Trolley

The Hometown and Orleans Street Railway System is Great America's original trolley system. The trolley system debuted with both Great America parks in 1976 and ran from Hometown Square to Orleans Place via Carousel Plaza and looped around the center of both areas.

The trolley system still operates in the Gurnee park but was removed in the Santa Clara park in 2000.

History
The trolley system debuted with both Great America parks when they opened in 1976. The trolley system originally ran from Hometown Square to Orleans Place via Carousel Plaza with stations at all of these areas. The trolleys used to pick up passengers near the gazebos at Hometown Square and Orleans Place and in front of the Carousel and provide round-trips between both themed areas.

Both trollies read "Allie's Trolley" in the front, referencing Alice "Allie" Marriott, wife of J. W. Marriott, Sr., founder of the Marriott corporation, for which the trolleys were named after.



In 2000, Santa Clara removed both the train and trolley system. Both of Santa Clara's trolleys were moved to a lot in Fremont, California, sometime between October 2002 and June 2003 where they both stood for almost 20 years until sometime between November 2020 and April 2021 when they were moved to an unknown location or potentially scrapped. The red trolley was not covered by a tarp as the green trolley was and thus deteriorated badly by the time it was moved. The green trolley remained in very good condition as can be seen by the last Google Street View images taken of the uncovered trolley's coat of paint.