (though you can print one out) but a computer database that has been 21 years in the making! Now available in version 4, with over 800 new images, a listing for every single trolleybus, a refined user interface and now able to run under Windows 10 64bit and every other previous incarnation of 32/64bit Windows. Here's a selection of sample trolleybuses - click to zoom
And here's a gallery of some of the options available -
The specification speaks for it's self -
Minimum requirements - PC, 1gb ram, 754mb of hardrive space. Designed to run in 800x600 or 1024x768 screens, and under WindowsXP/Vista/7/8 and 10, the British Trolleybus Database gives detailedinformation on every trolley vehicle that was built in the UK. Buttons acrossthe top navigate through each and every trolleybus - to give access to allchassis makers, electrical suppliers, body builders and operators, and
- allow multiple searches by maker, operator, export, type, chassis or fleetnumber,
- sort by body type, chassis characteristics, current collector orownership,
- see the database as a table and print reports,
- see and compare production or service life statistics
- and design the 'cab' by changing fonts and colours.
There's an interactive picture gallery and a notepad for comments. Eachpicture has a caption that not only gives details, but also gives listsextensive historical and technical references.
Every trolleybus operator gets every route listed and there's a map of everyUK network.
The database is a fully interactive program that allows editing, tailoringand adjustment.
The British Trolleybus Database CD has -
673 records of each batch of 6,401 UK service trolleybuses and 180 recordsof 2,112 exports containing -
- dates built, withdrawn and in service
- builder of chassis, controls, motor, trolleybase and body
- details of chassis, transmission, brakes, motor, controls and body by type
- vehicle dimensions and weights
- operator, with chassis, body, fleet and registration numbers
- notes on design features and on service history
- a form view for each batch, with picture and details as above
- a table view listing the batches with details as above
- a gallery view showing either 20 or 30 'thumbnail' pictures together(depending on screen size)
- resizable from 800x600 (showing picture controls) to1024x768 (adding makers logos, and picture previews).
- a statistics view showing a bar graph by production numbers, service lifeor in comparison with another manufacturer, operator or search criteria, byproduction number or service life. There's also a bar graph of overallchassis totals
- a picture caption panel giving place and date of picture, its copyrightand reference source, with access to a listing of most published works onthe 'current' operator
- switches to view the 'current' operators network map and route listing,with opening and closing dates, and the overhead contractor
switches to view company information on the 'current' vehicle, by chassis,controls, motor or body builder
- a switch to alternate between the two owners of secondhand trolleybuses
- a switch to view a searchable glossary of direct electric traction terms
- buttons to view by each chassis suppliers vehicles
- buttons to view by each controls manufacturers vehicles
- buttons to view by each motor makers vehicles
- buttons to view by each trolleybase manufacturer
- buttons to view by each body builders vehicles
- buttons to view combinations of the above (all Leyland's with Roe bodyworkfor example)
- buttons to sort by date, chassis number, body number or registrationnumber
- buttons to view by each UK operator
- buttons to view by each overseas operator
- a search table to find any individual batch or vehicle
- a search facility to find any text within the data
- a selection facility to view user-tagged vehicles
- a sort facility to find by year, decade, number of axles, transmissiontype, motor type, control type, number of decks, entrance position, bodyheight type, collection type, ownership and status. Use of this facility ispossible in any combination (so all 6 wheel single deckers with rheostaticcontrol that have been preserved can be found for example)
- a pop-up word processing memopad for users notes
- an options facility to change the appearance of the database
- a print facility to print what's on screen or a pre-configured report
and 52 pages of context sensitive onscreen help
Price: £16.00 (GBP) each +P&P
Total weight: 100g. id - GB23Buying online with Paypal includes paying by credit card. alternatively, |
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