Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1281 waits with traffic at the intersection of Piedmont Avenue and Figueroa in what appears to be U Line service. CORRECTION: It’s the W Line. Thanks, Ralph!
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Here’s a contemporary view of this location:
Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1219 on F Line service pauses before crossing perpendicular right-of-way (possibly Pacific Electric; note the overhead – confirmed by Ralph Cantos; it’s the Santa Monica Air Line).
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Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1218 heads up the grade on W Line service in this undated photo.
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We don’t know much about this image except that it’s identified with the following file name “Palm-Seville,” as presumably depicts Los Angeles Railway construction (note the open trench in the street to the right). Any help would be appreciated!
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Two unidentified Los Angeles Railway cars head in differing directions in this junction image of an unknown location. Note the stylish Plymouth car dealership in the background.
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Here’s a rare glimpse of the view enjoyed by untold numbers of Los Angeles Railway motormen, including the car controllers and a full panorama of the front glass of an unidentified LARy streetcar. Remember – “Talking to Motorman Prohibited by Law.”
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Los Angeles Railway car no. 1545 pauses for the photographer in this undated image from the W Line.
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Los Angeles Railway car no. 425 on B Line service pauses for a photograph in front of Kerckhoff-Cuzner Lumber, which we featured earlier in a Ralph Melching photo here. Note the US 101 and 99 highway signs in the foreground of both images. This must have been a popular spot for railfan photographers to capture streetcar action.
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Los Angeles Railway car no. 60 on D Line service waits in traffic for the signal change adjacent to the Monarch Hotel. This Bunker Hill scene is now completely gone, thanks to the redevelopment of the 1960s and ’70s, which destroyed the Bunker Hill neighborhood.
Learn more about the Monarch at the On Bunker Hill website here.
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It’s probably a chilly morning as the Los Angeles Railway motorman wears a pea coat as he inspects the front end of A Line car no. 53 in this undated image.
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