Then and Now

315 at Miller and City Terrace

Posted on: February 19th, 2013 by Pacific Electric 1 Comment

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 315 is photographed at Miller and City Terrace on March 22, 1948.

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Here is the location today:


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488 at 12th and Main

Posted on: February 19th, 2013 by Pacific Electric No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 488 on B Line service turns east on 12th Street at Main in 1948.

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

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1240 at 8th Street and Western

Posted on: May 15th, 2012 by Pacific Electric No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1240 pauses at 8th Street and Western on the N Line in what today would be Koreatown.

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479 at 2nd and Spring Streets

Posted on: May 15th, 2012 by Pacific Electric No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 479 on the N Line at 2nd and Spring Streets, looking east.

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1031 at Douglas and Kensington

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

 

Ralph Cantos Collection

Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Railway Birney no. 1031 rolls through the intersection of Douglas and Kensington in this rare color Birney image from 1946.

Ralph Cantos Collection

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1387 at Second and Spring Streets

Posted on: March 21st, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection

L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection

 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) F Line car no. 1387 negotiates traffic on narrow Second Street at Spring in this action shot dated September 1959. That is the Los Angeles Times building on the right.

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L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
 
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1425 at Eagle Rock Blvd. and Avenue 35

Posted on: September 25th, 2010 by PERyHS 2 Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) 5 Line car no. 1425 rolls southbound on Eagle Rock Blvd. at Avenue 35 in this image dated January 16, 1955.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
 
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1534 at Eagle Rock Blvd. and Yosemite 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 car no. 1534 rolls southbound on Eagle Rock Blvd. at Yosemite Drive in this November 17, 1954, image.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
 
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1273 on Eagle Rock Blvd. at Merton

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

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

 
It's the last day of operations in this 5 Line image captured on May 21, 1955. Here 5 Line car no. 1273 rolls southbound on Eagle Rock Blvd. at Merton while another car pulls into the Terminal at Colorado Blvd.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
 
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1421 Ready to Head South

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 car no. 1421 readies for the trip southbound in this shot at the Eagle Rock and Colorado Blvds. Terminal captured October 21, 1954.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
 
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