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Saw an articulated trackless trolley on TV the other day. I beleive it was in Seattle. Who makes these trackless?

Al W.
 
Location: Silver Spring, Md | Registered:: December 31, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Here's a link to a pretty complete Wikipedia listing.
It includes manufacturers, both extant and closed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus

Lee
 
Location: Madison, CT | Registered:: December 20, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Seattle's articulated trackless trolleys were made by Breda in Italy. They were originally designed as bi-modal buses to operate as diesels throughout the city and as trackless trolleys in Seattle's downtown transit tunnel- a subway for buses. In this regard, they're very similar to Newark's All Service Vehicles in the 1940s. Seattle's transit tunnel has since been modified to include light rail trains and low emission diesels, so the Bredas were removed from tunnel service. Their diesel engines were removed and the vehicles have become just electric trackless trolleys, replacing earlier obsolete MAN articulated trackless trolleys on heavy trips.
 
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Thanks a lot fellas. One can learn a lot here.

Al W.
 
Location: Silver Spring, Md | Registered:: December 31, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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