Funny Holidays - Trolleybus Birthday

In St Petersburg on March 26, 1902, a miracle transport appeared according to the old style At first it was called a trackless tram, later - an electric bus In honor of its launch, the trolleybus' birthday is celebrated on April 13 The founder of the Siemens Corporation, Werner von Siemens, invented steel armor for underground cables, the electric elevator and the direct current generator The German engineer and his brother Karl came up with the idea of ​​​​creating a trolleybus In 1892, a line was launched in Halensee, a suburb of Berlin, along which an open carriage driven by electricity plied The first cars did not have rods; the current collection trolley rolled along the wires or moved by its own motor in front of the car Initially, an open carriage with 2 motors was called an electric motor Later, the English word trolleybus took root, literally translated as a tram bus This is interesting: The invention of the tram belongs to staff captain Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky He demonstrated in 1880 in St Petersburg a double-decker carriage that moved using electricity A year later, in 1881, Pirotsky’s idea was implemented by Werner von Siemens His company began producing trams, the design of which was identical to Pirotsky’s brainchild In March 1902, the Russian magazine Avtomobil published an article about testing a new type of transport, driven “by electrical energy received from wires along the track, but running not on rails, but on an ordinary road” The mechanism (engine, chassis and electric lighting) for a crew weighing 50 pounds, equal to the current 819 kg, was developed by Count S I Schulenberg The cabin was manufactured by PA Frese, who was engaged in the production of carriages and cars The current transmission trolley was manufactured according to von Siemens' patent The first trolleybus set off across St Petersburg on April 13 The “electric bus” appeared in Moscow much later, in 1933 The first electric model was named LK-1 in honor of Stalin’s comrade-in-arms Lazar Kaganovich Four factories were involved in the production of various parts of the trolleybus From 1935 to 1953, double-decker “electrically driven trucks” began plying around Moscow Model LK-1 had 36 seats, LK-3 - 50 people The double-decker trolleybus could simultaneously transport 72 seated and 28 standing passengers And although it could accelerate to 54 km/h, the speed near the stops near the carriage was low This is interesting: “Crimeatrolleybus” is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as a company that uses vehicles for transportation that were produced in the 70s XX century Double-decker trolleybuses of the YATB-3 model did not take root for a number of reasons Their electric motors quickly overheated and failed, and the height of both cabins left much to be desired On a bumpy road, the carriage began to sway violently; it was especially dangerous to travel in it on icy roads in the winter Double-decker trolleybuses were replaced by accordion trolleybuses, the first prototypes of which were manufactured in 1959 The nominal capacity of SVAR-TS, produced by the carriage repair plant located in Sokolniki, is 224 passengers In 1978, articulated trolleybuses began to be produced in Engels From 1988 to 1992, the SVARZ-Ikarus model was produced, developed on the basis of vehicle kits for buses of the same name This is interesting: The longest trolleybus route in the world runs along the Simferopol-Yalta highway The length of the line, which was opened for traffic in 1959, is 96 km On the first flights there were conductors who acted as tour guides while passing Crimean attractions The rapid pace of development of science and technology, namely the emergence of electric buses, has led to a reduction in the number of trolleybus lines The ancient mode of transport, nicknamed “horned,” finally disappeared from the streets of Moscow in August 2020 But residents of the capital and other Russian cities continue to treat it with respect, which is why they celebrate the birthday of the trolleybus on April 13 every year