Talk:Trolley

message: If 'a trolley is a kind of streetcar' as the 2nd para clearly stated, why not say so in the first para, rather than saying it is 'a common carrier ... rail vehicle that ... operates on a regular schedule, picking up and dropping off passengers when hailed', which applies to all streetcars, but misses the fundamental point of a streetcar, which is that it runs in the street.
Simplifying text on that basis. -- Chris j wood 23:43, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Tram, trolley, streetcar, and light rail, all share elements in common.  There have been previous suggestions to merge some or all of these articles.  Why didn't it happen?  I think local parochialism is one of the reasons.  People are attached to whatever local name is used for this kind of vehicle, and insist that it is different than the other kinds of similar vehicles.  Additionally, there are complications over local instances, like Bostons Green Line (MBTA), called a subway, locally, when it uses streetcar/tram/trolley technology; and like London's Docklands Light Railway, which should probably be recognized as an instance of metro/subway.
Do not merge  The term trolley has a specific meaning.  It describes how a tram is powered.  It is an equivalent term to cable car or conduit car — or even horsecar.  These terms describe the power systems and they have separate articles.   So this article should not focus on streetcars and how they are used, but instead, it should focus on the technology that is use to power trolleycars.  It might well include a larger section on trolleybuses and explain what those two systems share. SDC 23:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

text: If you live in a city where the vehicles use trolley poles, then they don't seem so rare.  If you live in a city where the vehicles don't use trolley poles, then they do seem rare.  Here in Toronto our vehicles use trolley poles, but we call them streetcars.  Up until 15 or 20 years a few of the downtown routes used electrically powered buses with a pair of trolley poles.  We called them trolleybuses.  --  Geo Swan 03:36, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: The term is also used in industry. I removed the following text from Tram, as it was a bit out of place there:
:The word trolley is used to describe a trolley-like device running on elevated rails or suspended from a steel beam. This type of industrial trolley typically supports an electric hoist or dipping machine. They also are commonly mounted on a crane or gantry crane in shipyards or factories, or even a railcar repair shop. These trolleys run almost exclusively on railroad rail. If not, they are mounted on a steel bar track that functions exactly like railroad rail. Typical gauges are 6' or 6.5'. Another industrial trolley is a coil cart. These are ground-mounted trolleys that transfer steel coils from one place to another within a factory. These coil cart trolleys are always track mounted, whether it be rail, bar, or v-track.
If this can be expanded and verified, then an article should be started on Industrial trolley or similar. ProhibitOnions (T) 12:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Industrial trolleys

message: In German language Trolley (with capital letter) means 
* a rack and case on small wheels to serve drinks and snacks in a train.
* a box or case or suitcase on small wheels, carrying tools of a craftman.
Pulling handle to be pulled out from the case bei one or two telescopic tubes.
Not yet included within the article:
* a small suitcase on small wheels used by travellers, day- or week-commuters on bus or train. From 15 x 30 x 40 to 25 x 45 x 60 cm. Volume 12...120 litres. Versions with 2 wheels are pulled in tilt orientation, but such with 4 wheels upright. See: https://www.real.de/trolley/
There are versions more like a soft long bag e.g. for personal diving equipment (neoprene suit, fins, but excluding a heavy air cylinder)
--Helium4 (talk) 18:13, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If those uses are only in German, then they belong at :de:Trolley rather than here. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trolley (German)