3145 on P Line Service at the Turnaround
It’s the Rimpau Turnarond for Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3145. The photo was taken January 13, 1963. Gordon Glattenberg Collection
LARY 3055 on 5th Street
By Ralph Cantos While color photographs of LA’s PCCs during their service on the LATL and LAMTA are plentiful, color photos of them in service under the LARY banner are rare. This beautiful [...]
Last of its Class
By Steve Crise Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car number 3127, a Type P-3, is seen loaded on a flat car at an unknown location along its journey from St. Louis to Los Angeles, California. This car [...]
LAMTA 3148 at Watts: A fish out of water!
By Ralph Cantos This photo, taken by the late Jerry Squire, is from the Andy Goddard mega-collection. PCC 3148, St. Louis Car Co. class of 1948, rolls south at Watts in the early evening haze. [...]
LAMTA 3025 at City College: Part 2
By Ralph Cantos This photo looking east on East First Street at the LA Civic Center dramatically illustrates the speed and determination the LAMTA employed in the swift elimination of LA’s [...]
3137 on Broadway at 7th Street
Los Angeles MTA PCC no. 3137 rolls southbound on Broadway at 7th Street on the P Line. The date is February 1961. MTA bus no. 69143 follows closely behind. Photographer unknown, Steve Crise Collection
3004 and 3059 on the P Line
This fascinating image from an unknown photographer is dated June 10, 1939 – nearly 77 years ago to the day! – but we are unsure of the exact location. The banner reading “Tony [...]
In 5 Line, 9 Line, J Line, Los Angeles Railway, P Line, R Line, Ralph Cantos Collection, S Line, W Line
Posted Downtown Los Angeles in 1948: A Broadway Trolley Melody
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 [...]
Acme News Photo: MANY INJURED IN LOS ANGELES CAR STRIKE
Notes on back of print: LA285960 Many Injured in Los Angeles Car Strike. Photo shows a wire screen which have been placed on the front and rear ends of all Los Angeles, Calif. Railway Street Cars [...]
