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
Awesome! Looks like it just rolled out of the Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
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.