By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC no. 3029 is seen here working the 3 Line, stopped at 6th & Rampart Blvd. in the Spring of 1947. Trolley Bus overhead is up and bus stop signs [...]
By Ralph Cantos In the land of American traction, just four United States cities shared the distinction of having two different transit systems using the modern PCC. Those cities were Los [...]
Check out what it was like to work for the Los Angeles Transit Lines in March of 1947 with this employee magazine from the archive of Alan Weeks. Click here to download Alan Weeks Collection
By Ralph Cantos Of the 165 PCCs that roamed the streets of Los Angeles, almost all of them served LA’s transit system in obscurity. But nine of the PCCs do stand out for one reason or [...]
This absolutely stunning image was sent to us by Guen Hodgson Sheets, and here is her story: Dewbert L. Bourland [conductor, standing on the steps] was my step great-grandfather and I know he [...]
By Ralph Cantos THE CHANCE MEETING: This remarkable photograph taken on July 21, 1940 during a Railroad Boosters Fan Trip can only be classified as “fantastic” from a rail fan point [...]
By Ralph Cantos This beautiful photo was taken by the then-16-year-old Roger Titus. The date of this Fan Trip was November 7, 1954, and the 1165 poses for the camera at Inglewood Cemetery. All 16 [...]
By Ralph Cantos The management of Nasty City Lines NEVER missed an opportunity to ridicule or denigrate the staple of American urban transportation, the city streetcar . NCL’s “Reign [...]
By Ralph Cantos Its no secret that from about 1910 onward, Southern California’s budding movie industry was very fond of LA’s streetcars of both the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles [...]
By Ralph Cantos This remarkable photograph from a Keystone Cops silent film made around 1918 shows Los Angeles Railway “Maggies” nos. 7 and 1 putting the “squeeze” on an [...]
