Trolley pole
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A trolley pole is a tapered cylindrical pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" overhead wire to the control and the electric traction motors of a tram or trolley bus. It is
Trolley pole on a Toronto streetcar, tipped with a trolley shoe
Machining spare trolley pole wheels
Trolley pole wheel on Twin City Rapid Transit Company No. 1300
Trolley poles installed on a Škoda 27Tr Solaris trolleybus in Riga, Latvia
Pantograph (transport)
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A pantograph is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or battery electric buses to collect power through contact with an overhead line. The term stems from the resemblance of som
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…Kiepe, Škoda and Lekov. However, on most railway vehicles using overhead wire, the trolley pole has given way to the bow collector or, later, the pantograph, a folding metal device that presses a wide contact pan against the overhead wire. While more complex than the trolley pole, the pantograph has the…
The diamond-shaped, electric-rod pantograph of the Swiss cogwheel locomotive of the Schynige Platte railway in Schynige Platte, built in 1911
Cross-arm pantograph of a Toshiba EMU
An (asymmetrical) Z-shaped pantograph used for electric trams
A Flexity Outlook LRV with its pantograph raised. Note the trolley pole in the rear, which provides compatibility with sections not yet upgraded for pantograph operation.