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Hollywood Car
Built: 1925 by the J.G. Brill Company Retired: 1959
Construction: Steel. Length: 52’ 2”. Weight: 61,700 lbs. Seats: 65.
Car 717 comes from the Pacific Electric's largest, and best-known, class of cars. Nicknamed “Hollywood Cars” for their many years of service on lines in the Hollywood area, a total of 160 were built between 1922 and 1928, at the height of the system’s development. The cars were equipped for multiple-unit operation, and ran in trains of up to three cars.
The Museum acquired car 717 in 1960 following the abandonment of the last line to use the Hollywood cars, the Watts Local. The image of car 717 has been immortalized by the Disney Studios, who used this car as the basis for building a replica Hollywood car for the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
Hollywood Car
Built: 1925 by the J.G. Brill Company Retired: 1959
Construction: Steel. Length: 52’ 2”. Weight: 61,700 lbs. Seats: 65.
Car 717 comes from the Pacific Electric's largest, and best-known, class of cars. Nicknamed “Hollywood Cars” for their many years of service on lines in the Hollywood area, a total of 160 were built between 1922 and 1928, at the height of the system’s development. The cars were equipped for multiple-unit operation, and ran in trains of up to three cars.
The Museum acquired car 717 in 1960 following the abandonment of the last line to use the Hollywood cars, the Watts Local. The image of car 717 has been immortalized by the Disney Studios, who used this car as the basis for building a replica Hollywood car for the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”