Los Angeles Railway

It’s 1958 at the Terminal Island scrapyard where Los Angeles Transit Lines (and in this shot, Southern Pacific) units go to die an inglorious death. Three LATL (ex-Los Angeles Railway) [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1159 sits atop other units at the Terminal Island scrapyard. The image is dated November 2, 1958. L. Swanson Photo Andy Goddard Collection

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC car no. 3022 rolls through heavy Los Angeles traffic in April of 1963 with a “Not In Service” destination sign. Just look at the [...]

Los Angeles Railway car no. 873 rolls along Victoria Avenue at Country Club (south of Olympic Boulevard) in this 1936 view. Today, except for the loss of the L line, the street is unchanged. [...]

Watch the climactic end sequence from “Hell Bound,” a 1957 United Artists film noir starring John Russell and June Blair. The scene was shot at National Metal & Steel on Terminal [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 611 is just out of the paint shop and rolling along the 5 line at Inglewood cemetery in this 1947 Art Alter shot. Art Alter Photo Ralph [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) H Line car no. 1301 is captured in an image from the last week of H Line service. Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Railway H Line car no. 1258 emerges from private right-of-way at Virgil Ave. Note the ACME traffic signal and the contact on the trolley wire to activate it. Ralph Cantos Collection

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3049 is captured at ground level in this dramatic shot dated April 1962. L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3101 pauses while on a V Line fan trip in February of 1963.   L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection