Pegaso Z-501

The Pegaso Z-501 is a trolleybus made in Spain by the company ENASA and sold under its Pegaso brand, with production starting in 1951. Its platform was taken from the Pegaso Z-203 truck and fitted with a different body suited to public transport. Those bodies were built by Carde y Escoriaza or by MACOSA and measured 10.5 metres long and 2.5 metres wide, with a height of more than 3 metres. The driver controlled the motor through a pedal that operated a panel of contactors, giving a total of fifteen power steps for acceleration and thirteen for braking. Z-501 trolleybuses worked in several Spanish systems, including Bilbao, Cádiz, Castellón, La Coruña, Madrid, Mieres, Santander and Zaragoza. A unit with a MACOSA body can be seen in the documentary España, País de Automoción.