5 Line

344 at Broadway and Pasadena Avenue

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Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Passengers wait for the Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line car no. 344 to pull to a stop at a passenger loading zone at Broadway and Pasadena Avenue in this undated photo.

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

330 at 7th and Broadway

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Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line no. 330 pauses for traffic at 7th and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles in this image from August 15, 1948.

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

319 at Hawthorne Boulevard and Broadway

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Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 319 pauses on 5 Line (Eagle Rock) service at Hawthorne Boulevard and Broadway in this image from August 15, 1948.

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

1432 Scrub at the Division 5 Car House

Posted on: February 11th, 2012 by Pacific Electric No Comments

 

Ralph Cantos Collection

Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1432 gets a solid scrub down at the Division 5 Car House in this 1947 image.

Ralph Cantos Collection

611 on the 5 Line at Inglewood Cemetery

Posted on: November 27th, 2011 by Pacific Electric No Comments

 

Art Alter Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection

Art Alter Photo, Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 611 is just out of the paint shop and rolling along the 5 line at Inglewood cemetery in this 1947 Art Alter shot.

Art Alter Photo
Ralph Cantos Collection

Runaway 5 Line Car in Eagle Rock

Posted on: September 4th, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Ralph Cantos Collection

Ralph Cantos Collection

 
Here is a collection of very rare photos from the Ralph Cantos Collection (photographer unknown) of a Los Angeles Transit Lines 5 Line street car accident (a 600-series car) on December 18, 1946. The motorman had left the car momentarily with a single passenger aboard; the car began to move and jumped the tracks, cutting grooves into the pavement and injuring the lone, unwilling passenger.
 
Ralph Cantos Collection
 
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Abandonment on Colorado Blvd. at La Roda Avenue

Posted on: September 26th, 2010 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) 5 Line abandonment along Colorado Blvd. at La Roda Avenue is captured in this June 15, 1948, image.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Abandonment on Colorado Blvd. at Townsend Avenue

Posted on: September 25th, 2010 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) abandonment on the 5 Line at Colorado Blvd. and Townsend Avenue is captured in this image dated June 15, 1948.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Abandoned Rails at Argus Drive

Posted on: September 25th, 2010 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) 5 Line right-of-way abandonment along Colorado Blvd. at Argus Drive is captured on June 15, 1948.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
 
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Colorado Blvd. at Townsend Avenue

Posted on: September 25th, 2010 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
An image of the Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) 5 Line right-of-way on Colorado Blvd. at Townsend Avenue. The image is dated April 10, 1949.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection