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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 ...
Trolley pole on a Toronto streetcar, tipped with a trolley shoe. A trolley pole is a tapered cylindrical pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" (electrified) overhead wire to the control and the electric traction motors of a tram or trolley bus. It is a type of current collector.
It was adapted for the domestic market modification export version trolley ZiU- 682G -010, the production of which began in 1992. Based on ZiU- 682G -012 began the further modernization of trolley conducted mainly commissioned Mosgortransa (as most other Russian cities at that time became insolvent) and divided into several stages.
Trolley pole wheel on top of the trolley pole of Twin City Rapid Transit Company No. 1300. A current collector (often called a "pickup") is a device used in trolleybuses, trams, electric locomotives and EMUs to carry electric power from overhead lines, electric third rails, or ground-level power supplies to the electrical equipment of the vehicles.
Dual-mode (diesel-trolley) buses used electric traction in the South Boston Waterfront tunnel and a short surface section, and diesel propulsion elsewhere. [16] Replaced by CNG buses with extended battery mode for the tunnel. Fairhaven: 16 October 1915 1 December 1915 Experimental. Fitchburg: 10 May 1932 30 June 1946 System also served Leominster.
Trolleybus garage (depot) in San Francisco, USA, with a range of Muni's trolleybuses dating from 1976 to 2003. On the left is an ETI (Skoda/AAI) 14TrSF trolleybus, which type replaced the non-accessible Flyer trolleybuses in the center.
The factory is divided into the parts workshop, which builds various components such as trolley poles and other various parts, [15] motor workshop for constructing the electrical motors and assembly workshop, where the final assembly takes place. [16] Most of the components used in trolleybuses, such as the seats, are manufactured at the factory.
Some of these 1947 TC44 trolley buses remained in service on the Philadelphia system as late as 1981. [8] The next purchases were from the Marmon-Herrington Company. PTC brought 28 of that builder's model TC46 in 1949 and then 43 of the larger model TC49 in 1955. These were the last trolley buses acquired for more than two decades.