LARY 3060 in Affluent Hancock Park
By Ralph Cantos
This 1938 photo from an General Electric advertisement shows Los Angeles Railway car no. 3060 on W. 3rd Street at Windsor Blvd. in LA’s “well-to-do” Hancock Park area.
The General Electric Company was very proud of LA’s GE-equipped PCCs and milked that fact for all it was worth. Here, the then-new 3060 poses for the camera while operating on the 3 line.
The house just behind the 3060 still stands today at 279 S. Windsor Blvd. (n-w corner). I showed this photo to the current owners, and they were shocked to learn that streetcars once operated along 3rd Street.
Ralph Cantos Collection
Editor’s Note: Here’s the Google Street View of the same location, today:
READ MORELATL 1379 at 3rd and Western
Philipott and Baldridge Collection
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 intersection today:
READ MORE488 at Main and 12th Streets
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 488 makes the turn at Main and 12th Streets in this B Line photo from July 31, 1948.
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Here’s a contemporary view of the location – same building:
READ MORE9001 on Main Street at First
Ross Fry Collection, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines trolley bus no. 9001 heads southbound on Main Street near First Street and Los Angeles City Hall in this circa-1955 image. Note the dual-gauge rail still in the street.
Ross Fry Collection, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Here’s a view of the location today – noticeably more sterile:
READ MORE315 at Miller and City Terrace
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 315 is photographed at Miller and City Terrace on March 22, 1948.
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Here is the location today:
READ MORE488 at 12th and Main
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines car no. 488 on B Line service turns east on 12th Street at Main in 1948.
Alan Weeks Photo, Alan Weeks Collection
Here is a contemporary view of this location:
READ MORE1240 at 8th Street and Western
Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 1240 pauses at 8th Street and Western on the N Line in what today would be Koreatown.
Alan Weeks Photo
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479 at 2nd and Spring Streets
Alan Weeks Photo Alan Weeks Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines no. 479 on the N Line at 2nd and Spring Streets, looking east.
Alan Weeks Photo
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1031 at Douglas and Kensington
Ralph Cantos Collection
Ralph Cantos Collection
READ MORE1387 at Second and Spring Streets
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) F Line car no. 1387 negotiates traffic on narrow Second Street at Spring in this action shot dated September 1959. That is the Los Angeles Times building on the right.
Updated based on comments
L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection
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