The Pacific Electric Railway consisted of a fleet of trolleys seen in Who Framed Roger Rabbit based on the real life trolley system of the same name. As it was in real life, the system is largely referred to in the film as the Red Car.
Background[]
In the film, they were purchased by Cloverleaf Industries so they could be dismantled. Judge Doom revealed at the end that he was the CEO of Cloverleaf, and would buy Toontown (if the will would not show up in the next 15 minutes). Then, using his Dip Machine, he would Dip Toontown and its citizenry away forever and build a freeway, gas stations, retail and hotels where it would have once stood. He would then force people to use the freeway by buying the trolleys, and dismantling them. After he was killed with his own Dip, the fate of the Pacific Electric Railway is left unknown.
See also[]
- Red Car Trolley, a transportation attraction at Disney California Adventure also based on the Pacific Electric Railway
- General Motors streetcar conspiracy, a series of events in which major American automotive companies clandestinely conspired to purchase rail lines and convert them to bus service, inspiring the film's Cloverleaf Industries conspiracy