No. Air brakes don't determine whether or not a CDL is required for a vehicle, and CDLs are for road vehicles - a trolley is a rail vehicle.
Class C. Since the vehicle weighs less than 26,001 pounds you don't need a Class B CDL, but you can't put an air brake endorsement on a non-commercial driver's license so Class C it is. Make sure you bring a vehicle with air brakes to your road test; if you don't you'll receive a "no air brakes" limitation on your license. However, since a trolley is a rail vehicle, and not a road vehicle, it's likely you won't need a CDL for it, but will have to undergo company training to operate it.
Yes. You can drive that vehicle with either a Class B or Class A CDL.
Whether a vehicle has air, hydraulic, or air-over-hydraulic brakes has zero determination on the class of license required to operate it.
To drive a semi truck, you need a specific driving license that allows you to drive that class of vehicle. As well, as proper education and training such as driver's ed.
brakes.
Depends on what class you're going for. If you're going for Class A, you'll need to be towing a trailer with a GVWR in excess of 10,000 lbs.... if it's hooked by pintle and clevice, you'll get a "no tractor-trailers" restriction. For Class B, it has to have a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 26,001 lbs. or higher. For Class C, yes... if you don't want a "no air brakes" restriction on your CDL, you will need to do the written air brakes test and perform your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes.
read your cdl manual and study for air brakes, General knowledge, passenger.for written test. For class BPYou also need to take your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes. By the way, there is no air brake endorsement - if you don't complete the requirements for air brakes, you get an air brake restriction.
No, the brakes have nothing to do with the drive shaft.
You should not drive the car until the brakes are repaired.
You should not drive the car until the brakes are repaired.
If the brakes are out then you have no business putting it in any gear because it is unsafe to drive a car with no brakes.
Do not drive the car.