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Glendale CA mall trolley
Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Saturday, August 20, 2016 2:04 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGSLpVXEh4  since this was a private operation there seems to be no facts as to contruction costs

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Posted by NorthWest on Sunday, August 21, 2016 1:52 PM

Interesting-never heard of this before. New construction or legacy system?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, August 21, 2016 2:06 PM

It's my impression from watching the video and reading the You Tube notes this is a new-built system, new trolley cars et al, however it leaves more questions than it answers, as in with no overhead trolley wire where does the "juice" come from?

It does look like fun, though.

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Sunday, August 21, 2016 3:56 PM

Firelock76
where does the "juice" come from?

According to Wikapedia, it comes from batteries. 

An internal transit system uses a battery-powered trolley car (built by the Gomaco Trolley Company)[5] to shuttle visitors through the main square and around the perimeter of the complex. The line was in operation from the opening of the Americana at Brand complex, in May 2008.[5] George F. McGinnis, a retired Disney Imagineer, designed the trolley cars.

Gomaco Trolley Company) has built replica street cars for a number of operators including Little Rock Arkansas, Portland OR, and the National Park Service in Lowell, Massacusetts, 

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Posted by MikeF90 on Sunday, August 21, 2016 4:06 PM

Firelock76
as in with no overhead trolley wire where does the "juice" come from?

Another post just beat me to it ...... Bang Head

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Sunday, August 21, 2016 4:12 PM

From the Gomaco Wikapedia page:

Gomaco has also built at least one battery-powered streetcar. In 2008, it delivered two open cars to Glendale, California's Americana at Brand shopping development: one a 33-foot-long battery-powered car and the other a 22-foot-long unpowered passenger car (trailer).[12] The powered car is equipped with a wheelchair lift.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, August 21, 2016 4:20 PM

Thank you gentlemen, I suspected batteries but wasn't sure.

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Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Monday, August 22, 2016 9:17 AM

The batterys would wear out over time see NS 999 in Altoona PA. My apple I pad has the same problem with its Litium batterys

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Posted by 081552 on Monday, August 22, 2016 8:23 PM

The trolley runs in a clock-wise direction and runs south on Brand Boulevard for a short block. If your creative you could probably match a photo of this service with the old Pacific Electric service running down Brand Boulevard in the fifties. 

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