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What some Americans would call "trolley buses" -- if they have any word at all for these strange contraptions. I notice that American writers (of guidebooks and the like) have a hard time describing these, even when they find them in familiar places like Boston. But "trolley bus" makes sense to me: in America these were mostly transition vehicles from old trolley/tram rail lines to regular gas-powered buses.

by Matt in NYC on Tue Dec 12th, 2006 at 10:04:33 AM EST
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Re: Occasional Train Blogging: Trams (4.00 / 2)

Here, a few years ago, someone in the Budapest major's office had the 'great' idea to replace trolley buses with gasoline buses, but it was called off amid protests from all quarters. A one or two years later, the major showed that he 'learnt from it' when new trolley buses were ordered.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Dec 12th, 2006 at 10:12:08 AM EST
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