Open Air Trolleys?

McCoy made a "Bicentennial" trolley and trailer in 1976 that are similar to the Lionel 101.

There's also the McCoy Wappid Wabbit, which may not be strictly "open air";

I like the Wapid Wabbit! I'd seen those before, but I never thought of it in the context of our trolley line. The kids would love it. Do you know anything about the power train? Is it something that would stand up to a lot of running? 

And seeing the Wabbit reminds me - didn't somebody once make a Standard Gauge Toonerville Trolley? 

We're going to start work on the disappearing trolley shortly - I just got the track from USA Track a couple of days ago. It should be ready to go about the beginning of Christmas season, so if we don't have a trolley by then we'll put our Santa Claus handcar on it. 

I used to commute on the full size Toonerville Trolley, they called it the Long Island Rail Road

The rear truck on the Wabbit is a power truck with the motor below the floor in the truck -  similar to the #9 Lionel trolley.  The original McCoy motors had diecast side plates and some of them distorted with age, so if you buy one of these keep in mind that you may have to replace the motor.  Bonnie and Bob Jr. McCoy have new motors with steel side plates, and they will put a new motor in your old trolley if you send it to them. Cost was reasonable, as I remember.  

Don't know about continuous running, but it is a robust, old-fashioned open frame universal motor and it should hold up.