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Cart from 16th century, found in Transylvania. A minecart, mine cart, or mine car (or more rarely mine trolley or mine hutch) is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining.
a diagram of ZiU-9. The electrical equipment of the ZiU-9 had some minor differences from the ZiU-5. The power of the main motor was increased. The indirect resistor-based control system of electric current was slightly modified to deal with the increased power of the main motor.
3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind.
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Name of system Location Date (from) Date (to) Notes Los Angeles: 11 September 1910 1915 Located in Laurel Canyon. The first commercial trolleybus system in the United States. [4] [5] [6] Later, there were 1922 and 1937 demonstrations of newer vehicles. [1] [7] [a]
System Locale Major city(s) Daily ridership Number of vehicles Daily vehicle revenue miles References Mountain Line: Flagstaff area Flagstaff: 7,700 12 1,867 [25] [26] Central Arizona Regional Transit Pinal County Coolidge, Florence, Casa Grande 134 7 14 [1][2] Valley Metro (Scottsdale Trolley) Scottsdale: Scottsdale: 3,500 11 1,132 [27] [28 ...
County commissioners approved the name change of the public transit system to "Bay Way" in hopes of increasing ridership. All aboard the 'Bay Way' bus! County trolley system rebrands after 25 years
Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden Video of a trolleybus in Ghent, Belgium. A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram – in the 1910s and 1920s [1] – or trolley [2] [3]) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded ...