LARY Cars at Georgia Street: Stop everything and run for cover!
By Ralph Cantos This remarkable photo was taken at dusk on February 25, 1942. It was one of the first air raid tests in the Los Angeles area. Just two days before, the Richfield Ellwood oil [...]
Pacific Electric 5154/704: The End Has Come!
By Ralph Cantos This pathetic photo at Toluca Yard was taken in November 1955. Pacific Electric no. 5154, still in mint condition inside and out, is made ready for its trip to Terminal Island and [...]
Pacific Electric 5167/717: A Lucky Warrior
By Ralph Cantos Pacific Electric Hollywood car no. 5167 is seen here at Gardner Junction in the last days of the Hollywood Boulevard – Beverly Hills Line. After 29 years of service, the old [...]
LARY S car at 3rd & New Hampshire: How the hell did this guy get a drivers license?
By Ralph Cantos This amusing photo, taken about 1935 at 3rd Street and New Hampshire, shows an eastbound Los Angeles Railway S Line car stopped by an “obstruction” on the tracks [...]
LARY 634: Any port in a storm
By Ralph Cantos This remarkable photo taken at Larchmont and Melrose shows Los Angeles Railway car no. 634 being used as a mobile recruiting station on rails. As the saying goes, “desperate [...]
