Trolley Pole vs Pantograph

Street cars are sometimes known as trolleys because they utilize a small device, called a trolley, at the end of a long roof-mounted pole (called a trolley pole) to collect electricity. Some street cars have a pantograph instead of a trolley pole, and thus are not "technically" trolleys. The street cars in our collection either have trolley poles or pantographs, and we are one of the few transit museums in the United States that regularly operates a street car with a pantograph.
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