Old Meets New on the Final Day
Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Transit Lines) PCC no. 3002 in weepy-eyed “Goodbye” decoration poses at Georgia Street Car House on March 31, 1963, the Last Day [...]
Tragic Pattern
Rows of former Los Angeles Railway and Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcars meet their death in a horribly perfect sense of order in this scene from the Terminal Island scrapyard. [...]
Terminal Island
Various cars from the old Los Angeles Railway and Los Angeles Transit Lines are stacked for scrap at Terminal Island. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
9350 on Vernon Avenue
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Los Angeles Railway) Tower Car no. 9350 waits with traffic on Vernon Avenue before crossing the former Pacific Electric’s Four Tracks (Long [...]
9350 Speeds Across the Four Tracks
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) Tower Car no. 9350 speeds across the Four Tracks (Vernon Avenue at Long Beach Blvd.) with the operator’s profile captured in [...]
9350 Works on Overhead
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) Tower Car no. 9350 and crew work on overhead catenary possibly at the west end of the J Line on Jefferson. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve [...]
9350 at Vermont and Jefferson
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) Tower Car no. 9350 negotiates the turn at Vermont and Jefferson in this terrific image. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
3017 on the R Line
The motorman checks exact change payment as passengers enter Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC no. 3017 on the east end of the R Line. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
3016 in South Central LA
Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car no. 3016 pauses for passengers at the south end of the S Line in South Central LA. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
2501, Not at Rest
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 2501 sits tattered and broken in the Terminal Island scrapyard after decommissioning. Bill Whyte Photo, Steve Crise Collection
