Wellington City Trolleybus No. 90, the ex Omnibus Society trolleybus that was stored at the Foxton Trolleybus Museum, but was moved to a lifestyle property on the Foxton to Shannon Road, over the weekend of 17th-18th April 2021, has now been positioned so it is better viewed by passing motorists heading in and out Foxton by this route.

The new owner, who apparently lives in Foxton, Is an ex WCCT transport driver who hopes to keep it as original as possible including repainting into Banderillo red.

DETAILS:
1964 Wellington City Transport's British United Traction RETB1 with MCCW B42D bodywork and seating codes preserved by the Omnibus Society since being withdrawn from service in 1986..

The Omnibus Society's No. 90 was moved to Foxton from Otaki in April 2015 for storage.

Prior to being stored in Otaki, No. 90 was in storage at the Car Haulaways site in Paekakariki until the Omnibus Society was requested to move the buses they had stored there by July 2014 so that work could start at the site on the Transmission Gully road project.

Wellington City Transport 90, BUT (Scammell) RETB/1 {SO9334} / MCCW B42D, 1964, EV 6765 / TF1013, NZ Omnibus Society. Operational at Foxton Trolleybus Museum.
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Text by: Wayne_Duncan