Trolleybuses in the snowy Switzerland

Just lots of swiss trolleybuses and snow =) Happy New Year 2007!

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• Switzerland
• trolley
• trolebus
• obus
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• trolley-bus
• bus
• tram
• transport
• electric
• snow
• streetcar

[xdaftpunkedx]

WOW that is amazing I noticed quite a few times the bus was pulling a trailer coach I assume for added capacity during rush-hour. That is very impressive seeng a bus work as a locomotive . That would never work in America because of the lack of honesty. The people here would never pay the fare if there was no one to watch over the fare collection machine.

[jemdude22]

Yea, works the same way as a locomovie and an electric one. : )

[guayacan07]

what the hell is this? why are those buses hooked to the power lines? are they electric? does that mean they can only drive on the right lane? what if during an abrupt maneuver they bus takes the power lines down?

[jemdude22]

The most effective way of getting all your questions answered is for you to pay a visit to one of the following cities:

San Francisco, Seattle, Dayton (Ohio), Philadelphia.

[jemdude22]

Travel does help broaden one's horizon of views and enrich one's general knowledge.

[HowieeZ]

Very nice scenes in the snow. Is this Luzern? I went on trolleybus to Kriens many years ago to get cablecar to Pilatus.

[jemdude22]

Looks like it's in Luzern judging from the unique practice of using bus trailers.

[olahjoci]

dertrance: it could be the wheels' anti-spinning system, the air-brakes, that keeps the grip while starting.

These scenes were gorgeus. I'd love them, and when there will be snow in Budapest (the first winter I have in 27 years without snow till February), I will make short clips on the streets...

[floodedcar123]

do they ever get stuck?

[floodedcar123]

Do the buses ever get stuck there?

[bluemoondiadochi]

@guayacan07 these are called "trolleybusses". they are basically busses with an electric motor instead of a diesel one. the bus gets its power from two overhead electric cables.

the bus cant take the power lines off, because the trolleys (long poles) actually press up on the cable from under under it. so even if trolleys detach, they simply return them.

[jonathan19960804]

@Videomaker326 :

A 'rail buses'? Can you even see a rail track in the video?

There're trolleybus!

[Baron2yahoo]

@jemdude22 i also want to add Boston, Vancouver, Mexico City, And Guadalajara. But the newest and best in my opinion come from overseas: Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, even Brazil has them, and you can find many more smaller counties with these just by looking more on the net. They're way better than the BRT diesel-hybrids running in America.

[ElectricTraction]

These are trolleybuses. One of the most efficient reliable and environmentally forms of public transport. USA and many other wetsren nations use to have quite a few of them until operators were fooled by the oil industry's promise of cheap oil forever.

[67sdd]

the sound is the ATC (automatic traction control) which senses the wheel starting to spin, and applies the ABS brakes in little bursts to provide better traction

[michaelinlondon]

You really need to travel more. Try getting outside the USA and broaden your mind a bit.

[granger18trains]

you an also see these in Boston, in the Cambridge area across the Charles River.