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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-212 hours agoTrue, for fixed routes, pantographs seem like a decent power delivery method. Don’t trolley buses have the advantage that they can pass each other if one breaks down, instead of stopping up the whole line?
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoIs that an actual concern? I would assume trolleys just push or pull each other if one breaks down somehow, like trains.
True, for fixed routes, pantographs seem like a decent power delivery method.
Don’t trolley buses have the advantage that they can pass each other if one breaks down, instead of stopping up the whole line?
Is that an actual concern?
I would assume trolleys just push or pull each other if one breaks down somehow, like trains.