tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post1892469055421246700..comments2024-03-19T07:54:17.589-07:00Comments on Sacramento History: What is...and isn't...a trolley?wburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-78367623293969380112010-04-04T17:56:18.296-07:002010-04-04T17:56:18.296-07:00Good point...
Here is my disctinction, which seem...Good point...<br /><br />Here is my disctinction, which seems universally accepted in no uncertain terms:<br />Streetcars first, with tracks, then trolley WITH electric power from a side pole, thus the name. As you pointed out, the vehiucle may LOOK like a trolley, or it may go on RAILS on a street in a fixed ROUTE liuke a trolley..but it MIGHT not BE a trolley!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://scjarrasblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Pokey</a><br /><br />Happy Easter, and one person who knew about both Easter AND Trolleys was the late, lamented, legendary Judy Garland.Pokeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-12056554748849207302007-11-05T14:56:00.000-08:002007-11-05T14:56:00.000-08:00words have power, but knowing when distinctions ar...words have power, but knowing when distinctions are meaningful or not can be hard to navigate. in this case, you chose a good defining line that actually serves some purpose, other than semantics...and i now have another fun word in my toolbox, "trollop" to use for those hybrid buses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-11967961309893094862007-10-31T11:09:00.000-07:002007-10-31T11:09:00.000-07:00A pejorative term used by trolley fans to describe...A pejorative term used by trolley fans to describe these hybrid buses is "trollop."<BR/><BR/>Here's a case-in-point of folks who can't tell the difference between a trolley and a trollop:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2g38cxwburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-69189758135945345842007-10-31T08:46:00.000-07:002007-10-31T08:46:00.000-07:00Generally, interurbans were electric. BART works l...Generally, interurbans were electric. BART works like an interurban, for example. Light Rail is really just a short interurban. Diesel/steam trains carrying short-haul passengers, like Caltrain or the Capitol Corridor, play a similar role, but normally they're known as commuter trains rather than interurbans, and often they cover a wider territory: the Chico/Sacramento/Oakland run of the Sacramento Northern's "Comet" and "Meteor", for example, was the longest run of any single interurban line in the country at 187 miles, although the PE had more total track.wburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-79140674650682794112007-10-30T23:33:00.000-07:002007-10-30T23:33:00.000-07:00Thank you. I have been wondering how to describe t...Thank you. I have been wondering how to describe the difference between the streetcar (on the street, eh?) and the light rail (on separate right of way mostly).<BR/><BR/>Is Caltrain in the peninsula an example of "interurban"? And, if not, where does Caltrain fall in the pecking order?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070861046420451305noreply@blogger.com