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Metropolitan Coach Lines no. 318 is inbound from Bellflower and coming into Watts junction on the only double-track section of the line. Taken Friday, May 23, 1958, the last weekday for the [...]

Storage track at Bellflower – May 17, 1958. In this Saturday view just one week prior to the line’s abandonment, car no. 411 and others were stored for use during the inbound rush [...]

Bellflower Station – May 17, 1958. This was a Saturday, one week before the line was abandoned. The additional cars needed for inbound rush hour service are stored on the siding in the [...]

By Ralph Cantos This photo of Pacific Electric no. 748 and train was taken in the last days of the world-famous Venice Short Line. The scene is at the foot of Venice Blvd. at Pacific Avenue in [...]

By Ralph Cantos This photo, taken on October 8, 1950, was in front of the Pasadena Car House on North Fair Oaks Avenue. The occasion for this embarrassing moment to 43-year-old car 969 was the [...]

From transit historian Al Donnelly: 13″ x 10″. 144 pages. All compliments of original Pacific Electric Grill. Mr. Behannesey had an office in terminal c.1906-?. Al Donnelly Collection

Here is another photo of Pacific Electric no. 1260 working the Santa Monica Air Line as an EXTRA. The train is west bound at Vermont Avenue. Ralph Cantos Collection

Historic Caption: Mrs Loyce Newton, 44, was killed here today (4/10) when here car skidded on wet streetcar tracks and crashed headon into a streetcar. She was thrown from her car and under the [...]

Historic Caption: Los Angeles. Day broke in Los Angeles today with the usual crowded bus stop, people waiting for streetcars and buses that were tied up in the barns and garages by the mid-night [...]