Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1439 rolls on Figueroa at 11th Street in this image captured the last week of W Line service: November 11, 1956. Note the Felix Chevrolet auxiliary lot in the background.
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) W Line car no. 1445 picks up passengers while heading southbound on Broadway at 6th Street on April 10, 1956.
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1443 pauses for the light at Washington and Rimpau near the west end of the W Line. The date is October 1956.
A terrific interior view of Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1443 as it pauses at the west end of the W Line at Washington Blvd. and Rimpau. The image is dated October 1956.
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1441 rolls down North Broadway at Alta Street, near the east end of the W Line at Lincoln High School, in October 1956. Los Angeles City Fire Department hook and ladder rolls ahead.
Partial abandonment of the W Line at North Figueroa Street and Buena Vista Terrace is ongoing in this image dated April 29, 1948. Here, rail has been removed and the street formed for an upcoming concrete pour.
Demolition crews work on the Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) W Line at North Figueroa and Buena Vista Terrace, removing the tail tracks as part of a plan to move the terminal further south. The date is December 15, 1947.
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