The Collingwood Street Trolley Derby
The date for the 2011 derby has been set:
- 10:30am - 4pm Saturday 19 February 2011
- (rain day: Sunday)
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Ruby Bay Bypass
On Sunday 23 May 2010 a rather special, one-off trolley event was held down the Dominion Road end of the almost-completed SH60 Ruby Bay Bypass
Peter Warren, Nelson Camera Club
Wider, Steeper, Longer, Faster!
At around 16m wide, the highway was wide enough for 12 trolleys at a time!
- Collingwood Street has a gradient of 4.2% - 14m vertical over 333.3m
- The average gradient on the course is 5.56% - 50m vertical over 900m
- The steepest section of the course is 6.8% - 21.7m vertical over 318m
