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	Trolley pole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trolley poles are usually tapered cylindrical poles of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" overhead wire to the control and propulsion equipment of a trolley car, tram or trolley bus.
		The term trolley to describe the pole or the passenger car using the trolley pole is derived from the grooved conductive wheel (trolley or troller) attached to the end of the pole that "trolls" the overhead wire.
		The trolley pole sits atop a sprung base on the roof of the trolley vehicle, the springs maintaining the tension to keep the trolley wheel or shoe in contact with the wire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trolley_pole (741 words)

	Sources of Power
		Trolleys traditionally operate on 600 volts direct current, drawn from an overhead wire (by means of a trolley pole) and returned through the rail (by the wheels).
		Thus if a heritage trolley operation plans to use the track of a light rail system, and if historic cars or replica cars with traditional equipment are to be used, then the cars may have to be modified to operate at this higher voltage.
		Thus trolley power systems are normally broken into separate "sections," each fed by a different generating source, and high capacity feeder cables are strung along the line (on poles or below ground) and connected to the trolley wire at intervals to increase capacity.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /planPower.htm (440 words)

	Tutorial and Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On cars equipped with trolley poles the pole must face the correct director for operation (it must always be “pulled,” never “pushed.”) It is possible to mount a trolley roller atop a pantograph instead of a pan collector, but this is not a frequent practice.
		Trolleys which were a bit larger and faster than “city” cars were used to rush people to and from the inner suburbs of large cities, often along rights-of-way that were built adjacent to roads or highways.
		A trolley pole is connected to the car by a trolley base which is usually a spring loaded device that puts upward pressure on the pole and holds it up.
	trolleystogo.org /glossary.htm (8208 words)

	Articles - Trolley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A tram (tramcar, trolley, streetcar, or street railway) is a railborne vehicle, lighter than a train, designed for the transport of passengers (and/or, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities.
		The sense of "streetcar" is first recorded in 1860, and is a North American usage, as is "trolley," which derives from the trolley pole that collects live power from an overhead wire or cable, sometimes simply strung, sometimes as catenary.
		The trolley pole in turn its name from the "trolley wheel" that was formerly the chief means of contact between car and wire as the wheel "trolled" behind the moving car.
	www.seekj.com /articles/Trolley (406 words)

	Trolleyville School - OPERATIONAL TROLLEY POLES FOR HO SCALE MODEL ELECTRIC STREETCARS AND INTERURBAN VEHICLES
		After several almost outlandish methods proposed by other pioneers, Frank devised a spring loaded pole with a large wheel that contacted the underside of a suspended wire and the trolley pole was born.
		There are examples of an early trolley pole bases used during the turn of the century, later models used on conventional cars in the 1920's, a model used by the Birney Safety Car and finally, the PCC car.
		Most prototype trolley poles are from 13 to 14 feet long, not including the base or the trolley wheel or shoe.
	www.trolleyville.com /tv/school/operational_trolley_poles/index.shtml (1682 words)

	Trolley Poles
		Most trolley poles in Cincinnati have had their upper masts removed, since they are usually only used for supporting street lights.
		Few trolley poles remain in downtown St. Bernard, however this one was adapted for supporting the school speed limit sign.
		Most trolley poles were dug out, but at some of the loops they were merely cut down like this one.
	homepage.mac.com /jjakucyk/Transit1/poles (763 words)

	Trolley Photos
		A total of 20 trolley trucks were used to carry concrete, sand and equipment for construction of the Valtellina dam in northern Italy.
		As of February 2001, the Sishen mine was operating a trolley haulage fleet consisting of 32 Komatsu 730Es and 9 Unit Rig M36s.
		Barrick conducted numerous trolley feasibility studies and in 1993 gave the go-ahead to proceed with the installation of a system at their Goldstrike mine in Nevada.
	hutnyak.com /Trolley/trolleyphotos.html (732 words)

	Trolleyville School - HANGING SIMPLE OVERHEAD WIRE FOR TROLLEY POLE USE
		Each pole, regardless of the type, -span, single bracket or double bracket-, is constructed of solid brass with a threaded base with two nuts.
		After ensuring that the eye is perpendicular to the line pole, the eye is soldered to the line pole, making sure that the base of the eye is soldered to the catenary pole to prevent the eye from opening under the stress of the overhead.
		Please note that the top horizontal surface of each line pole is not painted at this stage in the process because the line pole may have to be hammered into the module later.
	www.trolleyville.com /tv/school/catenary_construction/index.shtml (4749 words)

	Trolley Parks
		Trolley parks reached their peak in popularity shortly after World War I. However, the invention of automobile mass production in 1914 would soon lead to the closure of most of these parks.
		Trolley parks reached their peak in popularity shortly after World War I. Unfortunately, a series of events would put an end to the most of America's trolley parks.
		Without these trolley lines providing a strong stream of visitors and not enough parking for automobiles, the trolley parks did not have enough ticket sales to keep parks operating and were forced to close.
	www.icewind.net /themepark/h_trolleyparks.htm (908 words)

	San Jose - The Kelly Park Trolley
		The Kelley Park trolley, a mile southeast of downtown, came into being as the result of needs generated by the downtown heritage trolley project, with which it remains closely allied.
		Trolley service in the park is provided on weekend afternoons by a beautifully refurbished single-truck, turn-of-the-century design car.
		The staff tries especially hard to nurture children’s interest in trolleys and run special classes for them, keeping in mind the many people that have risen in transit ranks around the country through careers that were first sparked at a railroad or trolley museum.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /TNERJSanJose.htm (1213 words)

	Tram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Electric buses, which still overwhelmingly use twin trolley poles (one for live current, one for return) are called trolleybuses, trackless trolleys, or sometimes also trolleys.
		Electric-powered trams (trolley cars, so called for the trolley pole used to gather power from an unshielded overhead wire), were first successfully tested in service in Richmond, Virginia in 1888, in an installation by Frank J. Sprague.
		Modern trams generally use overhead electric cables, from which they draw current through a pantograph, a bow collector (less commonly) or the now-rare trolley pole (the former is most common and used on most new tram designs).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tram (6405 words)

	NMRA RP-5 Electric Traction, General
		The type of trolley wire frog modeled after the prototype, in which the trolley wheel rides on rails cast on the underside of the frog, is recommended.
		Trolley pole length should be such that the pole normally operates at an angle between 30 and 45 degrees to the horizontal, preferably at about the midpoint of that range.
		Rotating trolley wheels (a) facilitate backup moves, and (b) exert a scraping action on the wire which in model practice translates into cleaning the wire.
	www.nmra.org /standards/rp-5.html (547 words)

	myLargescale.com Forums - trolley pole or pantagraph? - All About Your Garden Railroad & G Scale Trains
		Trolley poles can be ordered from Bachmann, Hartland, or from light rail products.
		The B'man and Hartland trolley poles do not conduct electricity, but making poles is a relativly easy chore.
		I love trolley pole electrics and I'd be really interested to see what this conversion looks like.
	www.mylargescale.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33250 (434 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)

	LEKOV, a.s. - Oficiální stránky firmy
		The current-collecting system is supplied with trolley poles made of glass-reinforced plastic and ESKO collector shoes as standard.
		The retainer hooks are mounted on the rear part of the roof and are designed to fix and lock the trolley poles in the lowered position.
		Maximum deviation of the trolleybus from the axis of the trolley wire during operation (with the trolley wire at a height of 5 500 mm)
	www.lekov.cz /aj/trolej.htm (788 words)

	Current Collection
		The trolley (sometimes called a troller) had a habit of coming off the wires and dropping to the ground, so the connecting wire to the tram was long, to ensure that when it came off it did not hit the tramcar.
		All trolley poles are attached to the tramcar with springs that push the other end of the pole upward.
		On swivel head trolley poles, the wheel is mounted on a small fixture that can rotate in relation to the pole, so the groove can stay in line with the overhead wire.
	www.tramways.freeserve.co.uk /Models/Howto/Current.htm (1974 words)

	THE ELECTRIC TROLLEY ERA BEGINS
		The trolley allowed people, for the first time, to live outside the city, and commute to their jobs in the city.
		The shoe or wheel at the very end of the trolley pole, the part that actually touches, and runs along the underside of the overhead wire, is called the trolley.
		So, the trolley is attached to the trolley pole, which is attached to the trolley car, and that’s how the trolley car got it’s name.
	www.trolleystop.com /trolleycar.htm (1262 words)

	off the trolley
		A trolley is the small wheel that trolls, or runs against, the heavy wire that carries the current to run a streetcar.
		It's at the end of the long pole (the trolley pole) that reaches from the roof of the streetcar to the overhead line.
		When the trolley stops making contact with the wire (from passing through a switch, going over bumpy track, or whatever), the streetcar comes to a halt, (usually) without crashing.
	www.factmonster.com /computers/jargon/O/off-the-trolley.html (171 words)

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		One of the copper foil strips has a third wire lead with a small "L" shaped pin which is wedged between the floor and the inside of the body skirt.
		The trolley pole is a 2-spring PCC type pole and has an operating trolley wheel and is pre-flened.
		A headless 2-56 screw and nut assembly is provided to mount the pole to the roof, after the Corgi plastic pole has been removed.
	www.ghbintl.com /Pcc-truck-information.htm (569 words)

	Track Mounted Personnel Carrier
		If vehicle is equipped with trolley pole, the pole must not be capable of turning in a 360 degree radius.
		Cable must be protected by either a fuse of a circuit breakers on the pole or in the panel.
		The electrical components shall be arranged so that the trolley harp cannot become energized by an on-board battery.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/deputate/minres/dms/website/approval/carrier.html (395 words)

	Trains.com - Trolley pole and wire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Like trolley wire, it needs to be held down a bit from the cross members so the wheel or shoe on the trolley pole can track the wire.
		Trolley wiring typically has a single wire attached under the support pole crossbars while the heavy rail type has a support wire attached to the pole crossbars with the "running" wire hung underneath by droppers.
		It is for trolleys, they seem to have trollers at the end of their poles...
	www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=54307 (1404 words)

	Q-Car Company - Trolley Poles
		Now back the pole off the screw and carefully file any sharp edges off the screw, or use your Dremel with a wire wheel to dress down the end of the screw.
		As for the pole hook, what we do is drill a small hole between the fake mounting nuts on the pole hook, solder a piece of either.025 or.032 brass wire in this hole flush with the top of the pole hook; this is then inserted in a hole in the car roof.
		Some AC is applied to the base of the pole hook when it contacts the roof walk and a drop is put on this wire, either inside or outside where it enters the roof.
	www.qcarcompany.com /information/DidYouKnow/Trolley_Pole_Mounting.html (701 words)

	Trolley Time Challenge Product Description
		Trolley Time Challenge is a Windows 9x based simulation of those nostalgic Street Car trolley operations.
		If the trolley is drawing current (throttle is on, not coasting) while the trolley car approaches the switch at the location marked with a white stripe across the track, the switch will throw to the right-hand route, either straight or diverging.
		If power is not on as the trolley passes the white stripe, the switch will be set for the left-hand route, either straight or diverging.
	members.aol.com /challengeproduct/ttc_desc.htm (1092 words)

	Larry Pieniazek's Train Specific LEGO® Glossarys Page
		This is the main reason trolley poles and pantographs are sprung, but this bobbing is not suitable for high speed service.
		Light rail, where trolley pole equipped stock predominates, is typically centered exactly over the track if possible, and typically is single wire.
		Trolley poles have a much lower speed service ceiling, probably 70 or 80 tops, with typical speeds more like 30.
	my.voyager.net /~lar/gloss.html (2046 words)

	NCat: A Brief History
		Overhead wire under which pantographs operated was the first; successful operation with trolley poles under a live overhead was the second, and 3rd rail collection was the last.
		When trolley poles started to be used, this was changed to a design that functions for trolley poles as well as pantographs.
		Also, when trolley poles were used, the system of just crossing the overhead wires over turnouts and crossings necessitated frogs and x-ings in the overhead wire.
	www.teamsavage.com /ncat/ncathist.html (1483 words)

	Trolley Cars to Emaus & Macungie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The motorman quickly changes ends by placing the trolley pole up on the Hamilton Street end of the car and while walking through the car, flips the seat backs over to face the front of the car for the outbound trip.
		Trolley rails were removed a few years ago on 4th Street over the Reading Co. bridge and on Broad Street in Emmaus, and the last remaining Macungie rails were removed during the 1959 reconstruction of Main Street.
		The steel line pole located on 4th Street near Railroad Avenue at the Emmaus Triangle has also been removed; however, the trolley right-of-way can still be seen from South 28th Street in Allentown, to the top of the hill at East Main Street in Emmaus.
	www.macungie.org /biles.html (2631 words)

	Archived Headend Journals from the New York Museum of Transportation - Winter 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TROLLEY SPARKS FLY AT N.Y.M.T. As you read in the Fall issue of zSTRONG STRONGz, by late October the volunteers of NYMT and the Rochester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society had completed installation of overhead wire on about 1,000 ft of our shared rail line near the NYMT facility.
		As a result, the trolley pole that would normally be put on the wire didn’t have any wire above it.
		We’ll be looking forward to some kind of trolley event this coming summer to treat NYMT to a ride and to welcome the general public to the only museum trolley operation in this part of New York State.
	www.nymtmuseum.org /PastHeadends/Winter01/TrolleySparks.html (770 words)

	Transit Toronto - Content: The Toronto Trolley Bus Photo Gallery
		Another shot of the trolley pole, showing the grove that the wire slips through.
		Trolley coach 9000 rests with comrades and a PCC in Lansdowne Carhouse.
		Rebuilt trolley coach 9200 pauses in a St. George bus bay on a fantrip.
	transit.toronto.on.ca /trolleybus/9701.shtml (643 words)

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