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Off-wire propulsion can fill several needs, including the short-term need to avoid delays when stuck on an insulator, or to get around a defective switch or broken wire. It can be achieved with batteries, reciprocating engines, and with flywheels.

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Transportation Research Board Special Report

The Trolley Bus: Where It Is and Where It's Going. A Workshop on Trolley Bus Applications

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Electric batteries; Flywheels; Piston engines; Propulsion; Trolleybuses

Energy; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 30 1984 12:00AM

• A LOOK AT CHOPPER SYSTEMS
• ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR TROLLEY BUS SYSTEMS
• FREON-COOLED CHOPPERS FOR TROLLEY BUS APPLICATIONS
• IMPLICATIONS OF TROLLEY BUS INSTALLATIONS
• MODERN TROLLEY BUS OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
• REBUILDING SEATTLE'S TROLLEY OVERHEAD SYSTEM
• SEATTLE'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROLLEYS
• SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEMS
• THE DAYTON EXPERIENCE
• THE TROLLEY BUS AND SYSTEM DESIGN
• THE TROLLEY BUS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• THE TROLLEY BUS: WHERE IT IS AND WHERE IT'S GOING. A BRIEF HISTORY
• THE TROLLEY COACH IN EUROPE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
• TROLLEY BUS DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL
• TROLLEY BUS ECONOMICS
• TROLLEY BUS OPERATIONS
• TROLLEY COACH APPLICATIONS IN THE 1980S: TORONTO UPDATE
• VANCOUVER AND THE TROLLEY BUS
• VEHICLES AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS