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"Trolley" is one American synonym for "tram" (another is "streetcar").

There is an important distinction, however, between a

  • trolleybus (which is a steerable bus running on normal road wheels that takes its power, via trolley poles, from an overhead electric line) and a
  • tram (which runs on rails, and may take its power from an overhead line - whether via a trolley pole or pantograph collector - or be otherwise powered).
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