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[edit] Trolleybuses throughout the world

Background - focused on US development only. What about Switzerland, USSR, Czech Republic, France etc.?

Furthermore, shouldn't the Trolleybuses in Russia be moved to a separate article?

Why? Are they different in some way other than location? - Leonard G. 04:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree—why should that section be in another article? — Lumbercutter 02:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Switching from one set of wires to another

Can someone put an explanation in of how trolley buses switch from one set of wires to another (i.e. when one set of wires forks into two parallel sets, what mechanism allows the bus to choose which set to go on)? 154.5.41.227 22:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)Z

I've tried to explain this, but some copyedits may be needed - English is not my native languadge. LostArtilleryman 04:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I've added a photo of the switch and corrected a couple of typos. Some copyediting may still be needed. Cmapm 18:40, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I was helped by this article: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/t2000bc/learning/etb/electric_vehicles.html, but paraphrased it for the final result. Take a look, and see what you think. Note that "Common" as used here is something of a weasel word, but the source quoted uses it too. Catch: I am not clear as to which cities have switched from older switch types (power-on/power-off and Selectric) to the Fahslabend type, though I believe that Vancouver (BC, Canada) has not done so, and Seattle (WA, US) has done it. More information is needed about this. Dmacgr 22 (talk) 07:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I have added a request for someone (with better access to documentation) to come up with an article for the Fahslabend (trolleybus) switch. Dmacgr 22 (talk) 03:53, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gallery needed

Too many bus images that do not add info- most should go into a gallery - Leonard G. 04:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I tried to implement this and moved low-res and not too informative images into a gallery. Cmapm 18:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] tourist trolleybus

in the US there is an unfortunate number of buses built to look like trolleys and they are often called trolleybuses. perhaps this should be noted.

I added Tourist trolley to 'see also.' n2xjk 22:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dayton, Ohio

Dayton,Ohio has a large trolleybus system.

[edit] Should "at [the] Frese machinebuilding factory" translate as "at a milling machine factory"?

"The first trolley vehicle in Russia was built in Saint Petersburg in 1902 at Frese machinebuilding factory." I don't speak Russian, but I was intrigued by the "Frese" syllable, which besides being a surname or placename, I thought might possibly be related to the /frez/-/fres/ syllable seen in other European translations for "milling machine" (for example, de:Fräsmaschine; es:Fresadora; eo:Frezmaŝino; fr:Fraiseuse; no:Fres; pl:Frezarka; nl:Frezen). I see that the Russian word for milling machine starts with Фрезерная; so I wonder if the sentence should read "The first trolley vehicle in Russia was built in Saint Petersburg in 1902 at a milling machine factory." Can anyone help out with that? I am just curious. — Lumbercutter 02:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)