It’s Monday, December 29, 1952, the day after rail service ended, and the San Fernando Chamber of Commerce has chartered Pacific Electric car no. 5146 for “the official last run.” Note the perfect condition of 5146; it will be at Terminal Island scrap yard in just a few years.
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5021 rolls up Brand Boulevard on this the last day of service. Notice the perfect condition of the street, the overhead, and the 5021 itself.
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Business was as good as ever on this very busy last day for the PCCs. Likely Brand Boulevard.
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An unidentified Pacific Electric PCC car rolls down Brand Boulevard on the last day of service. Notice six parking spaces have been removed for the new Metropolitan Coach Lines bus stop.
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5168 pulls onto Sunset Boulevard at Sanborn Junction in July 1952.
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Pacific Electric no. 5141 nears the Barham Boulevard stop on the San Fernando Valley Line in July 1952.
Modified based on comment
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5140 is stopped at Santa Monica Blvd. and Fairfax (Crescent Junction) in this image dated January 1954.
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5132 pulls up to Hollywood Blvd. and the Hollywood Hotel on December 27, 1952.
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5123 stops at the Hollywood Bowl on December 27, 1952. Construction of the Hollywood Fry is well underway.
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Pacific Electric PCC no. 5027 heads up this Out of Service train on Saturday, June 18, 1955. All day long, Brand Boulevard saw dead-heading trains bound for the Subway Terminal, as the GLENDALE-BURBANK line prepared for abandonment.
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