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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