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| Author: | Sloan [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Western Michigan University trolley replica |
http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2011/11/022.html |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Western Michigan University trolley replica |
Oh no! Not another misuse of the term "trolley". I suppose my cause is hopeless, but the car in the news item is a replica of a funicular car. If a vehicle runs on rails and receives electric power from an overhead wire, it's a trolley car. If it's an electric bus in England, it's a trolley. The following are not trolleys: San Francisco cable cars. Funicular railway cars. (and most especially) Buses with streetcar styled bodies. |
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