tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post3993624581619199323..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Have You Heard of the N Judah Heist?Pantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-54998908966349307862009-03-09T19:43:00.000-07:002009-03-09T19:43:00.000-07:00Okay, I just wanted to put this Gomer Pyle thing i...Okay, I just wanted to put this Gomer Pyle thing in as a joke. I just felt like putting it in. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-18649639171509668112009-03-09T19:42:00.000-07:002009-03-09T19:42:00.000-07:00And in England, a "trolley" also refers to a small...And in England, a "trolley" also refers to a small cart, and can be a shopping cart. I, as a Canadian originally happy to be from Newfoundland, have been known to hear the word "trolley" used to refer to such a cart. This use of "trolley" for a trolleybus is also used in France in French.<BR/><BR/>(in a Southern accent) "Gol-ly, Sergeant Carter!" "PYLE!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-63254729577065250652009-03-09T04:06:00.000-07:002009-03-09T04:06:00.000-07:00So that's why Muni went to PCC cars on the "N"!And...So that's why Muni went to PCC cars on the "N"!<BR/>And to be completely accurate, cable cars are technically a type of streetcars; the cars on Market St. are electric streetcars, sometimes called trolleys (although in England a "trolley" is an electric bus powered by overhead wires, which we Yanks call a trolley bus, trolley coach or trackless trolley). And let's not get started on "light rail" and "heavy rail".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-89944681481931127002009-03-07T11:45:00.000-08:002009-03-07T11:45:00.000-08:00This story just made my weekend.This story just made my weekend.kenfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276884726616782475noreply@blogger.com