W Line

1439 on Figueroa at 11th

Posted on: July 23rd, 2011 by PERyHS 1 Comment

 

L. Swanson Image, Andy Goddard Collection

L. Swanson Image, Andy Goddard Collection


 
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.
 
L. Swanson Image, Andy Goddard Collection

LATL 1445 at 6th and Broadway

Posted on: June 19th, 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) W Line car no. 1445 picks up passengers while heading southbound on Broadway at 6th Street on April 10, 1956.
 
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
 
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1443 at Washington and Rimpau

Posted on: March 1st, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection


 
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.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

1443 on the W Line

Posted on: March 1st, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection


 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1443 rolls away from the photographer in this moody W Line shot dated October 1956.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

1443 Interior at Washington and Rimpau

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Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection


 
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.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

1441 at Broadway and Alta

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Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection


 
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.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

1250 on Washington at Rimpau

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Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection


 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) pauses on Washington Blvd. at Rimpau in this W Line shot Image from October 1956.
 
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection

W Line Partial Abandonment

Posted on: January 8th, 2011 by PERyHS 1 Comment

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection


 
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.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

W Line Tail Track Abandonment

Posted on: January 8th, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection


 
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.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

1560 at North Figueroa and Buena Vista Terrace

Posted on: January 8th, 2011 by PERyHS No Comments

 

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection


 
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) W Line car no. 1560 pauses at North Figueroa Street and Buena Vista Terrace on January 6, 1947.
 
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection