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TIG/m Modern Street Railways' factory has become too small. The Chatsworth company makes trolleys being sold in places like Aruba and the Middle East.
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Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

TIG/m Modern Street Railways’ factory has become too small. The Chatsworth company makes trolleys being sold in places like Aruba and the Middle East.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Scavenged trolley parts are refurbished at TIG/m Modern Street Railways, which makes trolleys being sold in places like Aruba and the Middle East.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Part of the frame of a modern trolley is assembled at TIG/m Modern Street Railways’ factory in Chatsworth. The company makes trolleys being sold in places like Aruba and the Middle East.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Mario Arevelo works on the handrail of a trolley at TIG/m Modern Street Railways’ factory in Chatsworth. The company makes trolleys being sold in places like Aruba and the Middle East.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Mario Gonzalez works on refurbished trolley parts at TIG/m Modern Street Railways’ factory in Chatsworth.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

Junior engineer Martin Villa, right, son of CEO Alvaro Villa, and electronics engineer Nigel Higgins look over the inside of lithium batteries after removing the top. Two of this size are on each trolley.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

This trolley will be shipped to Aruba when completed at TIG/m Modern Street Railways’ factory in Chatsworth.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

A detail shot of the controls on the trolley that the conductor will use.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

TIG/m Modern Street Railways CFO David Hall, left, President Brad Read, center, and CEO Alvaro Villa pose for a portrait by a trolley to be sent to Aruba.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

CEO Alvaro Villa shows a hydrogen fueling station that will be shipped to Aruba during a tour of TIG/m Modern Street Railways in Chatsworth.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

President Brad Read holds an artist’s rendering of a futuristic trolley during a tour of TIG/m Modern Street Railways in Chatsworth.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Made in California | Streetcars to desire

CEO Alvaro Villa holds a robot from a previous career before he started making trolleys at TIG/m Modern Street Railways in Chatsworth.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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