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  2. Trolleybus - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of trolleybus manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94 ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972) Bogdan/Ursus Т701.16 in Lublin Foton BJD-WG120FN bimodal trolleybus in Beijing

  4. Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    They took their 3-axle motor bus chassis and modified it to carry the electric motors and control gear of a trolleybus. The design was a success, and large numbers were sold. By the summer of 1933 Sunbeam trolleybuses were running on the Wolverhampton, Walsall and other British networks. [2]

  5. Electromote - Wikipedia

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    The Electromote built by the Siemens & Halske company was a converted four-wheel landau carriage, equipped with two 2.2 kW electric motors, each of which transmitting power directly to one of the rear wheels using a chain drive. This was because a working differential was not available at the time. The voltage used was 550 V DC.

  6. British United Traction - Wikipedia

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    British United Traction was a major supplier of diesel engines for British Rail's first-generation diesel multiple units.These engines were built in 125 hp (93 kW), 150 hp (110 kW) and 230 hp (170 kW) versions and were branded AEC, Leyland or Leyland-Albion.

  7. Flyer 700/800/900 series - Wikipedia

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    An electric trolleybus version was also sold as the E700; 195 were built in total, the majority (152) to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), and 40 to the Hamilton Street Railway. [5] The first E700 was sold to Toronto in 1968. [3] At the time, Flyer was the only company still making electric trolleybuses in North America.

  8. MTB-82 - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of Public Transport in Moscow and the Museum of Electric City Transport in St. Petersburg each have a roadworthy and a non-roadworthy MTB-82. 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.

  9. List of trolleybus systems in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.