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The City of Lynwood, California, has a new local transportation and it’s not the typical city bus. Residents can now ride in a new Classic American Trolley, beautifully appointed with oak slat seats and brass interior, accommodating up to 25 passengers.

The Lynwood Trolley, also known as the Lynwood Breeze, provides local bus service throughout the City of Lynwood. Like the buses, service starts and ends at the Rosa Parks Transit Center in Lynwood. The trolley route also connects with LA Metro buses and rail lines and only costs $.25 to ride.

Although this new trolley looks and feels like other Supreme Classic American Trolleys, this unit is unique in that the fueling system is CNG (compressed natural gasoline). CNG is known to run cleaner, lowering maintenance costs because vehicle parts stay cleaner. This type of fueling is notably better for the environment reducing carbon dioxide emissions while also reducing tailpipe emissions by up to 95%.

Specialty Vehicles is based in Henderson, Nevada and is the exclusive distributor of the Classic American Trolley built by Supreme Corp. in Goshen, Indiana.

Before, during and after the LCT show, customers from around the country visited SVI to test drive and tour several types of Classic American Trolleys. With so much to see and so many people to talk to at the show, the open house was a wonderful opportunity to talk with both customers and vendors in a more relaxed setting. With additional trolleys to view in Henderson, customers also had a chance to see some of the new interior options, take extensive test drives and learn more thoroughly about the Classic American product line. With the nature of the trade show and its visitors, the Limo Trolley proved to be our most popular unit.

When Specialty Vehicles started selling trolleys back in the early 80s, the Limo Trolley wasn’t even on the radar. But in recent decades with the wedding industry ever growing and bridal parties expanding as well, the Limo Trolley has become a popular choice for both the brides and the charter companies. Limo trolleys not only offer the size and seating capabilities to handle larger groups, often lost with the smaller limousines, but a luxurious interior is also something the trolleys can offer. Leather salon seating, an oak bar cabinet, a partitioned driver’s area, an electric sliding stepwell cover and upgraded sound and media packages are some of the upgradable interior options. Some Limo trolleys are painted all white for the wedding clientele or all black for that limousine feel, while the optional rear conductor’s platform offers the perfect opportunity for photographs.

During the LCT show, SVI also displayed a Limo trolley at the trade show, with an all-black exterior and white roof, featuring perimeter black leatherette salon seating, Gerflor wood look slip resistant flooring, a 36″ wide oak cooler cabinet, four (4) 20″ LCD monitors with DVD player and a rear conductor’s platform. This trolley is built on a V-10 Ford gas chassis with 5-speed automatic transmission, fast idle system, 240 Amp alternator and under seat mounted heaters. As hoped, this unit was sold to an international customer during the show / open house.

Specialty Vehicles is your premiere trolley broker service for all types of people mover vehicles. Call our office to learn more about what we can do for your organization.

The new Supreme Safari Tram has just debuted at the IAAPA Expo 2014, the premiere global even for attractions industry professionals. More than 27,000 attendees from 100 countries walked the aisles of this massive international show held in Orlando in November. The new Safari Tram is a four wheel drive vehicle perfect for off road applications, seating 16 passengers plus a driver.

The Miami Beach Trolley has come to North Beach, providing another way to get around without a car. And it’s free.

The new North Beach trolley, which begins operating at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the North Shore Bandshell, will run 8 a.m. to midnight seven days a week, with a trolley arriving at each stop every 10 to 15 minutes. It joins the already existing Alton West Loop. 

The North Beach Trolley stops at Allison Park, Publix on 69th Street, North Shore Open Space Park, Stillwater Park, North Shore Branch Library, Crespi Park, North Shore Youth Center, Normandy Isle Park and Pool, Walgreens on Biarritz Drive and several other locations. You can see the map and stop here.

The trolley also connects to several Miami-Dade transit routes, has free WiFi and real-time tracking on a mobile app, available on Google and Apple app stores.

Specialty Vehicles was a proud participant in this year’s Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) trade show located in St. Paul, MN June 8-14.

The Classic American Trolley on display featured a Ricon Klear View wheelchair lift, new interior colors and Altro flooring. The 26’ trolley is also equipped with a gaseous prep package allowing the option for fuel conversion to CNG or LPG.