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Several PCF–Brill trolleybuses and one Twin Coach on Pike Street in Downtown Seattle in 1956. The first trolleybus to operate on Seattle's streets was in 1937. It was brought to the city for a demonstration to gain public support for a plan to replace the debt-ridden streetcar and cable car system with a "trackless trolley" system.
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] Los Angeles Transit Lines (1947–58); Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (1958–63) [6] 3 August 1947 30 March 1963 Lines 2 ...
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 ...
Dual-mode (diesel & electric trolley) Diesel: Detroit Diesel 6V92TA / ZF 4HP600 Electric Trolley: AEG / Westinghouse: 1988–1991: 2005: 5000–5235 (236) 63 Electric trolleybus conversion AEG/Westinghouse 1988–1991 (converted 2004–2007) 2016: 4200–4258 (59) [58] 56 Last Breda trolleybus to be retired was unit 4243 on route 36 on October ...
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Unique variants included the AN440LF-ETB trolleybuses produced for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), featuring a third passenger door on the street (driver's) side, [3] the DMA-460LF dual-mode buses for the Silver Line (MBTA) with trolley poles and a diesel engine, the AN440/3 3-axle variant with a dead third axle for Los ...
Los Angeles MTA: Los Angeles: Electric March 3, 1958: March 31, 1963 Angels Flight: Los Angeles: Funicular 1901. 1996 1969 Reopened in 1996 a few blocks away from the original site. Metro Rail (A, E, L and C lines) Los Angeles: Electric Light rail July 14, 1990: Part of Los Angeles' larger Metro Rail network, which also includes the rapid ...
The Los Angeles Electric Railway began operations in 1887. Electrically-powered streetcar systems were numerous, but were largely consolidated into two large networks. In 1901, Henry Huntington bought various electric streetcar companies operating mostly within the City of Los Angeles (and not in the San Fernando Valley, Harbor area or Westside ...