bart-allens-boyfriends asked:

In your learned opinion, how would you define the difference between a street car, a tram and a trolley bus

In my mind the street car is a single carriage that goes on rails alongside normal traffic in the street, relying on overhead cables, a tram is the same but often with a dedicated lane and multiple carriages - like a mini train, and a trolley bus is like a normal bus with rubber wheels (able to change lanes & overtake traffic), but powered off the trams electrical wires via a trapeze tips mechanism on the back. Is this right?

I would pretty much agree with your distinctions

A trolley bus is literally just a bus that is powered through trolley poles instead of an internal combustion engine

I typically see Trams and Streetcars as the European and American words for the same thing, but I would say Trams feel like they are more likely to have dedicated ROW while a streetcar is more likely to be just street running