Trolley Busses

Sellu · Post by **Sellu** » 09 Oct 2004 19:35

I would like to see trolley busses in the game. They use basically overwired
roads without tracks. Shouldn't be too hard to mod?

http://www.vcn.bc.ca/t2000bc/images/15.jpg <- like this one here

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 10 Oct 2004 02:55

Well, someone would need to enable the catenary lines for regular roads. But other than that, should be easy.

jax184 · Post by **jax184** » 10 Oct 2004 03:28

I second this!

I've been wanting this since the first day I got the game.
And living in Vancouver (where that photo was taken) makes me want them even more. Gotta love the polution free quiet public transportation...
Oh, and before it sparks a huge debate, Power for the busses (and Vancouver for that matter) is provided by hydroelectric dams, so the busses arnt using power produced by poluting plants eather.

Starting somewhere in the late 50s or early 60s were the old Brills, which were replaced in 1986 with the current Flyer E902s, the Brills being scrapped. Now in 2005 the whole fleet will once more be replaced by New Flyer E40LF's from what I understand.

Combined with a skytrain, this would be quite cool.

metalangel · Post by **metalangel** » 11 Oct 2004 01:25

We had 'em in Toronto too, ancient things, they're meant to be fantastic at climbing hills, something Toronto doesn't have many of.

Daan Timmer · Post by **Daan Timmer** » 11 Oct 2004 07:39

eeuuhhmm....

Why dont you just make a *tram* out of the bus..

so make a bus... and edit them as if its a tram

then you automaticcaly have those overhead wire things

squishycube · Post by **squishycube** » 11 Oct 2004 09:22

Yes. And rails too. And that's exactly the problem.

metalangel · Post by **metalangel** » 11 Oct 2004 11:40

That's how trolley buses were marketed in the UK, as a 'track-less tram'. They were meant to replace trams, but then the same insanity that took North America arrived, and everything was replaced in favour of diesel buses, a decision which we're finally seeing the folly of.

It's sort of a silly question, but why are wires optional when building tram tracks? Or is there some self-propelled tram in the game I've missed?

Maniac · Post by **Maniac** » 11 Oct 2004 12:02

I have allready modelled a Trolleybus. a SKODA 14-Tr which is mainly used in East europe. I just need to know how to skin it (add textures), then render it.

Olli · Post by **Olli** » 11 Oct 2004 12:05

Maybe there were diesel trams planned for the game but got forgotten or removed.

Oleg · Post by **Oleg** » 11 Oct 2004 12:10

Well, one of the preview movies of the Locomotion explicitly states that there would be trolley busses in the game. Perhaps there is a possibility to code them though no one knows how?

Wezz6400 · Post by **Wezz6400** » 11 Oct 2004 15:09

metalangel wrote:We had 'em in Toronto too, ancient things, they're meant to be fantastic at climbing hills, something Toronto doesn't have many of.

Err, there are trolley busses in The Netherlands too, and The Netherlands is famous for not having hills...

Beam00 · Post by **Beam00** » 11 Oct 2004 16:04

There are still trolley buses running in parts of Dayton, OH. They just released a new model in 1998, which was the first new electric trolley bus released in the US in 40 years.

Here's a picture of a new one:

metalangel · Post by **metalangel** » 11 Oct 2004 17:14

It doesn't look too happy, that bus.

These are the old Toronto ones:

Yes, I'm too young to remember those, but that is my old street that I lived on when I was a kid, the white house directly across was my family doctor.

Those are the ones I remember - that's my high school in the background. (not the funny Estonian church, the big brick one)

Square17 · Post by **Square17** » 11 Oct 2004 17:57

In Gdynia (Poland) we also have trolley buses.
Solaris Urbino 12T (2001)

Jelcz 120MT (2000)

Jelcz PR110E (1988)

Comrade_sanchez · Post by **Comrade_sanchez** » 11 Oct 2004 23:35

Wellington has loads of trolley buses, and the whole overhead wiring system goes all round the city.
Its really funny when one of the busses dewires itself in the middle of a busy road.

I'll find some pictures and post them later

PennCentral · Post by **PennCentral** » 12 Oct 2004 00:58

You left out the kewl part, Beam.

"August 8, 2003 marked the 115th anniversary of continuous electrically-propelled public transit in Dayton, Ohio. No other city in the USA can make that claim" Dayton's RTA site is here: http://www.mvrta.org/

Daan Timmer · Post by **Daan Timmer** » 12 Oct 2004 07:50

we do better

as far as I know we have 2 or 3 fuel cell buses in Amsterdam

:D:D:D

they really look cool

MeTo · Post by **MeTo** » 12 Oct 2004 14:18

this one looks well too

http://www.volny.cz/mhdusti/images/12026.jpg
http://www.volny.cz/mhdusti/images/12017.jpg

Illegal_Alien · Post by **Illegal_Alien** » 12 Oct 2004 14:29

Trolley Bus in Arnhem Netherlands:

Daan Timmer · Post by **Daan Timmer** » 12 Oct 2004 20:50

Illegal_Alien wrote:Trolley Bus in Arnhem Netherlands:

hmm I didnt know we had trolley buses here in holland

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