A Los Angeles Transit Lines (successor to the Los Angeles Railway) token, good for one fare.
Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection
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Los Angeles Railway Token
A classic Los Angeles Railway token, featuring the line’s signature “bell” mark, good for one fare.
Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection
Pacific Electric Token
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527641963798{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]A classic Pacific Electric Railway token, good for one fare. Donated to the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society by Nancy Steinbaugh of Covina, California.
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1387 at Second and Spring Streets
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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1450 on the J Line
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (still painted Los Angeles Transit Lines, ex-Los Angeles Railway) J Line streetcar no. 1450 pauses at a light in traffic in this image dated May 1959. The slide included information stating this was from the final H Class trip.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
3062 Special and Oldsmobiles
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3062 pauses in traffic filled with Oldsmobiles (and other classic makes) in this shot dated February 1963. Unclear is the purpose of the holiday-themed overhead decorations.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
3062 Special
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) J Line PCC car no. 3062 negotiates traffic on Pacific Boulevard near Saturn Avenue in Huntington Park in this shot dated February 1963. An MTA Compton Line bus looms in the background.
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
Modified based on comment
Here is a contemporary view of the location:
Signing Autographs Aboard 3002
The motorman signs autographs or other mementos aboard Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC car no. 3002 on the final day of service, March 31, 1963. The scene is the Georgia Street Car House (note the track number signs overhead).
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
Dapper Fan on the Last Day
A dapper young fan poses aboard a new MTA bus at the Georgia Street Car House on March 31, 1963, the final day of streetcar service in Los Angeles.
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Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
Boarding 3002 at Georgia Street Car House
A passenger boards MTA 3002 (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC at the Georgia Street Car House on the final day of service, Marc h 31, 1963.
Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection