The one to the left is located in Buffalo, New York and has won several engineering awards. It is scheduled to be completed in May of 2002. Trolley - A term formerly defined to mean any streetcar that picks up its power from an overhead wire and travels on rails. Current usage of the term refers to any and all historic streetcars of PCC and prior vintage. A simple trolley pole is most likely to successfully cope with a simple trolley wire.
Pantographs generally require the much greater stiffness of a catenary suspension.
A significant number of European trams and trolleys have used pantographs for years. Los Angeles first segment opened in 1993. By far the largest underground transportation system in the United States is that of New York City. Smart Transit.org, All rights reserved.