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Pixel problem here. Original shot was of an overhead switch which partially visible here. Photo by Marcélo Almirante. APR 2002.

Front shot of EMTU Busscar 7201. Photo by Marcelo Almirante. APR 2002.

Passenger and young child boarding EMTU Busscar 7201. Photo by Marcelo Almirante. APR 2002.

Driver's compartment of EMTU Busscar 7201. Photo by Marcelo Almirante. APR 2002.

Busscar 7201. Photo by J. F. Moraes, submitted by Allen Morrison. AP 2002.

The Busscar is a lowfloor trolley.

4-1501 (7501). Photo by Rafael Asquini. 31 DE 2008.

4-1502 (7502). Photo by Rafael Asquini. 31 DE 2008.

4-1679 (7740). Photo by Rafael Asquini. 31 DE 2008.

4-1512 (7512). Photo by Rafael Asquini. 31 DE 2008.

Details of the above four photos are missing. I will attempt to get the details.

Lowfloor Busscar Plusses 7203 is one of two new Brazilian made trolleybuses being tested. Photo by William Gimenes. 25 JAN 2009. From the collection of Giuliano Guiari.

A left front shot of 7203. Photo by William Gimenes. 25 JAN 2009. From the collection of Giuliano Guiari.

Brill 3093. I believe this is the only Brill that was not modified. It is now preserved. It was brought for the 50th anniversary of trolleybus service in the city. Upper photo by Jorge F. Moraes, lower photo by Tiago dos Santos da Silva. 25 JAN 2009.

Unidentifiable Brill when it was still in service. Note that paint scheme has been changed in the preserved Brill above. Photographer and date unknown.

One of São Paulo's latest models, a Busscar lowfloor trolley. Busscar is bankrupt. The fate of the trolleybus is uncertain. Photographer and date unknown.

A new not yet numbered Brava/Tutto/WEG trolley for the operator "Consórcio 4Leste". Photo by Alexandre Bernardes. MAR/APR 2010. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

Trolley 7048 on route 287P. Photo by Samuel Tuzi. Date unknown. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

The extension of the EMTU "pipeline" BRT in a suburb of São Paulo. The overhead nearly reaches Jabaquara. In some areas the street light poles serve as traction poles as well. Photo by Ricardo Milani Salzano. 23 AUG 2010. TrolleyMotion.

Upper photo: Busscar 1766, delivered in 2008 or 2009. Photo by Thiago dos Santos da Silva. 2010. Middle and Lower photos: two photos of Busscar 1901. Photo by Samuel Tuzi. 2010. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

New model Mercedes-Benz/CAIO trolley being tested. 50 of these trolleys are to be acquired by the SP system in São Paulo. This trolley been sold to EMTU/Metra. Photo by Samuel Tuzi. JAN 2009. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

Upper and middle photos: Volvo/Busscar low-floor articulated trolley, recently converted from diesel bus 8040. Lower photo: Vovlo/Busscar 8040 before conversion to trolley. Photos by Samuel Tuzi. Summer 2011. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

New Mercedes-Benz O500U/Caio Millennium/Eletra 1774 at garage number 4 (?) Tatuapé before being tested. Photo by Rafael Asquini. AUG 2011. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.