Trolley may refer to:
Vehicles and components
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Tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
, or trolley or streetcar, a rail vehicle that runs on tramway tracks
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Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
, or trolley, an electric bus drawing power from overhead wires using trolley poles
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Trolleytruck
A trolleytruck (also known as a freight trolley or trolley truckIn the United Kingdom a ''trolley'' may refer to the hand operated wheeled vehicle called a ''hand truck'' in North America. In North American usage the term ''trolley truck'' may als ...
, a trolleybus-like vehicle used for carrying cargo
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Tourist trolley, a rubber-tired bus designed to resemble an old-style streetcar or tram
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Trolley (horse-drawn), a goods vehicle with four wheels of equal size mounted underneath it
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Rail push trolley
A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a railway ...
, a small vehicle for inspecting rail lines
Tools
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Airline service trolley
An airline service trolley, also known as an airline catering trolley, airline meal trolley, or trolley cart, is a small serving cart supplied by an air carrier for use by flight attendants inside the aircraft for transport of beverages, airline m ...
, a small serving cart used by flight attendants inside an aircraft
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Boat dolly, or trolley, a device for launching small boats into the water
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Creeper (tool)
A creeper is a low-profile tool used to help a person more easily slide in and out of confined spaces, such as the underside of a car, for performing inspection or maintenance. Other names for such devices include car creeper, garage creeper and ...
, a low-profile, wheeled platform used by auto mechanics
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Flatbed trolley
A flatbed trolley a common form of freight transport in distribution environments, for moving bulk loads. Trolleys can aid in reducing effort required to move a load by allowing the user to pull or push instead of lift and carry. A very simple des ...
, or dray, for freight transport in distribution environments
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Piano trolley, a device for moving pianos
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Golf trolley
A golf trolley or golf push cart is a cart designed for transporting a golf bag, complete with clubs and other golf equipment around the golf course. The manual push cart (or less commonly a pull cart) can reduce strain on the operator compared ...
, a trolley designed for carrying a golf equipment
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Laptop charging trolley
Laptop charging trolleys, also known as laptop trolleys or laptop carts, are mobile storage containers to charge laptops, netbooks and tablet computers en masse. The trolleys are predominantly used in schools that have replaced their traditional ...
, a device for charging mobile computers
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Shopping cart
A shopping cart (American English), trolley (British English, Australian English), or buggy (Southern American English, Appalachian English), also known by a variety of other names, is a wheeled cart supplied by a shop or store, especially ...
, or trolley, a wheeled cart used by customers while shopping
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Stretcher, an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care
Other uses
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Trolley station (UTA)
Trolley station is a light rail station in the Central City neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States serviced by the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The Red Line provides service from the Univer ...
, a light rail station in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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San Diego Trolley, a light rail system in San Diego, California, U.S.
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''Trolley'' (TV series), a 2022 South Korean television series
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Baby transport
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Dolly
Dolly may refer to:
Tools
*Dolly (tool), a portable anvil
* A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering
* A variety of wheeled tools, including:
**Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle
**Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device fo ...
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Food cart
A food cart is a mobile kitchen set up on the street to prepare and sell street food to passers-by. Food carts are often found in cities worldwide selling food of every kind.
Food carts come in two basic styles. One allows the vendor to sit o ...
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Hand truck
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Serving cart
A serving cart is a kind of smaller food cart. It is typically used by restaurants to deliver or display food.
Serving carts are also used in households, airplanes, and trains.
Types
* Dessert cart (known as a sweet trolley in the UK) – This is ...
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Trolley problem, a thought experiment in ethics
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Trolley Station (disambiguation) Trolley Station or Trolley station may refer to:
*a tram stop, a designated stopping point for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle so that passengers can board or alight
*Audubon Trolley Station, a historic trolley shelter listed on the Natio ...
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