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Model railroad company Con-Cor initially planned on releasing an HO scale Electroliner train set in 2003/2004, but cancelled the project due to lack of interest, [6] and produced a Pioneer Zephyr set instead. In 2007, the company announced that the project was being resumed; its model was released in mid-2009. [7]
In the 1980s, SEPTA was in the process of upgrading its subway–surface trolley lines, replacing its fleet of PCCs with new light rail cars. Some lines, such as Routes 6, 50, 53, and 60 were converted to buses, while Routes 15, 23, and 56 continued to use PCCs into the 1990s. In 1992, SEPTA ended streetcar service on these three lines as well.
The trolley pole with a shoe at its tip is problematic for longer modern streetcars that draw more electricity than older streetcars. In Toronto, the trolley pole shoe contains a carbon insert to provide electrical contact with the overhead wire and to lower the shoe to clear overhead wire hangers. Carbon inserts wear out and must be ...
In total, 173 streetcars were ordered from 1921 to 1924, as NOPSI sought to standardize their fleet. [1] [2] [3] The steel-bodied 800-900-series streetcars were double-ended (two sets of operating controls and two trolley poles), double-trucked, with an arched roof.
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
Ottawa Electric Railway (1891-1959) with the same gauge Toronto streetcar system: 83 km 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm) 600 V Collect current with trolley pole. Light rail lines 5 and 6 will use standard gauge Waterloo Ion Light Rail: 19 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V China: Trams in Beijing: 20.6 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V