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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 ...
Atlanta trolleybus 1732, built by the St. Louis Car Company, is preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum.. In Atlanta, Georgia, trolleybuses, generally called trackless trolleys there, were a major component of the public transportation system in the middle decades of the 20th century, carrying some 80 percent of all transit riders [1] during the period when the system was at its maximum size.
One of the most notable of these new trolleybus systems was the Crimean Trolleybus, currently the world's longest trolleybus line. Production at the time was limited to the monopoly Zavod imeni Uritskogo (ZiU, named after Moisei Uritsky). It produced thousands of MTB-82, ZiU-5, and ZiU-9 passenger trolleybuses for domestic purposes and for ...
The two roadworthy trolleybuses frequently take part in vehicle exhibitions. In Nizhny Novgorod and Chișinău, one MTB-82 each, although roadworthy, is displayed outdoors as a technical monument. The Minsk trolleybus depot no. 1 also has an MTB-82 designated as a monument, meaning that a total of seven MTB-82s have been preserved. [6]
ZiU-5 is a high-floor big class trolleybus for city mass transit. It's duraluminium hull mounted on the steel frame and carcass constructions. The hull has two doors in its front and rear ends. The doors open and close automatically by electric gear under driver's control. The vehicle is powered by DK-207A 95-kilowatt electric motor. The ...
Cargo trolleybus line in Rochon Quarry, Unpho Mine, replacing previous truck based ore transportation system, operated with trolleybuses converted by the mine. [65] Jonchon [66] possible late 2000s A line serving February 8 General Machine Factory. A trolleybus was located within the machine plant between 2011-2014.
World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882. The Electromote was the world's first vehicle run like a trolleybus, which was first presented to the public on April 29, 1882, by its inventor Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens in Halensee, a suburb of Berlin, Germany. [1]
Vétra was founded in 1925 and was based in Paris.After initially experimenting with production of accumulator railcars, the company made its first trolleybus in 1927.The first Vétra trolleybuses were two vehicles, model MV, supplied to the Aubagne–Cuges trolleybus system, [4] which was located just east of Marseille and began operation on 22 September 1927. [5]