Category:Trolleybuses
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Trolleybuses are essentially electric buses, but instead of carrying heavy rechargeable electric batteries, they get their power from overhead electrical cabling (like electric trams).
The long swivelling poles that attach a trolleybus to its overhead power are called trolleypoles.
External links
- Trolleybuses: A potted history, by Martin Nimmo (mybrightonandhove.org.uk)
- Trolleybus History (trolleybus.co.uk)
- The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft (sandtoft.org.uk)
- "Early Development of The Railless Electric Trolleybus In particular its application in Great Britain and elsewhere up to 1924" Transactions of the Newcomen Society, Volume 33, Issue 1 (1960), pp. 93-111 (maneyonline.com)
- Short History of The Trolleybus (wulfrunian.net)
Subcategories
This category has only the following subcategory.
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- Brighton trolleybuses (15 P, 19 F)
Pages in category ‘Trolleybuses’
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- Brighton and Shoreham Tramways open-topped horsedrawn tram (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton Corporation Tramways Class B open-topped tram, "E" No8 (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton Corporation Tramways Class F tram No52 (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton District Tramways, Falcon trailer tram, No2 (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton Hove and District AEC-Tilling petrol STL-type No4 double decker bus (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton Hove and District AEC/Tilling ST Type petrol bus No.1 (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton Hove and District K6B Bristol/E.C.W. No.5 double-decker bus (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton, Hove and District AEC/Weymann No41 trolleybus (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
- Brighton, Hove and District BUT/Weymann No44 trolleybus 391 (scratchbuilt, Ken Allbon)
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Media in category ‘Trolleybuses’
The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.
Brighton and Shoreham Tramways open-topped horsedrawn tram (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,000 × 788; 979 KB
Brighton and Shoreham Tramways open-topped horsedrawn tram, end view (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,600 × 2,400; 1.74 MB
Brighton Corporation Tramways Class F tram No52 (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,600 × 1,734; 2.36 MB
Brighton Corporation Tramways Class F tram No52, angled view (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,600 × 1,734; 2.13 MB
Brighton District Tramways, Falcon trailer tram, No2 (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,000 × 1,125; 1.15 MB
Brighton District Tramways, Falcon trailer tram, No2, end detail (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,049 × 1,400; 416 KB
Brighton Hove and District AEC-Weymann No41 trolleybus, angle (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,200 × 1,200; 416 KB
Brighton Hove and District AEC-Weymann No41 trolleybus, side (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,000 × 1,124; 904 KB
Brighton Hove and District BUT-Weymann No44 trolleybus 391, angled (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,600 × 1,379; 804 KB
Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus, 1914 trial (Ken Allbon).jpg 2,200 × 1,480; 977 KB
Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus, 1914 trial, front (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,324 × 1,600; 1.06 MB
Hove Corporation Cedes Stoll-Dodson trolleybus, 1914 trial, rear (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,208 × 1,600; 872 KB
RET Railless Car trolleybus (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,200 × 896; 577 KB
RET Railless Car trolleybus, angle view (Ken Allbon).jpg 800 × 1,200; 466 KB
Tilling Electrobus, Kemp Town No3 (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,200 × 800; 549 KB
Tilling Electrobus, Kemp Town No3, front angle (Ken Allbon).jpg 901 × 1,200; 601 KB
Trolley Bus, Matchbox No56 (MBCat 1959).jpg 1,600 × 1,003; 715 KB
Wilkinson Steam Tram Engine, No.2 (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,800 × 1,800; 768 KB
Wilkinson Steam Tram Engine, No.2, angle view (Ken Allbon).jpg 1,024 × 1,024; 310 KB
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