S Line

By Ralph Cantos When the LAMTA took over transit operations from the Los Angeles Transit Lines and Metropolitan Coach Lines in March of 1958, a period of transition began. This very interesting [...]

By Ralph Cantos This amusing photo, taken about 1935 at 3rd Street and New Hampshire, shows an eastbound Los Angeles Railway S Line car stopped by an “obstruction” on the tracks [...]

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 [...]

By Ralph Cantos Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 1165 poses for the camera on this “Farewell to the 1100s” fan trip operated on November 7, 1954 on the S Line. In less than a year, [...]

It’s September 11, 1957 and Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1438 is photographed on 7th Street at San Pedro Street in Los Angeles. Unknown Photographer, Steve Crise Collection

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1419 on the S Line is photographed circa 1950 at 8th Street and Western (looking west toward Western Avenue). Image notes: Note the Ben Franks restaurant and [...]

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority no. 1387 pauses at Broadway and 7th Street on the September 21, 1958, Southern California Electric Railway Association (SC-ERA) Fan Trip. Notes: [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1379 pauses to take on passengers at 3rd Street and Western as part of S Line service. Undated photo. Philipott and Baldridge Collection Here’s a view of this [...]

Los Angeles Transit Lines cars nos. 1305 (H Line service) and 1391 (S Line service) at a crossing at Western Avenue in this undated photo. Philipott and Baldridge Collection