Cities that had a Demonstrator System

 City  Date  Notes
     
 Blackpool, Eng.  1983  Strung up a second wire parallel to a streetcar wire. Demo returned on its own power — hence it must have been a duo-bus. Probably the one built for S. Yorkshire.
 Boston, MA  1901  Uphan demonstator. Came to nil in 1901.
 Brighton, Eng.  1914  Vehicle unkown. Brighton Photos
 Buffalo, NY  1950  Used a Marmon-Herrington? Came to nil.
 Doncaster, UK   1980s  Used a modern double-decker bus fitted with contemporary electronic gear. Came to nil.
 Eberswalde, GE  15 MR 1901  This was a test route more than a demonstrator system.
 Edinburgh, UK  ?? 1950s  Borrowed a Glasgow trolley, used a skate and overhead tram wire.
 Flint, MI  1936  System opened 1 MR 1937.
 Halensee (near Berlin)  29 AP 1882  Original car had two poles and operated on a 540 meter test section. The car had two 2.2 kw electric motors.
 Honolulu, HI  1936  System opened 1 JA 1938
 Hove, UK  1914  Came to nil. Adjacent to Brighton, which was prepared to extend etbs to Hove. Had horsecars into the 1910's, never had trams.
 Leipsig, GE  1912  Schiemann System.
 Los Angeles, CA  1922  This demo came to nil.
 Los Angeles, CA  1937  Used a Twin Coach. Wires installed near S. Park Garage.Trolley Service began in 1948.
 Mexico City, MX  1948  ??
 Mexico City, MX  1951  System opened 6 AP 1952.
 Milan, IT  1906  Cantono-Frigerio overhead system.
 Nantucket Beach, MA   1887  Came to nil.
 New Bedford  (Fairhaven), MA  1914  A demonstration line that last for quite awhile, and could have become permanent, except the builder lost money on it.
 New Haven, CT   1903  Uphan demonstrator. Came to nil.
 Norfolk, VA  1921  Came to nil.
 Norfolk, VA  1923  Came to nil.
 Paris  1900  Demonstrator w/ Lombard-Gerin system. Quai d'Issy to les Molyneaux. Came to nil.
 Paris  1900  Demonstrator w/ Lombard-Gerin system. Port de Vincennes to St. Mande. Came to nil.
 Paris  1912  Demonstrator w/ Stoll system. Port de Vincennes to St. Mande. Came to nil.
 Philadelphia, PA   1921  System opened 14 OC 1923.
 Pittsburg, PA  28 SE 1936 — 11 OC 1936  Used a Twin Coach. Came to nil.
 Pittsburg, PA  1949  Came to nil.
 Portsmouth, VA  1923  Came to nil.
 Richmond, VA  1921  Came to nil.
 Scranton, PA  1903/04  Uphan demonstrator? Came to nil.
 Seattle, WA  27 FE 1937 — 9 MR 1937  Used a Twin Coach. Wires installed downtown, and briefly on Queen Anne Hill in 1937. Revenue trolley service started in 28 AP 1940.
 Vancouver, BC 5 DE 1945 — 14 DE 1945  Used a borrowed Twin Coach from Seattle. Wires installed in West End. Trolley servce started in 1948.
 Villeneuve, Switzerland  17 DE 1900  Used a two place car, and Lombard Gérin overhead system.
 Victoria. BC  19 NO 1945 -- 30 NO 1945  Used a borrowed Twin Coach from Seattle. Came to nil.
 Weehawken, NJ  1934  Came to nil.
 West Ham, UK  1912  Came to nil.
 Wilkes Barre, PA  1947-9  ACF-Brill T44 861 was used and sold to the Wilkes Barre Trackless Trolley Company in 1949.
 Wilmington, PA  1945?  An ACF Brill was demonstrated in Wilmington sometime after 1948. This an apparent attempt to determine whether the company wanted to replace some of their pre-war Brills or it could have been for expansion. Nothing came of this. Wilmington Demonstrator

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