Night sparks

On oct 18 2008 we had our vintage trolley buses out on a fantour. Towards the end of the tour we went to Blanca loop and went through the switches and did some arching. We had a 1947 Brill T-44, 1954 Brill T48a, and 1982 Flyer E902a

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Brill
• Flyer
• Trolley
• Bus
• Vancouver
• Fantour
• arching

[jmw0284]

Drivers with their foot to the floor on the power peddle through insulators and corroded sections that are not used often will cause some arching.

[stakeee]

ive seen a lot of times stuff like this at trolleybuses and evan trams and electric locos but is this thing normal, i mean does it cause any damage?

[jmw0284]

It probably burns the hell out of the carbons on the trolley shoes. But those are generally replaced every few days on in service buses.

[kr192101]

Bus #33 is now 19'th Ave Station/UBC route.

[138KV]

@jmw0284

In Sao Paulo, accelerate through the isolator is prohibited. Besides causing bumps, causing damage to the shoes and electronic components.

[ryancarlopot]

3werg

[D40LFR]

im sad too that Edmonton decided to scrap the trolleys.

[JEPhillip]

The drivers were accelerating through the switches to make the sparks right? Because the brakes has no power in them and causes the trolleybus to jerk. I live in Edmonton and I see that happen often. Sadly Edmonton decided to scrap the trolley system by 2010.