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== In popular culture == * ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' was written by [[Tennessee Williams]] in 1947. * The [[W. V. Awdry|Rev W. Awdry]] wrote about [[GER Class C53]] called ''[[List of The Railway Series characters|Toby the Tram Engine]]'', which starred in his ''[[The Railway Series]]'' with his faithful coach, Henrietta. * "[[The Trolley Song]]" in the film ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' received an Academy Award nomination. * Trams feature in the opening titles of the world's longest running TV soap opera [[Coronation Street]], set in a fictional suburb of [[Greater Manchester]], and produced by [[Granada Television]]. A [[Blackpool]] tram killed one of the main characters in 1989 and the most recent faked accident involved a tram (modelled on the [[Manchester Metrolink]]) careering off a viaduct into the set in 2009. * The 1986 Australian film ''[[Malcolm (film)|Malcolm]]'' is centred on an autistic tram enthusiast who builds his own tram and becomes involved with a pair of bank robbers. * ''[[Toonerville Folks]]'' comic strip (1908β55) by [[Fontaine Fox]] featured the "Toonerville Trolley that met all the trains". * The predominance of trams (trolleys) in the borough of [[Brooklyn]] in New York City gave rise to the disparaging term [[trolley dodger]] for residents of the borough. That term, shortened to "Dodger" became the nickname for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). * The ''[[Red Car Trolley]]'' is a transportation attraction at [[Disney California Adventure]] at the [[Disneyland Resort]] in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], [[California]].
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