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	Huntington, West Virginia, Vintage Trolley Proposal
		A "double-end" trolley is one which can be operated in either direction without the need for a loop at each end of the line.
		Two trolley poles are provided to collect current from the overhead wire, one used for each direction of operation.
		Most trolleys built before the turn of the century were of the two-axle variety.
	huntingtontrolley.com /pages/vehicles.htm (1992 words)

	FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Similarly, trolleys traditionally shared street space with automobiles, and even though most motorists today have not been exposed to driving around tracks in the pavement and maneuvering to avoid the cars and passengers entering or leaving, mixed traffic operation remains viable.
		The word “trolley” derived from the wheel that was used at the upper end of the trolley pole that ran along the overhead wire and drew the current that powered the car.
		Trolley pole – a tubular metal pole stretching at an angle from the roof of the car to the overhead wire to draw the 600 volts of DC current that powers the car.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /FAQ.HTM (1968 words)

	Ohio Museum of Transportation - Dayton's Trolley Coaches
		The trolley coach is clean and quiet, while the diesel bus which replaced the trolley is drawing much criticism for it's excessive noise and its contribution to air pollution.
		One-way streets, expresswaysm and urban renewal were raising havoc with trolley coach lines; and, instead of seeking ways to overcome those stumbling blocks, there was a tendency to desert the trolley coach in favor of the diesel.
		Refurbished trolley coach used in trial program conducted in Toronto proved to be a success, and the decision has been made to modernize the remaining 151 trolleys in the Toronto fleet.
	www.omot.org /history/daytontb.html (1628 words)

	Tracking the past / Mountain Xpress / mountainx.com
		The trolley project is expected to entail three to six months of intensive labor – at which point the owners figure the vehicle will be worth somewhere between $40,000 and $70,000.
		Asheville's love affair with trolleys traces back to 1888, when the growing city – inspired by rail cars created in Berlin in 1883 to serve as a tourist attraction – became one of the first in the U.S. to adopt the trolley as its primary means of public transportation.
		Apart from the trolleys' sentimental value for a town as rich in history as Asheville, Canfield is convinced that, if restored, they could become significant tourist attractions – just as their counterparts are in major cities such as Berlin and Toronto.
	www.mountainx.com /news/2003/1223trolley.php (1376 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content: FAQ - Trolley Buses
		In general, trolley buses were the poor siblings of transit agencies' streetcar and bus fleets.
		The electricity travels through the trolley pole and the inner workings of the streetcar and is channelled out of the wheels and into the rails and the ground.
		Trolley buses have rubber-tired wheels, however, and rubber is an effective insulator against electrical current.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /trolleybus/9003.shtml (923 words)

	Toronto buses and trolley buses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The TTC first experimented with trolley buses from 1922 to 1925 on an early form of the Mount Pleasant route.
		When these reached the end of their working lives in the 1990s, they were temporarily augmented by trolley buses leased from Edmonton.
		But the TTC concluded that trolley buses were too inflexible operationally, and that it was not cost-effective to maintain a small fleet separate from the ordinary buses, so the TTC decided to shut them down.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_buses_and_trolley_buses (1563 words)

	Toronto Tour Buses
		Tour Toronto tickets are good for seven days, giving you plenty of opportunity to get the most out of this tour.
		While riding around on one of the three double-decker buses or on the San Francisco Trolley, Tour Toronto’s friendly and knowledgeable staff is right there to entertain and educate.
		Tour Toronto operates year round and during the summer buses run 35 to 40 minutes apart and have more than 20 jump-on jump-off locations.
	www.toronto.com /attractions/article/375686 (977 words)

	Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: Phila Trolley Routes
		By 1958, almost one thousand trolleys and thirty-five trolley routes had been scrapped, replaced by a fleet of as many new General Motors diesel buses (GM owned National City Lines).
		The trolley system continued largely intact until the 1968 conversion of the Route 47, which ran from Fifth and Godfrey Avenue in Olney, through Center City to South Philadelphia.
		Trolleys stopped running in 1980, and despite denials by SEPTA management, crews ripped up track on 5th near Girard Avenue in 1983.
	www.phillytrolley.org /routes.html (1690 words)

	Buses!
		Buses were distinguished from taxis and other coaches because they ran on fixed routes, on a regular schedule, and with lower fares.
		Buses are built in several styles: with engines at the front under a separate hood, in the front, next to the driver, in the middle under the floor, and at the rear.
		One of the most recognizable buses built, it had a low deck in front and a high deck in back with extra storage underneath, a general design theme which was copied by many other makers for decades to come, although the basic form appeared at leastd as early in the 1920's [pic, pic].
	pardo.net /bus-0035/buses.html (20353 words)

	HSR Trolley Coach Operations
		Trolley coach service on the Cannon route lasted until the end of December 1989 when HSR operations were moved to the new bus garage at 330 Wentworth Street North.
		This was possible because the 7800 series trolleys were equipped with off-wire capability using a four cylinder diesel engine that allowed them to reach the new garage, a short distance from existing overhead wires.
		Some of the CCF-Brill trolley coaches were repainted from the dark red and cream scheme in which they were originally delivered to a yellow/fl scheme, being the colors of the Hamilton Tiger Cats football team.
	www.trainweb.org /elso/hsr-tc.htm (961 words)

	TRACKLESS TROLLEYS WERE COST EFFECTIVE
		Delivered by Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) in 1947, these trolley coaches were based on a design, licensed from American Car and Foundry (ACF), and they were operated in daily service into the 1970's, before being replaced by more modern trolley coaches.
		With an all service vehicle, when the end of the overhead electric wires was reached, the trolley poles could be hooked down to the roof, and a gasoline or diesel engine could be started, which drove a generator, which generated the electricity needed by the electric motors, to run the vehicle.
		When the all service vehicle, returned to the part of the route where overhead power lines were available, the trolley poles could be raised, to again collect power from the overhead wire, and save on gasoline or diesel fuel.
	www.trolleystop.com /tracklesstrolley.htm (527 words)

	Edmonton Trolley Coalition
		In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, many cities around the world did trade their trolleys for diesel buses, not because diesels provided better transportation, but because they believed they were either cheaper to operate or found them to be more readily available.
		Maximizing the use of trolleys helps keep the per unit costs associated with trolley operations down because the expense to maintain the overhead will be divided by more vehicles operating more revenue hours or more service kilometres.
		Trolleys do have to slow down to enter "special work" (switches and crossovers) at intersections, but prudence would dictate that buses ought not to be speeding through intersections anyway.
	www.trolleycoalition.org /faq.html (3353 words)

	The Seashore Trolley Museum
		This book provides a look at the wide range of transit buses built and operated in the 20th century along with the forces at work in the bus industry that brought about the vast improvements made in transit systems and bus design.
		With a brief history, each company that operated transit buses within the city, both private and city owned, is covered.
		This book covers the fleet of buses that carried the public on the streets of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten island and The Bronx in the period after World War II.
	www.trolleymuseum.org /Catalog/bus.html (926 words)

	Toronto Transit Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Toronto's streetcar system is one of the few in North America still operating along classic lines and has been operating since the mid-19th century (horsecar service starting in 1861 and electric since 1891).
		After an earlier experiment in the 1920s, trolley buses were used on a number of routes starting in 1947, but all trolley bus routes were converted to bus operation between 1991 and 1993.
		The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission (3005 words)

	Trolley Books
		This children’s story takes the readers back to the trolley car days of the 1900s as a little girl hops aboard a trolley car motored by her grandfather.
		Once Pennsylvania was honey-combed with trolley lines and the streetcar was a common sight.
		Philadelphia Trolleys contains a variety of rare images, including a postcard of the Point Breeze Amusement Park, photographs of motormen's uniform badges and buttons, architectural drawings, early stock certificates, and a photograph of the Toonerville Trolley used in the silent movies produced by Lubin Studios in the 1920s.
	www.pa-trolley.org /Store/BooksVideos/trolley_books.htm (2040 words)

	Buses on Screen - in music videos A-L
		The man is seen busking outside Waterloo station, with a number of different London buses passing.
		Two buses carry people to a party in the desert; one is a green/cream GM Old Look with fleet number 251, the other may be a Silversides, but the lighting is poor.
		In one shot two Grayline tour buses are parked in the background: a Bristol VRTSL/Eastern Coachworks and a Bristol Lodekka/Eastern Coachworks.
	www.busesonscreen.net /screen/screenmu.htm (1874 words)

	Old Pueblo Trolley -- An All-Volunteer Operating Transit Museum
		TORONTO PCC CAR #4608 has been successfully converted from its original Toronto Canada gauge to a standard US gauge used by Old Pueblo Trolley.
		This was accomplished by swapping the Canadian gauge trucks with a set of trucks obtained from the Municipal Railway of San Francisco (MUNI).
		OLDEST KNOWN TUCSON TRANSIT VEHICLE TO BE ACQUIRED Old Pueblo Trolley has received a grant from the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission to cover purchase and moving of the body of a 1935 Tucson Rapid Transit Company bus.
	www.oldpueblotrolley.org /whatsnew_old.html (446 words)

	Transit History of Toronto, Ontario
		The City of Toronto assumed all operations at the end of the TSR franchise 20 May 1891.
		In 1926 OYOB was operating 6 buses on a 20 minute headway, for a fare of 15¢/person (CRandMW May 1926, pp.
		In 1926 the operation consisted of 4 buses on a 20 minute headway, for a fare of 5¢/person or 6 tickets for 25¢ (CRandMW May 1926, pp.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/toronto-on.html (1358 words)

	Old Pueblo Trolley -- An All-Volunteer Operating Transit Museum
		In order to maintain a museum of transit history, in addition to the local historic collection, other tram, trolley, and streetcars have been acquired without regard to their specific connection to Tucson trolley history.
		Although OPT was initially formed to bring back one type vehicle (electric streetcars), as a transit museum OPT is now committed to acquiring examples of all types of transit vehicles, including a large number of buses.
		Recently, with the inclusion of the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, the parent OPT has three divisions, one dedicated to buses, one to transportation history including railroad vehicles, and the original OPT street railway.
	www.oldpueblotrolley.org /collect.htm (367 words)

	Trolley Museum Store
		Besides its successful line of trolleys and other electric cars, Brill built horsecars, cable cars, narrow-gauge and gas-propelled cars for railroads, and even buses and trolley buses.
		Appendix A lists many of the world's trolley museums and tourist trolley lines where Brill cars can be found, and gives a list of all cars built by the firm.
		See the history of the trolley car from its earliest beginnings to the present day, including the peak 80 years ago and today's trolley resurgance.
	www.tmny.org /shop.html (724 words)

	Buses on Screen - Films Sa-Sl
		It is possible that both buses had been withdrawn and were loaned to the film company prior to scrapping.
		Seen is a GM Fishbowl in New York City colours and numbered 8135, although the majority of the movie is shot in Toronto.
		Later in the movie he and Peter Boyle arrive by car at a bank in Los Angeles (towing an Airstream motor home) and are overtaken by GM New Look 6006; two other Fishbowls appear in the scene.
	www.busesonscreen.net /screen/screenfms.htm (2349 words)

	Random Stuff that Matters » Blog Archive » Sleeper buses and design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In China, most long-distance buses are sleeper buses, with beds (see picture).
		Properly designed, they can probably carry almost as many people as a normal bus (in which nobody is standing), and they are much more comfortable for a long night.
		Surely it is kind of cramped, you might be forced to be intimate with someone you don’t know (needless to say there is no undressing going on), but still the opportunity to lay down and stretch out is far superior to trying to find a comfortable situation in a normal bus.
	houshuang.org /blog/2005/06/10/sleeper-buses-and-design (489 words)

	Go2Toronto.net - Toronto Travel and Tourism Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Within Toronto, the visitor will pass through neighborhoods that are Italian Asian, Greek, Portuguese, Jewish, Polish, West Indian and Pakistani.
		Toronto has welcomed its immigrants and the vitality with which they have infused the culture, religion, customs and cuisine of the city.
		Toronto is the economic capital of Canada, with all major banks and most corporations headquartered there as well as a Stock Exchange.
	www.go2toronto.net (944 words)

	TTC Trolley Coaches
		Following World War II that Toronto Transportation Commission purchased a fleet of new trolley coaches from the Canadian Car & Foundry, and used modern trackless trolleys from American cities that were abandoning their systems.
		Later, before the system was finally dismantled, replacement coaches were leased from the Edmonton Transit System.
		For more enthusiast info about the Toronto Transit Commission, surf over to the Toronto Transportation Society's sites at www.angelfire.com/ca/TORONTO/ and www.globalserve.net/~obd/tts/.
	www.angelfire.com /on/TORONTO/trolleybus.html (80 words)

	The Greater Toronto Transit Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Featuring 1/48th scale models of TTC streetcars (CLRV and PCC types) along with 1/43rd scale model buses and trolleybuses, including TTC C-36 and T-44 types, with future additions contemplated.
		This ring is available to Tramway, Streetcar and Trolley operators throughout the world to promote their web sites.
		There are also links for the City Of Toronto in general.
	j.webring.com /hub?ring=transitgta (361 words)

	Rockhill Trolley Museum - Links
		Pennsylvania's newest trolley museum in Scranton, the city which claims the first electric trolley system in the nation.
		Today they are a major builder of underground mining equipment and small locomotives, but have also recently rebuilt trolley cars for New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and various museums.
		The KV met with the Lewistown and Reedsville trolley line, and extended to Belleville in the scenic "Big Valley".
	www.rockhilltrolley.org /links.htm (1264 words)

	Toronto Trolley Tours - Sightseeing Trolleys - Hop On and Off
		Experience the sights, sounds, and history of multi-cultural Toronto at your own speed and on your own time as you hop on and off our double-decker buses.
		This tour of Toronto features 20+ stops at major sights -- hop on and hop off between 9 am and 4 pm.
		Free hotel pick-up from major Toronto hotels or at the Metropolitan Toronto Coach Terminal at Bay and Dundas Streets.
	www.torontotours.net /tours/tourDetail.cfm/tid/1406 (1484 words)

	Trolleys & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Originally begun specifically for trolleys (called trams outside the USofA and Canada), this webring focused on electric streetcars deriving their power from overhead wires.
		(The term derives from the trolley wheel which trolled the power line to pickup the electric power.) It has since expanded to include streetcars, light rail and subways, which serve similar purposes in our cities.
		It aims to provide essential information about why quality investments in public transit are important in the present and why they will be even more important in the future.
	l.webring.com /hub?ring=trolley (927 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content
		Western Flyer rebuild 9252 rests at Runnymede Loop, the end of the line of the short 40 Junction trolley bus route in 1985.
		John Calnan took this photo during a trip to this city.
		Others have been added to the 6 Bay and 63 Ossington route histories.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /trolleybus/index.shtml (71 words)

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