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More photos and videos: https://www.daytodayla.com/2019/09/13/trolley-at-the-americana-glendale/

https://www.instagram.com/americanabrand/reel/CzZnfXdRJuW/

Manufacturer's website: https://www.gomacotrolley.com/Resources/pages/glendale_trolleys.html

Two open-style trolley cars, #1717 and GiGi, are in Glendale, California. They were completed and delivered in 2008, and are being used at a shopping and residential center.

They are a similar style to the J.G. Brill open-style cars currently in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Tampa, Florida. The first car, #1717, is 33 feet long and battery-powered, and the unpowered second car, GiGi, is 22 feet long and pulled behind the first car. The grand opening for the "Americana At Brand" project was May 1-2, 2008.

Construction photos: https://www.gomacotrolley.com/Resources/pages/construction_glendale.html

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[-] zabadoh@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago

If you read the trolley's brochure on the manufacturer's website, it says it was designed by George McGinnis, the last of the Imagineers hired by Walt Disney.

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