5 Line

It’s “Inglewood Only” 5 Line service for Los Angeles Railway no. 615 at Jefferson and Main in this undated photo. Gordon Glattenberg Collection

By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photograph taken around 1931 shows one of LARY’s refurbished H-3 class cars rolling along Spring Street near 6th. The car is working the M line. In June of [...]

see below for update! By Ralph Cantos For the most part, both the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway were very safe rail systems. The PE operated at much higher speeds than the LARY, and as [...]

By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo taken from atop the LARY-LATL building shows so well the dominance of streetcar transport that was once so prominent in Los Angeles. Here, looking north on [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1439 on 5 Line service is photographed at Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue. The image is undated. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1285 is captured in stunning detail by photographer Alan K. Weeks in this undated photo at the corner of Eagle Rock and Colorado Boulevards. The 1285 is on 5 Line [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1428 is photographed at speed rolling down the private right-of-way that existed on Eagle Rock Boulevard. 1428 is in 5 Line service here. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1276 sits idle at the passenger loading zone on Eagle Rock Boulevard, just south of Colorado, in this undated 5 Line image. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1431 rounds the corner at Colorado and Eagle Rock Boulevards to head south on the 5 Line in this undated image. Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection